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StayEasy Pietermaritzburg completed on schedule

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Southern Sun's new three-storey hotel offering 127 en-suite rooms, including a disabled bedroom and six interleading family rooms, has been handed over by construction company Grinaker-LTA 16 days early. Grinaker-LTA, a subsidiary of the JSE-listed Aveng Group, said it encountered its ...Read More »

Take the Chef Challenge in Cornwall

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MasterChef has given us so much: the idea that shouting at each other from close proximity is a reasonable way to debate, the phrase "cooking doesn't get tougher than this", and now the chance to take part in a holiday ...Read More »

Music and Millers in the mix in Miami

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Three popular local radio DJ's joined four Miller Genuine Draft competition winners on a trip to the US to attend the 25th Miami Winter Music Conference (WMC) in March. The DJ's included Fresh, Euphonik and Milkshake. The competition winners were ...Read More »

New row looms over tourism grading council

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The Tourism Grading Council of South Africa appears once again set to be a source of controversy after retracting invitations to "final feedback workshops on the review of the grading criteria." Tomsa levy collectors who were invited on Monday (March 15) ...Read More »

Shore Leave: What to Do in Port

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Traveling by cruise ship presents an opportunity to visit many places in a short time. The flip side is that your stay in each port of call will be brief. For this reason, cruise lines offer shore excursions, which maximize ...Read More »

Singita sommelier completes top wine course

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Chris Ford, a sommelier for Singita Game Reserves, was selected as one of only 20 participants to attend the 2010 Wine Judging Academy hosted by Wine Magazine (a sister publication to Hotel & Restaurant) and wine critic and writer Michael ...Read More »

Self-catering review: Royal Parade Apartments, Harrogate

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If it's all about location, Royal Parade Apartments in Harrogate, which opened just over a year ago, has got it both right and wrong. On the positive side, these three elegant self-catering properties are stacked like delicate sugar-dusted pancakes in ...Read More »

Just Back from London

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In late December, Fodor's editorial director Linda Cabasin rented an apartment on London's South Bank for a week with her husband and college-age son. They watched fireworks over the Thames and celebrated the New Year with art, theater, Indian food, ...Read More »
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