{"id":65607,"date":"2015-01-21T17:31:12","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T15:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=65607"},"modified":"2015-01-21T17:31:12","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T15:31:12","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-21-january-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-21-january-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 21 January"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 SAA has received the awards<\/strong><\/span><\/a> for Best Airline in Africa, and Best Business Class in Africa from the US Business Traveler<\/strong> magazine.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 An international (but excluding Africa) Hotel WiFi quality survey found that hotels in Europe are more likely to offer quality WiFi<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, but American hotels are more likely to offer it for free. \u00a0Asia is most likely to offer WiFi, but least likely to not charge for it. Stockholm, Budapest, and Tokyo offer the best quality WiFi, but hotels in Istanbul, Paris, and Stockholm are most likely to offer it for free.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0* \u00a0 Grootbos Nature Reserve has been nominated for its sustainable tourism work at the World Travel and Tourism Council 2015 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards. \u00a0Western Cape Tourism Minister Alan Winde commented on the nomination: ‘It\u2019s important that we embrace practices to protect the environment so we can safeguard these resources. With such a rich cultural and natural heritage to preserve, sustainability is particularly important in this region’.<\/em> (received via media release from Minister Winde’s office)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Good rains in Namibia enable that country to supply our country 200 MW electricity<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>from its Raucana power plant on the Kunene River.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The Table Mountain Cableway has welcomed its 24 millionth visitor<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, the Ussene couple holidaying in Cape Town from Mocambique. \u00a0Mrs Ussene received a gift box and a free trip up the mountain.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio:\u00a0www.whalecottage.com<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 Tel (021) 433-2100, Twitter:@WhaleCottage Facebook: \u00a0<\/strong>click here<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0 SAA has received the awards for Best Airline in Africa, and Best Business Class in Africa from the US Business Traveler magazine. * \u00a0 An international (but excluding Africa) Hotel WiFi quality survey found that hotels in Europe are more likely to offer quality WiFi, but American […]<\/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":[26536,3,124,266,24372,29461,20,27980,22,21],"tags":[],"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