{"id":53140,"date":"2014-01-16T21:22:42","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T19:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=53140"},"modified":"2014-01-16T21:22:42","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T19:22:42","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-16-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-16-january\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 16 January"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0Inhouse Brand Architects has designed a unique yacht-shaped GH Mumm VIP Lounge at the Grand Caf\u00e9 and Beach in the V&A Waterfront. \u00a0Tables are cork-shaped, curtains look like sails,\"Grand<\/a> and the flooring is wooden decking, reflecting the status of the international champagne brand.\u00a0 (received via media release from Inhouse Brand Architects)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 MasterChef SA is to produce Season 3, a Tweet from Season 2 Finalist Seline van der Wat informs, with auditions being held around the country in February and March.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 German beer brewers are using ‘flavour hops’<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a> to add unique taste notes of oranges, grapefruit, and peaches to beer, reports The New Age<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Johannesburg has the largest proportion (600, representing 48%) of South African ‘multi -millionaires’<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a> with a net asset worth of $30 million or more, while Cape Town only has 18% of these individuals as permanent residents. \u00a0The suburbs in which these individuals live in Johannesburg are Sandhurst, Bryanston, and Hyde Park, while in Cape Town they live in Camps Bay, Clifton, and Bishopscourt. \u00a0Camps Bay has the largest number of properties valued at R20 million or more (155), followed by Knysna (133), and Sandhurst (127). \u00a0 Retirement destinations for these individuals are Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Hermanus, Stellenbosch, and Franschhoek.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The UK Civil Aviation Authority has hit Heathrow airport<\/strong><\/span><\/a> by specifying a rate increase cap of 1,5% below the inflation rate it can charge airlines using the airport.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Brazilian domestic airline Azul Linhas Aereas has vowed to cap its ticket prices<\/strong><\/span><\/a> for flights between World Cup 2014 match destinations, at $420 per flight.<\/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 * \u00a0Inhouse Brand Architects has designed a unique yacht-shaped GH Mumm VIP Lounge at the Grand Caf\u00e9 and Beach in the V&A Waterfront. \u00a0Tables are cork-shaped, curtains look like sails, and the flooring is wooden decking, reflecting the status of the international champagne brand.\u00a0 (received via media release from […]<\/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":[20517,15,3,124,330,266,14,14539,20,31,22,21],"tags":[23402,2003,23401,23400,32370,32366,32378,11968,32383,23397,30,32369,23396,12015,32377,675,1424,22370,99,119,32404,23398,32390,23399,20478,19374,32376,5,561,32393,32373,10,365,5624],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\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\n\t\t