{"id":66973,"date":"2015-03-23T17:06:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T15:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=66973"},"modified":"2015-03-23T17:06:05","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T15:06:05","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-23-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-23-march\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 23 March"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 The cost of the devastating fires<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>to the Table Mountain National Park early this month is estimated at R6 million, not only for the fire-fighting costs, but also for facilities damaged or destroyed, and lost income in having to close the Silvermine and Tokai recreation areas for the next 6 – 24 months.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Sun International is to buy the Peermont Group<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, consisting of nine casino resorts in our country and in Botswana, for R9,4 billion.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The second season of the ‘Clover Little Big Cook Off<\/em>‘ will be aired from 28 June on SABC3<\/strong>, with judges and hosts Chefs Martin Kobald and Coco Reinartz, and hostess Zuraida Jardine, reports Hotel & Restaurant<\/strong>. \u00a0 Prizes to the value of R1 million can be won.<\/p>\n

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* \u00a0 Comair seems set to be appointed the airline to transfer guests once a week between St Helena and Johannesburg<\/strong><\/span><\/a> when the airport on the island has been completed next year. \u00a0 The St Helena Government motivated its choice of airline as follows: ‘kulula is a breath of fresh air in the African market, combining safety, technology and humor. That airline brings fun to travel whilst delivering outstanding value. \u00a0\u00a0Comair is a South African aviation and travel company offering scheduled and non-scheduled airline services within South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands. \u00a0Managed and owned by South Africans through its listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Comair has been operating successfully in South Africa since 1946. \u00a0<\/em>The company operates under its low-fare airline brand, kulula.com, as well as under the British Airways livery as part of its licence agreement with British Airways<\/em>‘. \u00a0The flying time between the two destinations is about 4,5 hours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

* \u00a0 Margie Whitehouse has been appointed by SA Tourism as its new Chief Marketing Officer. \u00a0She has previously served on the Board of SAA, reports TNW News.<\/strong><\/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><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0 The cost of the devastating fires to the Table Mountain National Park early this month is estimated at R6 million, not only for the fire-fighting costs, but also for facilities damaged or destroyed, and lost income in having to close the Silvermine and Tokai recreation areas for […]<\/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":[26536,3,124,587,266,20,22,21],"tags":[761,32378,30354,30350,760,30,10438,30356,30352,99,6912,30353,24799,30355,910,759,4862,2625,1168,30231,8210,5,32373,10,365,30351],"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