{"id":50405,"date":"2013-10-31T18:45:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T16:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=50405"},"modified":"2013-11-01T09:00:41","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T07:00:41","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-31-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-31-october\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 31 October"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 The Washington Post<\/strong> recommends Mullineux Chenin Blanc and AA Badenhorst Secateurs<\/strong><\/span><\/a> as two of five good food pairing wines.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 SAA is discounting flights between Johannesburg and New York or Washington to $855 for the dates 10 – 30 November, in a promotion called ‘November to Remember’.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The SA Vodka Festival<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, which was scheduled to be held at The Lookout in the V&A Waterfront from 30 October – 1 November, was cancelled a few hours before the doors were to open! \u00a0No explanation has been provided to exhibitors and to the public to date.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 South Africa’s first Mzansi Latino Festival will be held at the River Club in Observatory on Saturday and Sunday, with food, dance, music, fashion and art. (received via e-mail)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 SA Tourism has commissioned a website about The Big Five<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, rather amateurish in look and feel, and sadly missing the whales and sharks.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 AA Badenhorst Secateurs and De Wetshof Limestone Hill Chardonnay are two of 50 wines on the ‘Plonkapalooza<\/em>‘ poll in Boston<\/a>, <\/strong><\/span>being wines under $15.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The International Air Transport Association (IATA)<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>is encouraging its members to offer passengers more support in their shopping for air travel, and in their experiences in airports.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 More South African manufactured products will be exported to China<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, it was agreed in a Bi-National Commission meeting with our Deputy President\u00a0Kgalema Motlanthe.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 South Africa is the 15th best country for Expats to live in<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, says a survey, China, Germany, and Singapore being the top three countries for expats to live in.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Africa needs 970 new aircraft<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in the next 20 years to meet increased air travel demand.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Wimpy and Mugg & Bean<\/strong><\/span><\/a> have won tenders to operate restaurants in the Kruger National Park, Tsitsikamma, and Addo Elephant National Park.<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/a> Twitter: @WhaleCottage<\/p>\n

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Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0 The Washington Post recommends Mullineux Chenin Blanc and AA Badenhorst Secateurs as two of five good food pairing wines. * \u00a0 SAA is discounting flights between Johannesburg and New York or Washington to $855 for the dates 10 – 30 November, in a promotion called ‘November to […]<\/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":[3,124,266,20,22,892,21,19],"tags":[22005,2929,22013,14173,2152,32378,7031,22012,30,560,1080,16060,99,1052,74,11624,13728,22007,1783,22011,22008,910,22006,759,2242,8641,22010,22009,20103,5,22014,32393,6658,32373,376,10,11460,365],"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