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West coast hotel gets 44 new suites

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A new 44-suite accommodation block at the Shelley Point Hotel on the Cape West Coast 170 km north of Cape Town will be officially opened on May 1. Vanessa Northing, marketing director for Dale Capital, now a major shareholder in the ...Read More »

Just Back from the French Riviera

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In early October, Robert Fisher, editor of Fodor's Provence the Côte d'Azur, traveled to the French Riviera to find out if reality would match the fantasy. Once upon a time, vacationers would spend a full month here, but it ...Read More »

Eco-friendly lounge opened at Sanbona Wildlife Reserve

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A new environmentally friendly lounge has been opened at Sanbona Wildlife Reserve, a Mantis property in the Western Cape. It offers a warm welcome and service excellence to guests arriving at the 54 000 hectare reserve in the Klein Karoo. In ...Read More »

Foreign arrival figures buck global trend for 2009 to grow by 3.6% to 9.9-million

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South Africa has outperformed most international markets in 2009 and recorded growth in foreign arrivals of 3.6%, says minister of tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk in a media briefing at South African Tourism's offices in Johannesburg this afternoon. He says: "This defies ...Read More »

Gateways to Alaskan Cruises: Seattle

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A longtime favorite of travelers, Seattle is becoming an increasingly popular starting point for visitors to Alaska. Four companies---Celebrity Cruises, Holland American Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, and Princess Cruises---all depart from the city for some of their Alaskan voyages. Seattle has ...Read More »

Emma’s Eccentric Britain: Brighton sewer tour

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It's a beautiful morning in Brighton: cloudless sky, crisp winter wind blowing in from the south and cresting surf crashing on to the pebble beach. I stand, hand in pockets, and take a deep breath of clean sea air. "What ...Read More »

Rome Lodging

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Ponte Sisto. With one of the prettiest patio-courtyards in Rome, this hotel offers its own blissful definition of Pax Romana. Inside, all is modern, but you're just seconds away from time-burnished Via Giulia. $$$$ D'Inghilterra. Lizst, Mendelssohn, Hans Christian Andersen, Mark ...Read More »

Alaska’s Best Playgrounds

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Grizzly bears and herds of caribou, placid bays and white-water rapids, stretches of tundra and spruce forests: Alaska's wild lands are an outdoor playground. Though some areas are remote and expensive to visit, you can access several of the state's ...Read More »
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