{"id":67284,"date":"2015-04-09T22:45:12","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T20:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=67284"},"modified":"2015-04-09T23:21:42","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T21:21:42","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-9-april-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-9-april-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 9 April"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 The largest part of Camp Bay Drive<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, a major road connection between the city, Camps Bay, and Hout Bay, is to close for road widening and surface improvement for 5 months from 20 April, at a cost of R20 million. \u00a0Between Rontree Avenue and Geneva Drive Camps Bay Drive will be widened by 1,4 meters, and sharp curves will be softened. It will be the first upgrade of Camps Bay Drive in 30 years.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Grammy Award winner Pharrell Williams (singer of ‘Happy’) is working with Woolworths as its Style Director on a number of sustainability projects.<\/strong><\/span><\/a> \u00a0He is due to visit our country in September, but only Woolworths Rewards card holders will be able to obtain a ticket to his concert. A project called ‘Harmonising Humanity’<\/em> works with those that care where their products come from, and who support children to get the best opportunity at good education. \u00a0The project includes a sustainable T-shirt design competition, raising R100 million for education, choosing a school singing group to perform live with Pharrell Williams, and seeing the once-off performance by Pharrell.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Former Springbok rugby player Chester Williams has been appointed as a SA Tourism ambassador at Indaba<\/strong><\/span><\/a> 2015. \u00a0At the travel expo in Durban Williams will walk the floor with Minister of Tourism Derek Hanekom on 9 May, Williams understanding team work from his favourite sport. He is also good at interacting with local and international visitors.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) has been fined R2 million<\/strong><\/span><\/a> by the Competition Tribunal for its price collusion with Bombela Concession Company regarding rental car parking fees at OR Thambo International. \u00a0The airports company is planning to run a competition law awareness campaign amongst it staff, ‘to ensure that the employees act responsibly and with integrity’.<\/em><\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Stellenbosch is hosting a Craft Beer Festival in the Klein Libertas Theatre on Saturday 18 April, at an entrance fee of R70. (received via e-mail from Community Mailers).<\/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 largest part of Camp Bay Drive, a major road connection between the city, Camps Bay, and Hout Bay, is to close for road widening and surface improvement for 5 months from 20 April, at a cost of R20 million. \u00a0Between Rontree Avenue and Geneva Drive Camps […]<\/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":[7,20517,15,3,124,266,31,27980,22,21],"tags":[24527,2104,2103,30508,30501,32370,23075,32378,3168,30511,29738,24108,30,9120,30503,30506,697,4031,30510,1328,24528,30507,30502,787,30509,30505,2757,30504,5,32373,10,365,171,20667],"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