{"id":54047,"date":"2014-02-06T23:46:02","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T21:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=54047"},"modified":"2014-02-06T23:53:43","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T21:53:43","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-6-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-6-february\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 6 February"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 SA Tourism has launched a cinema advertising campaign<\/strong><\/span><\/a> highlighting the beauty and thrill \u00a0our country offers, \u00a0at 94 cinemas in seven Indian cities. \u00a0In the foyer of the cinemas one is able to book a holiday to South Africa via travel agents, taking the movie-goers to action in booking. \u00a0Part of the marketing campaign is ‘Take me to South Africa<\/em>‘ promotion, in which four winners travel with cricketer Jonty Rhodes as their tour guide.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Comair says that domestic airfares are unlikely to come down<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, even if new low cost airlines enter the market, as it would not be sustainable to operate as such lower rates.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Chef Liam Tomlin’s Chefs Warehouse has moved to Bree Street (ex Caveau and ex Awestruck), having dropped the second part of the original business name (& Cookery School). \u00a0They serve lunch from 11h30 onwards, and an early dinner. \u00a0(received via newsletter from Chef’s Warehouse)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The government has lashed out at the media for its negative reporting about events<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>in South Africa, and about attacks on individuals on Table Mountain in particular. \u00a0This is ‘bad publicity<\/em>‘ for the country, and ‘scares away tourists’<\/em>, said Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Tourism! \u00a0Committee Chairman Don Gumede said: ‘Bad publicity affects our country in the world tourism market. South Africa is competing in a very competitive international tourism market<\/em>‘. \u00a0Such negative reporting has influenced tourist visits to the tourist attraction, and also impacts on tourism to Johannesburg and KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The poor performance by Bafana Bafana in the recent African Nations Championship 2014 may cost our country future soccer tournaments, said Mvuso Mbebe, the CEO of the Local Organising Committee \u00a0of the Championship, reports The New Age.<\/strong> \u00a0The soccer team’s poor performance affected attendance at the soccer matches, which was already at a low level, especially when the team was eliminated early, in losing against Nigeria. \u00a0Harshly Fikile Mbalula, our country’s Minister of Sport & Recreation, \u00a0described the soccer team as \u00a0‘a bunch of losers’<\/em>. \u00a0Mbebe did state that the Championship ‘left a positive legacy<\/em>‘, and that the passing of the late Nelson Mandela affected the marketing and resultant attendance of the Championship.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0Twelve Durbanville Wine Valley Association wine farms are hosting ‘The Feast of the Grape’<\/em> on 1 and 2 March at D’<\/span>Aria wine estate.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Altydgedacht, Bloemendal, D\u2019Aria, De Grendel, Diemersdal, Durbanville Hills, Groot Phesantekraal, Hillcrest, Klein Roosboom, Meerendal, Nitida, and Signal Gun will get together on one wine estate for the first time. \u00a0Activities offered include a Tutored wine Tasting Theatre; talks on Sauvignon Blanc, Shiraz, Pinotage, Bordeaux varieties, and unusual grape varieties, presented by the industry leaders in the region; \u00a0grape stomping; \u00a0live music; \u00a0and food stalls. (received via media release from Errieda du Toit PR)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/strong><\/a> \u00a0Twitter: @WhaleCottage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0 SA Tourism has launched a cinema advertising campaign highlighting the beauty and thrill \u00a0our country offers, \u00a0at 94 cinemas in seven Indian cities. \u00a0In the foyer of the cinemas one is able to book a holiday to South Africa via travel agents, taking the movie-goers to action […]<\/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":[7,3,124,266,20,22,21,19],"tags":[23744,23749,21828,2446,4942,18439,97,11518,8130,2376,11979,32378,6898,760,3854,11519,2196,4301,23746,4910,23748,21430,30,3956,17247,9480,8613,99,14747,17248,3769,128,7467,23747,32392,2833,23745,910,23750,4,5,32373,10,365],"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