{"id":52412,"date":"2013-12-22T22:21:24","date_gmt":"2013-12-22T20:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=52412"},"modified":"2013-12-22T22:21:24","modified_gmt":"2013-12-22T20:21:24","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-2122-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-2122-december\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 21\/22 December"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 SAA has received accolades<\/strong><\/span><\/a> from three American publications: \u00a0Premier Traveler Magazine’s<\/i>\u00a0named SAA as ‘Best Airline to Africa’<\/em>, \u00a0and ‘Best Airline in Africa<\/em>‘;\u00a0Business Traveler Magazine<\/i>\u00a0honored SAA as the ‘Best Airline to Africa’; and \u00a0Global Traveler \u00a0magazine<\/i>\u00a0named SAA as ‘Best Airline in Africa’<\/em> for the 10th<\/sup>\u00a0consecutive year, placing the airline in the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The Mirror<\/strong> has an article about Cape Town, and how much one can do in a weekend break<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>from London, visiting the Big 7 (not heard of before), which includes Table Mountain, Robben Island, Kirstenbosch, V&A Waterfront, Cape Point, Boulder’s Beach, and the Constantia Wine Route.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The 2014 soccer World Cup<\/strong><\/span><\/a> is expected to generate $ 10,4 billion for the Brazilian economy. \u00a0The FIFA Confederations Cup earlier this year generated $311 million, and the visit by Pope Francis generated $502 million.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Cape Town has been the focus of media attention from around the world, for the wrong reason, as the city’s most notorious visitor Justine Sacco flew into Cape Town from London<\/strong><\/span><\/a> yesterday, just after she had Tweeted what has been deemed the worst Tweet of 2013!<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The Wall Street Journal<\/strong> has dedicated a detailed article about Bunny Chow<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, and found the best examples of this typical worker food in Durban.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Kloof Street House offers Jazz with its lunches on Sundays. (received via e-mail from Kloof Street House)<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio:\u00a0www.whalecottage.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Twitter: @WhaleCottage<\/p>\n

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Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0 SAA has received accolades from three American publications: \u00a0Premier Traveler Magazine’s\u00a0named SAA as ‘Best Airline to Africa’, \u00a0and ‘Best Airline in Africa‘;\u00a0Business Traveler Magazine\u00a0honored SAA as the ‘Best Airline to Africa’; and \u00a0Global Traveler \u00a0magazine\u00a0named SAA as ‘Best Airline in Africa’ for the 10th\u00a0consecutive year, placing the […]<\/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":[3,124,1918,266,20,564,22,21,19,20469],"tags":[23011,23035,5747,601,2145,1381,661,32366,32378,18528,23037,30,23036,1102,23038,88,17815,669,18957,87,7193,759,4,5,32393,16870,32373,10,365],"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