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Green mock-up hotel a hit at Hostex

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Hostex Cape features a mock-up of a green hotel this year for the first time, the brainchild of Lorraine Jenks, owner of Hotelstuff.co.za and the Greenstuff Village. Jenks has been a passionate environmentalist since the 1970′s in California in the US ...Read More »

Casino survey shows SA government is major beneficiary

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Casinos have added R143-billion to the country's GDP since gambling was legalised in 1996. This is according to results from the casino industry's 2009 survey released by the Casino Association of South Africa [CASA]. The GDP contribution during the 2008/9 financial ...Read More »

London 2012 event listings 6 August: what’s on during the Olympics

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TheatreTaking Part, Criterion Theatre, W1, to 12 Aug, criterion-theatre.co.uk World premiere run for a play by Adam Brace, a two-hander focusing on an underdog Congolese security guard who wants to represent his country as a swimmer at London 2012. Jacob Hashimoto, ...Read More »

Grobbelaar and Vergelegen cook up support for Davos

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The ski slopes of Davos, Switzerland, may seem a long haul from the lush vineyards of Somerset West, but for Vergelegen Restaurant executive chef Henrico Grobbelaar the transition was just part of the job. The 30-year-old, who made headlines when chosen ...Read More »

Gateways to Alaskan Cruises: Vancouver

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The great urban outdoors? It's not an oxymoron in Vancouver. Tall fir trees stand practically downtown, the Coast Mountains tower close by, the ocean laps at the doorstep, and people from every corner of the earth create a youthful and ...Read More »

Police minister issues assurance on airport security

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South Africa is doing everything possible, and planning for any eventuality around airport security for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, says Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa. Speaking after a meeting this week with Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) officials at Cape ...Read More »

City Lodge reports major expansion programme on track

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Despite weak trading conditions as a result of the slump in the domestic and global economies, the JSE-listed City Lodge Hotels group's turnover slipped just 1% to R339-million in the six months to 31 December 2009. While occupancies across the group's ...Read More »

11 Tips for Smarter Packing

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Savvy travelers seem to know instinctively how to travel with less. If you're seriously disciplined, you could go for months at a time with a small shoulder-strap cabin bag -- just pack T-shirts, one or two pairs of trousers and ...Read More »
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