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New-look bar for Winchester Mansions

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Harveys Bar at the Winchester Mansions on the Sea Point beachfront has been given a makeover to make it more spacious and cater for a growing market that will include an influx of football fans as the hotel is within ...Read More »

Belgium: Sights

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Vastly underrated, Belgium is among Europe's greatest cultural centers... Grand Place, Brussels A jewel box of a square. At night the burnished facades of the guild houses and their gilded statuary look especially dramatic. Try to be here for the Ommegang, a ...Read More »

National parks releases Match-reserved accommodation back onto the market

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South African National Parks (SANParks) is releasing a large portion of the accommodation that it had reserved for the World Cup back onto the general market tomorrow (4 March 2010). In an agreement made in 2007 between SANParks and Fifa's ticketing, ...Read More »

Simply Asia brings taste of East to West Johannesburg

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Simply Asia has opened its latest restaurant in the Honey Crest Centre in the west of Johannesburg. The Simply Asia chain of restaurants is a subsidiary of Cape Thai Restaurant Holdings. The brand opened its first outlet in Cape Town six ...Read More »

Devon heaven: what’s new this summer

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ACCOMMODATIONThe Magdalen Chapter, Exeter There's a buzz about Exeter right now, with new shops opening (Cath Kidston, Hollister, John Lewis coming in October) and new restaurants (Bill's, Cote opening this month). Last month a grand hotel opened in a 19th-century ...Read More »

Taj Cape Town fills all rooms for official opening

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Taj Cape Town, one of the new luxury hotels in the city centre, marked its official opening this month with all of its 177 rooms occupied. The hotel began pre-opening trials several weeks ago, taking limited room reservations. The restaurants, Mint ...Read More »

Mugg & Bean switches coffee supplier

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Mugg & Bean coffee-themed restaurant chain, recently acquired as a wholly owned subsidiary by Famous Brands, has concluded an exclusive supply agreement with the Redberry Coffee Company. The agreement sees the supply of a custom-developed coffee collection of 100% Arabica coffee ...Read More »

New Durban Point Waterfront hotels on track for 2010

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Construction is progressing well on the two new hotels in the Durban Point Waterfront mixed-use development - The Docklands Hotel and The Anchorage Hotel. The Docklands Hotel is scheduled to open in May 2010 in time for the World Cup. This ...Read More »