{"id":62812,"date":"2014-10-22T22:05:57","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T20:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=62812"},"modified":"2014-10-22T22:08:25","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T20:08:25","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-2223-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-2223-october\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 22 October"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has projected total international passenger numbers at 7,3 billion by 2034,<\/strong><\/span><\/a> an annual growth rate of 4% per annum, and a doubling of current passenger numbers. \u00a0China is expected to overtake the USA in having the largest number of passengers by 2030. \u00a0India, Indonesia, and Brazil are projected to have the third, fourth, and fifth largest passenger numbers, respectively.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0The Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) FNB Tourism Business Index for the 3rd quarter of this year is 105<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, an improvement on the second quarter, but markedly lower than the index range of 112 – 116 measured in the 3rd quarter a year ago, the 4th quarter of 2013, and the first quarter of this year. An Index of 110 is projected for the 4th quarter.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 SAA has lost four non-executive Board members and one Board member in the past week, which expresses the dissatisfaction with the chairmanship of Dudu Myeni.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> The airline is making a loss of R300 million per year.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Following complaints last summer, the <\/span>MyCiTi Buses are set to cool down<\/strong><\/a>, 80 of the buses having been fitted with ‘<\/span>forced ventilation units<\/em>‘ (high-powered fans), and another 16 with airconditioners. \u00a0The latter units will be fitted in 9-meter feeder buses used in the City Bowl, which has above average temperatures.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0* \u00a0 Tiger Brands has recalled 17000 packs of \u00a0its ‘Tastic Simply Delicious<\/em>‘ instant rice and cooking sauces<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, made for the company in India, having found a dangerous colourant in the products.<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio:\u00a0www.whalecottage.com<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 Tel (021) 433-2100, Twitter:@WhaleCottage \u00a0Facebook: \u00a0<\/strong>click here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has projected total international passenger numbers at 7,3 billion by 2034, an annual growth rate of 4% per annum, and a doubling of current passenger numbers. \u00a0China is expected to overtake the USA in having the largest number of passengers by […]<\/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":[3,124,266,22607,20,528,22,21,19],"tags":[28395,2460,28397,2145,2152,26224,3176,28398,28396,30,1080,28394,8613,14987,28401,12526,759,28400,9510,28399,5,1475,562,32373,26560,365],"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