{"id":49426,"date":"2013-10-07T17:45:15","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T15:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=49426"},"modified":"2013-10-07T17:45:15","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T15:45:15","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-7-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-7-october\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 7 October"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WhaleTales\"<\/a>Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

* \u00a0The IATA (International Air Transport Association), representing 240 airlines and 84% of global air traffic, is\u00a0asking governments to develop a global mandatory carbon offsetting scheme<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 BA has cancelled some of its flights from Heathrow<\/strong><\/span><\/a> today, due to heavy fog.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The MOYO group of restaurants, eight of which employ 600 staff, has ‘commenced voluntary business rescue proceedings.<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Business rescue affords protection for all key stakeholders\u2019 interests in the business to be understood and protected while the optimal solution for all involved is determined<\/em>‘, MOYO\u00a0is quoted as saying in a\u00a0Business Day<\/strong> report.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Kalahari Airways<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>will start operating between Cape Town and Gatwick, with a stopover in Gaborone, from early 2014.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The Europe-wide air controller strike,<\/strong><\/span><\/a> which had been announced for Thursday, has been called off.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Great praise for Cape Town<\/strong><\/span><\/a> from Napa Valley!<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Dublin’s Sandymount Hotel has done an Infographic of the typical ‘modern’<\/em> travel blogger<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, to coincide with Dublin hosting the TBEX European Conference.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The World Bank’s report ‘Africa\u2019s Tourism Set to Boost Economic Growth, Create New Jobs, and Now Outpace Other Regions for New Tourism Investment<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a>‘ highlights that Africa attracts 33,8 million tourists annually, to the value of $36 billion. South Africa is mentioned with Kenya, Cape Verde, Namibia, Tanzania, and Rwanda as a handful of countries in Africa that have invested in tourism services as well as infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com <\/a>\u00a0Twitter: @WhaleCottage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0The IATA (International Air Transport Association), representing 240 airlines and 84% of global air traffic, is\u00a0asking governments to develop a global mandatory carbon offsetting scheme. * \u00a0 BA has cancelled some of its flights from Heathrow today, due to heavy fog. * \u00a0 The MOYO group of restaurants, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3,124,1918,266,20,22,21,19],"tags":[4987,906,21474,32366,21473,32378,30,21479,21480,9156,1080,21476,16060,21478,12674,2624,21475,21477,5,21150,32373,10,365,6668],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t