{"id":51126,"date":"2013-11-18T16:50:50","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T14:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=51126"},"modified":"2013-11-18T16:50:50","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T14:50:50","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-18-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-18-november\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 18 November"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 Passengers want comfort when flying, and are prepared to pay more to secure this comfort<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>on long haul flights.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Wilhelm Pienaar, Nederburg winemaker, led a tasting of the 56Hundred range at the residence of the South African High Commissioner to Kenya<\/strong><\/span><\/a> last week, oddly with entertainment by dancers from Botswana!<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Kfm’s<\/strong> Breakfast Show with Ryan O’Connor and his team is broadcasting from The Rubens at The Palace Hotel in London, sister hotel to the Twelve Apostles, The Oyster Box, and Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve, \u00a0all belonging to the Red Carnation group, \u00a0until Wednesday. (received via FIVE STAR PR)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The Beachhouse Red 2010<\/span><\/strong><\/a> is the only South African wine in the ‘Wine Pick of the Week<\/em>‘ in the Vancouver Sun<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 South African born but London-based Chef Petrus Madutlela is a member of the\u00a0WORLDCHEFS Dream Team, participating in the Dubai World Hospitality Championship<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Kokkedoor judge Nic van Wyk and Season 1 contestant Toitnette du Toit are popping up in Hermanus from 6 – 8 December at Harbour House Hotel. The cost of the 5 course meal, including wine and a gift pack, is R300. (Received via media release from Errieda du Toit PR)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The UK has improved on perceptions of how welcoming<\/span><\/strong><\/a> it is since the 2012 Olympic Games, reaching the Top 10 of welcoming countries for the first time.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Marriott International is involving its guests to ‘co-create’<\/em> the hotel room of the future.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Southern Right has changed to more environmentally friendly 6-bottle kraft packing for its wines. (received via e-mail from Hamilton Russell Vineyards)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The Grand Caf\u00e9 Camps Bay is hosting a Macallen whiskey and food pairing on 4 December, at R395. (received via e-mail from The Grand)<\/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 * \u00a0 Passengers want comfort when flying, and are prepared to pay more to secure this comfort on long haul flights. * \u00a0 Wilhelm Pienaar, Nederburg winemaker, led a tasting of the 56Hundred range at the residence of the South African High Commissioner to Kenya last week, oddly with […]<\/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":[7,3,124,1918,266,20,22,21,19],"tags":[19789,22356,2218,32378,22361,21430,21819,30,732,1958,22363,32377,2159,2357,19259,22354,22364,399,17266,5364,22359,22357,11680,22355,457,22358,11633,20479,22362,2495,561,32373,20477,21589,365,22360],"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