{"id":58047,"date":"2014-06-06T19:55:19","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T17:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=58047"},"modified":"2014-06-06T20:11:15","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T18:11:15","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-6-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-6-june\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 6 June"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0Michelin star Chef Heston Blumenthal’s\u00a0The Perfectionists Caf\u00e9 has opened at the new Heathrow Terminal 2,<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0serving burgers, fish and chips, and pizzas prepared in the first ever wood-burning oven in an airport, as well as molecular liquid nitrogen ice cream.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 American travellers are booking last-minute<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, something that became a habit in 2008 during the economic crisis, but has remained and is now a booking trend, despite the recession being something of the past.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Tourists often are better informed<\/strong><\/span><\/a> about the tourism attractions and highlights of a city than are the local residents of the city, given their ability to use technology to garner information about and make bookings for the destination that they are visiting. \u00a0Nick Hall, Head of the Digital Tourism Think Tank, says: ‘So, what we have witnessed so far will accelerate. We can expect far more change, far faster. In this light the rise of mobile technologies is poised to change the industry as much as it has already. Visitors will be innately digital. They will be hyper-informed and seamlessly connected throughout their travel. The challenge this poses to existing tourist businesses is immense, as is the opportunity it holds out<\/em>‘. \u00a0While technology is important, tourists still want the ‘reality of the experience, not the virtual reality’.<\/em><\/p>\n

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* \u00a0 Three Ships Premium Select 5 Year Old won gold at the 2014 International Spirits Challenge in London. \u00a0The whisky is blended from grain and malt whiskies by Andy Watts, master distiller at The James Sedgwick’s Distillery in Wellington. \u00a0The whisky has a peaty and fruity character, which comes from maturing it for five years in oak. (received via media release from De Kock Communications)<\/span><\/p>\n

* \u00a0Chef Michelle Theron, taking over from Chef Chris Erasmus at Pierneef \u00e0\u00a0La Motte in ten days, spent time and worked in Michelin star restaurants<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Chapeau!, De Bokkedoorns, De Vrienden van Jacob, and Specktakel in Holland in May. \u00a0 The chefs she worked with were impressed with our country’s focus on sustainability in growing vegetables and in only using SASSI green-listed fish; the chefs she worked with focus on quality produce, innovation, and respect for ingredients; she said there is no limit to the chefs’ creativity, based on classic cooking skills; \u00a0team work and respect for each other in the kitchen; \u00a0many Michelin star restaurants are only open for dinner; \u00a0fewer elements on the plate, and more natural flavours; vegetarian menus are in fashion; and the role of the sommelier is vital in a top restaurant. (received via newsletter from La Motte)
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* \u00a0 The cost of airfares is unlikely to increase, and in fact should decrease by 3,5% this year<\/strong><\/span><\/a> compared to the 2013, according to an Economic Performance of the Airline Industry report presented at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) earlier this week. The rate decrease could come from the cost pressures the airlines are facing, fuel costs in particular, needing to remain competitive. \u00a0The association has called on governments to recognise the value that the airlines contribute to tourism and the economies of their countries, by reducing the tax pressures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0Michelin star Chef Heston Blumenthal’s\u00a0The Perfectionists Caf\u00e9 has opened at the new Heathrow Terminal 2,\u00a0serving burgers, fish and chips, and pizzas prepared in the first ever wood-burning oven in an airport, as well as molecular liquid nitrogen ice cream. * \u00a0 American travellers are booking last-minute, something that […]<\/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":[3,124,266,14,20,22,21,19],"tags":[25811,25175,32378,25172,19280,25173,25094,25813,30,25808,994,1080,16060,25551,1540,5742,669,651,17588,25809,25093,6611,727,7531,25174,25812,24291,25810,5,1721,32385,32373,10,365],"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