Articles May 2014
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Trade News
Stellenbosch Wine Routes Nominated
Wine Route nominated for Best Contribution to Wine & Spirits Tourism – 2nd year in a row The pioneering Stellenbosch…
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Trade News
Leobo Private Reserve Expands
Leobo Private Reserve, located in the Waterberg region of South Africa. has finalized the purchase of an additional 2,000 hectares…
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Win with Pirelli and Landrover
It’s time to get out of the urban jungle, leave the traffic behind and experience the 5 star adventure of…
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Announcements
Trade Welcomes New Minister of Tourism
The Southern African Tourism Services Association (SATSA) extends its heartfelt congratulations on behalf of the inbound tourism industry to the…
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Zambia National Park fees change
Changes to the Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park fees structure have been effective as of 15 May; as announced by the Zambia…
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Trade News
R50m Tourism Financing Facility Launched
A brand new financing offering has been launched by the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (sefa) and the Tourism Enterprise Partnership…
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Sterkfontein Caves awarded TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence
TripAdvisor travellers have once again rated the Sterkfontein Caves as a must-see destination when in South Africa, enabling it to…
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Conservation
CACH Accused of Harming Conservation
Is the Campaign Against Canned Hunting (CACH) a threat to conservation? – You decide! Three large NGO’s dominate the SA…
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Trade News
New Appointments at Continental Tyre SA
New team members at CTSA set to bolster company profile in tourism transport market place. Continental Tyre South Africa today…
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Trade News
New Battlefields Route Website
The Battlefields Route in KwaZulu-Natal has launched a new website at www.battlefieldsroute.co.za, which has a number of interesting options for both tourists…
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Trade News
Africa Interior Design Accolades
Well-known South African interior architectural design firm, Darley Interior Architectural Design (DIAD) has been recognised by the Europe Business Assembly…
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Trade News
Zimbabwe imposes VAT on Tourism
The African Travel & Tourism Association (Atta) has confirmed that a 15% Value Added Tax on payments for accommodation and…
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Trade News
WTM Africa Appoints Sheree Simpson
Building on the success of the inaugural World Travel Market Africa (WTM) Thebe Reed Exhibitions are already full steam ahead…
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Trade News
Food Routes cooks up a storm with Culinary Holidays
If the sound of a cooking course combined with a relaxing breakaway stirs your senses to sizzle, then Food Routes…
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Trade News
Cape Town Diamond Museum celebrates International Museum Day
In celebration of International Museum Day on 18 May, Cape Town Diamond Museum invites visitors to come and experience first-hand…
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Trade News
Durban snubbed at Tourism Indaba
According to Phillip Sithole, Head of Durban Tourism, all was not rosy for the City of Durban at this years 26th…
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Conservation
Open Invitation To The Travel Industry
Tourism Tattler supports the following Open Invitational letter initiated by Chris Mercer and Bev Pervan of the Campaign Against Canned Hunting…
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Trade News
RETOSA to be Restructured
Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministers meet on restructuring of the Regional Tourism Organisation of Southern Africa (RETOSA) on sidelines of Commission for…
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Trade News
Praise for WTM Africa
Inspiring, well organised and impressed are among some of the words buyers, visitors and exhibitors have been using to describe…
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Trade News
Durban to Seychelles Yacht Race Announced
The ‘EAST 3 ROUTE‘ Organisation of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, Swaziland, Mozambique and Seychelles met with business community leaders in…
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Trade News
Letter to US Fish and Wildlife
By Chris Mercer, Campaign Against Canned Hunting. I refer to the hysterical letter of protest by hunting fanatic Ron Thomson to…
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Trade News
World Heads to Durban for Indaba
As over 10 000 delegates comprising exhibitors, the world’s travel trade and media start arriving in Durban this week, Tourism…
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Editorial Comment
May Cover Story
Adventure tourism is a sector of the travel industry that our May edition cover sponsor, SATIB Insurance Brokers have specialised…
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Legal
POPI Part 12 – SPAM
In the May edition of Tourism Tattler we deal with how the Protection Of Personal Information Act (POPI) addresses SPAM…
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Business & Finance
13 Things Entrepreneurs Don’t Do
I spend many hours of my time reading. Some of it is about real live historical events (I don’t enjoy…
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Business & Finance
Inbound Demand Lifts SA Tourism
Strong Overseas Leisure Demand Lifts SA’s Tourism Performance The first quarter results of the TBCSA FNB Tourism Business Index (TBI)…
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Competition
Winners of the April Competition
CONGRATULATIONS to the following 10 winners: 1. Nosifiso Ngutyana of Xerox; 2. Mick Clarke of Umkomaas Guest House; 3. Daniela…
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Destinations
Laid Back Lamu Island, Kenya
There’s a tangible sense of the past, as if time has ceased to exist in Kenya’s Lamu Archipelago, that is…
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Destinations
Property Review: Toad Tree Lodge
Toad Tree Lodge, in the Kuleni Game Park, is a wilderness haven – not only for the teeming game and birdlife…
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Risk & Insurance
Kidnap & Ransom Insurance
The threat of kidnap and ransom in African countries is on the rise and companies with employees stationed or visiting…
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Transport
New Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
After over eight million kilometers of test drives, and an investment of €25 million in the German van plants, the…
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