{"id":60493,"date":"2014-08-18T22:23:14","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T20:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=60493"},"modified":"2014-08-18T22:23:14","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T20:23:14","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-18-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-18-august\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 18 August"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0At the SAACI Congress Wesgro has been named as South Africa’s best Convention Bureau, and the Cape Town International Convention Centre the country’s best Convention venue. (via Twitter)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Hanneli Slabber, SA Tourism Country Manager for India, has received the ‘Best Professional in Marketing<\/em>‘ award<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>at the Safari India National Tourism Awards. Since her appointment in India, there has been a marked growth in tourists from India to South Africa.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Minister of Tourism Derek Hanekom has praised the role of Business Tourism as well as of Events<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, in addressing the SAACI (South African Association for the Conference Industry) Congress today. \u00a0He said that this sector of Tourism, which has an above average spend when visiting a country, and a higher ratio of return visits, helps to address the National Development Plan challenges, and in providing employment. \u00a0Both Cape Town and Durban rank in the Top 100 convention cities. The industry contributes R1,2 billion to the economy.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 World Tourism Day will be celebrated at Neethlingshof in Stellenbosch on 27 September, with the inaugural ‘Savour Stellenbosch Valley<\/em>‘, to celebrate the second oldest town in our country and its cuisine, music, and wines. \u00a0Each wine farm participating in the event, including Middelvlei, The House of JC le Roux, Van Ryn’s, Fleur du Cap, and Neethlingshof, will offer five wines for tasting. Entrance costs R300. (received via media release from Random Hat Communications)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Adam Mason and Chef Peter Tempelhoff make Marvelous wine, and the Marvelous Red 2011 is the wine of the month<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>on the American Monsters & Critics website. \u00a0The Marvelous range has recently been launched in the USA.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Three Ships Whisky has awarded a bursary to Thabang Motaung, a student at the HTA School of Culinary Art in Johannesburg, allowing him to complete his studies in 2016. \u00a0His dream is to gain work experience on cruise liners, and then to join Chef David Higgs at the Saxon Hotel. (received via media release from De Kock Communications)<\/p>\n

\u00a0Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: \u00a0www.whalecottage.com<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>\u00a0Twitter: @WhaleCottage<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0At the SAACI Congress Wesgro has been named as South Africa’s best Convention Bureau, and the Cape Town International Convention Centre the country’s best Convention venue. (via Twitter) * \u00a0 Hanneli Slabber, SA Tourism Country Manager for India, has received the ‘Best Professional in Marketing‘ award at the […]<\/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":[26803,3,124,1253,1918,587,266,26736,20,22,21,13915,19],"tags":[14466,2339,32366,27126,32378,27125,19280,24108,332,32396,412,30,3086,18356,27133,8613,23047,27131,14702,26898,148,2551,23132,27127,27124,27128,27130,32388,27129,27132,26759,22460,5,1587,562,2441,515,32373,10,365,86],"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