Articles June 2013
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Conservation
Recording Wildlife Spotting Online
WildSpots.org is a free iOS and Android mobile application and website for recording the migration and distribution of individual…
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Trade News
FEDHASA Cape announces new Segment Heads for 2013
FEDHASA Cape, the official voice and representative for the hospitality industry, held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the African…
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Trade News
Leadership Changes for Flight Centre Brands
Flight Centre has announced some changes within their senior leadership team which are coming into effect on the 1st of July. …
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Trade News
RattRace 2013
The RattRace 2013 now in its 7th year promises to be bigger, better and barrels more fun the weekend of…
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Trade News
Western Cape winter wonderland escape for lucky winner
Winning an all-expenses paid mid-winter getaway sounds like a dream, but for one woman, the sights, tastes and sounds of…
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Trade News
Home sellers high fliers with BA and Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International Realty
A unique partnership between two of Southern Africa’s top brands will see homeowners who sell properties through Lew Geffen Sotheby’s…
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Trade News
All that glitters: Explore the fascinating history of South Africa’s diamonds at the Cape Town Diamond Museum
South Africa is famous for many things. If you ask most tourists what comes to mind when they think of…
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Trade News
What to do on the West Coast this Winter Holiday
Don’t let “I’m bored mommy!” be the chart-topping single permanently on repeat this holiday. To keep parents from going completely…
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Trade News
Wesgro puts Western Cape on the global map for hide and seek
Modern day treasure hunters will soon be flocking to the Western Cape to seek caches hidden in the province’s six…
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Trade News
Intimate gatherings at the Saint James
Timeless elegance, picturesque surroundings and excellent service are all things that will characterise your small event at the Saint James…
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Trade News
Scotland dive with Sharks in the open sea
The Scotland rugby team dived with Sharks in the open sea with Shark Cage Diving KZN on the Natal South…
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Trade News
Robertson Slow
ROBERTSON SLOW – ENJOYING LIFE… SLOWLY Slowly made… slowly enjoyed 09 to 11 AUGUST 2013 Only 90 minutes drive from…
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Trade News
The Windmills Resort Presents Second Annual Bridal Fair
The Windmills Resort in the heart of the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands will be hosting their second annual Bridal Fair on Sunday,…
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Trade News
Robertson Wine Valley Festival @ Kievits Kroon
Don’t miss ‘The Winelands in Gauteng’ – 3rd and 4th August 2013 The Robertson Wine Valley winemakers are heading north again for…
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Trade News
Entries are still open for prestigious Lilizela Tourism Awards
The Lilizela Tourism Award offers prestige to trade who have contributed immensely to South Africa’s burgeoning tourism industry. SOUTH AFRICA’S…
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Trade News
Protea Hotel Saldanha Bay to close for 2-month refurbishment
Protea Hotel Saldanha Bay, one of the first properties to have joined the 29-year-old Protea Hospitality Group and a favourite…
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Aviation
Airlines and Tourism in Southern Africa – cleared for takeoff?
Working in isolation as competitors, the airline industry and hence tourist arrival figures to the Southern Africa region are doomed…
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Editorial Comment
Cover Story
The Greek philosopher Herakleitos (Heraclitus) of Ephesus foresaw the future when he said “The Only Constant In Life Is Change.”…
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Editorial Comment
From the Editor’s Desk
Well, Africa’s premier travel trade show Indaba is behind us for another year, so now it’s back to work, and…
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Business & Finance
The two faces of SA’s economy
The Global Competitiveness Report 2012/2013 tells the story. In the public sector our competitiveness has declined significantly. Individuals and institutions…
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Business & Finance
The Big Business Bribery Bill
For the first time since the end of Apartheid, businesses will have to ask the government’s permission to operate. The…
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Conservation
Rhino Knights Update
Following our article published in the May edition (‘A Rhino Knight’s Tale’), Isabel Wolf-Gillespie reports on her progress since departing…
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Destinations
Not all visas are created equal
Not all visas are created equal. Here is Why. The visa-application ritual is an unavoidable rite of passage to international…
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DISCUSSIONS
Article Comments from May
The following are just a few of the comments made beneath certain articles posted on the Tattler website during the…
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Events
RETOSA Events Calendar – June
RETOSA has launched an annual events calendar aimed at keeping the travel trade informed on forthcoming events in each of…
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Environment
Access to Climate Change Finance
The National Business Initiative’s latest research report presents a private sector view on eleven barriers to climate finance in South…
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Hospitality
Hotel Industry’s Balancing Act
Seeing as much of the world as possible is on most tourist’s bucket lists. Experience and memories constitute the return…
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Hospitality
Putting Bums in Beds with Barter
How to trade unsold bed-nights for media (and improve cash-flow). We all know that advertising builds brands and generates new…
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Legal
The New POPI Act
The New Protection Of Personal Information (POPI) Act – PART 2 – ACCOUNTABILITY. As mentioned in the first part of…
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SATSA Market Intelligence Report
This month’s Market Intelligence Report from SATSA has been extracted from data available as at 30 May 2013, by Martin Jansen van Vuuren of Grant…
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Niche Tourism
Red tape tourism
Could Home Affairs offices, licencing departments and similar facilities in South Africa’s small towns compete on service delivery to create…
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Risk & Insurance
If you were choosing company – whose company would you choose?
SATIB Insurance Brokers has been providing specialist cover to the tourism and leisure industries for over twenty years and is…
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Competition
Win 1 of 10 Wine Tourism South Africa Handbooks
THIS COMPETITION IS CLOSED “Which edition of the Wine Tourism South Africa handbook is being offered as a prize in…
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