{"id":59575,"date":"2014-07-18T14:58:26","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T12:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=59575"},"modified":"2014-07-18T14:58:26","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T12:58:26","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-18-july-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-18-july-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 18 July"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 The Reserve Bank has increased the repo rate by 25 basis points<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, giving a new interest rate of 5,75%. Governor Gill Marcus blamed inflation for the rate increase.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Brazil welcomed more than 1 million visitors during the Soccer World Cup<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, almost double the estimated 600000 travelers. \u00a0Most tourists had never been to Brazil before, visiting from more than 200 countries. \u00a0The infrastructure and tourism services generally, and the hospitality and cuisine specifically, were praised by the visitors. \u00a0The soccer matches were seen by 3,4 million soccer fans in the stadia over the month-long event. \u00a0Visitors stayed in Brazil for 13 days on average. \u00a0 Brazilians were good soccer fans too, more than 3 million travelling around their own country during the soccer tournament.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Melanie Verwoerd has compiled a book ‘Our Madiba: Stories and Reflections from those who met Nelson Mandela<\/em>‘<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, containing short stories of numerous persons that met the late Nelson Mandela, including Pieter-Dirk Uys\/Evita Bezuidenhout, Adam Small, Francois Pienaar, Amanda Strydom, Sir Richard Attenborough, and many by Mrs Verwoerd herself.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The Drinks Business<\/strong> and Intangible Business in the UK evaluated the world’s ‘most powerful Champagne and Sparkling Wine brands<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a>‘, to compile the ‘Drinks Business Power Brands Report<\/em>‘. \u00a0The Report measured brand ‘power<\/em>‘ on the basis of market share, growth, price, brand awareness, and heritage. \u00a0 The top ‘power’<\/em> brands, in ranked order, are M\u00f6et &\u00a0Chandon, Veuve Clicquot, Dom P\u00e9rignon, Freixenet, Martini Sparkling Wine and Laurent Perrier, Mumm, and Taittinger and Nicolas Feuillatte.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The winners of the Skytrax World Airline Awards 2014<\/strong><\/span><\/a> are as follows, based on a survey of 18 million passengers of more than 200 airlines: \u00a0Cathay Pacific (Best Airline), followed by Qatar Airways, and Singapore Airlines. \u00a0SAA won Best Airline in Africa, and Mango Best Low-cost Airline in Africa. \u00a0Best Low-cost Airline was won by AirAsia, Best Regional Airline by Bangkok Airways, Best First Class by Singapore Airlines, Best Business Class by Qatar Airways, Best Economy Class by\u00a0Asiana Airlines, Best First Class Airline Lounge is that of Air France, Best Business Class Airline Lounge is that of Qatar Airways, Best Airline Cabin Crew works for Garuda Indonesia, and the Best Inflight Entertainment is that of Emirates.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>* \u00a0 Two South African wine writers have been nominated for the Louis Roederer 10th International Wine Writers’ Awards 2014<\/strong><\/a>: Michael Fridjhon has been nominated in the categories Ramos Pinto Online Communicator 2014 as well as International Short Copy Columnist of the Year 2014; and Joanne Gibson has been nominated in the International Short Copy Columnist of the Year 2014.<\/div>\n

* \u00a0 Signal Restaurant at the Cape Grace hotel is offering a special 6-course dinner paired with a selection of Hamilton Russell Vineyards wines<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, including Hamilton Russell, Southern Right, and Ashbourne, from 22 July – 18 August. Cost is 495 without wines, and R695 with wines.<\/p>\n

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 The Reserve Bank has increased the repo rate by 25 basis points, giving a new interest rate of 5,75%. Governor Gill Marcus blamed inflation for the rate increase. * \u00a0 Brazil welcomed more than 1 million visitors during the Soccer World Cup, almost double the estimated 600000 […]<\/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":[26536,11198,3,124,1918,266,20,22,21,19,20469],"tags":[26565,26563,24136,14176,26569,2505,26571,26570,2145,208,21710,32378,5217,301,18947,30,783,23570,26572,5759,1958,2721,1260,221,26573,14694,11662,19020,11645,698,19226,32392,26566,3576,26568,26561,759,15580,296,26564,26567,3312,457,9204,1556,5,1721,10216,26562,32373,26560,365],"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