{"id":57738,"date":"2014-05-30T22:32:38","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T20:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=57738"},"modified":"2014-05-30T22:36:11","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T20:36:11","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-30-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-30-may\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 30 May"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 The price of petrol is to drop by 22 cents a liter from Wednesday 4 June, in part due to a stronger Rand, good news for Tourism. (via Kfm<\/strong> news)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Just when SA Tourism is looking to position South Africa’s tourism product more broadly than just as wildlife and safaris, the Lonely Planet<\/strong> has named our country as the world’s best Wildlife Destination<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>for the third year running!<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The construction work on the expansion of the Cape Town International Convention Centre is going ahead,<\/strong><\/span><\/a> despite threatening legal action should it do so, the process of the allocation of the tender to the architect consortium being the issue at stake.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Kamers with the Cape Craft & Design Initiative<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>are joining forces to reflect the designs of 110 producers and designers in our country, at the Castle from 5 – 8 June, and is supported by the World Design Capital 2014 management.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Grande Provence is hosting its next Wine and Dine Collaboration Dinner on 25 June, with a 6 course dinner prepared by Chef Darren Badenhorst paired with wines by Grande Provence, Neil Ellis Wines, and Teddy Hall. (received via newsletter from Grande Provence)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Durbanville Hills is offering wine and chocolate pairings at its tasting room: \u00a0 Durbanville Hills Merlot Rose paired with Bushing Bride chocolate; Durbanville Hills Pinotage paired with Atlantic Dusk chocolate; Durbanville Hills Shiraz with Spiced South Easter chocolate; Durbanville Hills Sauvignon Blanc paired with Morning Mist chocolate; and\u00a0Durbanville Hills Rhinofields Chardonnay paired with Summer Breeze chocolate. (received via media release from Quirk)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/strong><\/a> \u00a0Twitter: @WhaleCottage<\/div>\n
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Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0 The price of petrol is to drop by 22 cents a liter from Wednesday 4 June, in part due to a stronger Rand, good news for Tourism. (via Kfm news) * \u00a0 Just when SA Tourism is looking to position South Africa’s tourism product more broadly than […]<\/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":[3,124,266,20,22,21,19],"tags":[25627,81,15631,25629,32378,12586,4910,30,140,22302,2357,2758,9462,28,910,25134,8914,5,32373,10,5785,25626,365,25628,7120],"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