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Guide to Tipping in Europe

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Avoid the dreaded uncertainty of tipping while dining out in Europe---brush up on local tipping customs so you know how to make a graceful exit from the table. Austria Although virtually all restaurants include a 10% service charge, tipping 5%-7% is customary. ...Read More »

Tourism Business Council assesses impact of budget speech on tourism industry

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The Tourism Business Council of South Africa's CEO Mmatati Marobe has come out in praise of the Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan's delivery of a bold budget under difficult circumstances. She says: "It was indeed a tough balancing act for the ...Read More »

Top 10 budget restaurants and cafes in Cambridge

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Norfolk Street BakeryYou have to be confident in your bread – supremely confident in the quality of all your ingredients, in fact – to serve a sandwich as simple as Serrano ham and plum tomatoes on brown bread, dressed only ...Read More »

Starwood to open 14 Westin hotels this year

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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has announced plans to open 14 new Westin Hotels this year in various parts of the world. This year's openings span China, Greece, Japan, India, Mexico, the United States, and Canada - including newly opened The ...Read More »

Hoteliers complete green training course

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Staff at the Sibaya and Windmill casinos have become the first to complete environmental courses developed by Kundiza and the Heritage Environmental Management Company. Further certificates were issued to the staff of the Michelangelo Hotel, which is operated by Legacy Hotels ...Read More »

Five stars for Coral International Cape Town

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The Coral International Hotel, which opened in Cape Town a few weeks ago, has earned a five-star grading from the Tourism Grading Council of SA. Hotel GM Jacqui Booyzen says the Dubai headquartered hotel group has ambitious plans to expand into ...Read More »

Retsol restructures and relaunches as Java Brands

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Quick service restaurant group Retsol has restructured its business to optimise growth and fine-tune the development and management of its quick service restaurant brands Ola Milky Lane, Juicy Lucy, Chicken King and Corner Bakery. From February, the Corner Bakery business continues ...Read More »

It’s bloody in-tents: Britain’s first ‘horror camp’

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Under a blood-red sky in gentle Lancashire, a band of eager victims have come to experience Horror Camp Live, a gore-tastic camping night incongruously pitched at a working dairy farm near Blackburn, home of Mrs Dowson's Ice Cream. I have ...Read More »
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