{"id":52983,"date":"2014-01-12T20:34:17","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T18:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=52983"},"modified":"2014-01-13T14:19:19","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T12:19:19","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-1112-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-1112-january\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 11\/12 January"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0Cape Town tops the list of the New York Times 52 places to go in 2014!<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 In its accolade to Cape Town, the influential newspaper writes that the late Nelson Mandela drew inspiration from Table Mountain, which he could see from Robben Island, and it became ‘a beacon of hope’<\/em>. The article also highlights Cape Town hosting the World Design Capital 2014.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Passport control at OR Thambo airport<\/a><\/strong><\/span> is inefficient and marred by staff shortages, leading to complaints from arriving passengers. \u00a0 ACSA says it is not its responsibility, while the Department of Immigration is not responding to feedback providing.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The Table Mountain Cableway welcomed its 23 millionth visitor<\/strong><\/span><\/a> on Friday. \u00a0 It carried about 4000 visitors a day during the Festive Season, a revenue of about R800000 per day on good weather days.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 South Africa is not the only wine producer on the African continent<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, even if its is the largest producing country. \u00a0Other African wines highlighted by CNN<\/strong> are Bushman Rock Estate in Zimbabwe, \u00a0Leleshwa Sauvignon Blanc in Kenya, Dodoma in Tanzania, Ifrikia Rouge Reserve in Tunisia, and Tej honey wine from Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The Telegraph<\/strong> has reviewed four top Cape Town luxury hotels<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Steenberg, Ellerman House, Cape Grace, and The Mount Nelson.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The ‘Da Vinci – The Genius’<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a> is a travelling exhibition already seen by more than 4 million persons around the world, and now can be seen in Cape Town as the first city in Africa hosting the show. \u00a0The exhibition ties in with Cape Town’s role as World Design Capital 2014, and can be seen at the Chavonnes Battery Museum in the V&A Waterfront until 9 February.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Earth escaped a major solar flare yesterday<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, which could have affected cellphones, GPS, and the internet.<\/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 * \u00a0Cape Town tops the list of the New York Times 52 places to go in 2014!\u00a0 In its accolade to Cape Town, the influential newspaper writes that the late Nelson Mandela drew inspiration from Table Mountain, which he could see from Robben Island, and it became ‘a beacon […]<\/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":[7,3,124,266,782,20,22,892,21],"tags":[23349,2104,2158,769,23325,15028,110,32366,14913,32378,23324,23327,2229,3222,30,23331,23328,23326,23330,32392,735,9078,23323,87,23332,32388,231,4,23329,7246,5,32393,32373,10,365,7120],"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