From Harry Potter to The Da Vinci Code, Lit Tours are All the Rage
by Michelle Delio Want to meet the muses? Or perhaps you’d rather crack codes, act like a kid, travel back in time, have a serious adult conversation, solve a mystery, or learn to fly on a broomstick?...
View ArticleRadisson to open second Park Inn in Cape Town
Set to open in November the Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town Foreshore will be the second Park Inn by Radisson to open in South Africa. While some will say that Cape Town needs another hotel like a fish...
View ArticleOlympic runs: the best places to stay for the Games within easy reach of London
Cambridgeshire From punting on the river, exploring the grand university colleges and picnicking in the parks to dancing to live music at night, Cambridge gets a first for its attractions. This summer,...
View ArticleThe Don Group quits hotel sector to get out of the red
The Don Group Limited, a company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, said in a statement released on 6 October 2011 that due to the depressed economic conditions and plummeting profits, it had...
View ArticleEmma’s Eccentric Britain: kitesurfing in Northumberland
Everything about today fills me with a sense of dread. I am a poor swimmer, I have no upper body strength and I am afraid of heights. Yet here I am, sitting in a car park in Beadnell bay waiting …...
View ArticleLondon 2012 event listings 29 July: what’s on during the Olympics
Theatre 1936, Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, EC1, to 5 Aug, sadlerswells.com Tom McNab’s play asks whether a boycott of the Berlin games of 1936 might have changed the course of history. Edvard...
View ArticleLondon’s top five quirky restaurants and bars
The Doodle Bar, Battersea Behind Foster & Partners’ glossy offices on the banks of the Thames, a creative community has quietly taken over the warehouses between Battersea Bridge and Albert Bridge....
View ArticleKZN entrepreneurs in line for big rewards
Four young KwaZulu-Natal entrepreneurs will earn a healthy boost for their businesses soon thanks to the South African Breweries Limited (SAB) KickStart Entrepreneurial Development Programme. About...
View ArticleRyan Shell new head chef at Haute Cabriere Cellar Restaurant
Having undergone extensive refurbishment, Franschhoek’s Haute Cabriere Cellar Restaurant has re-opened this weekend under management of the von Arnim family with new head chef Ryan Shell at the helm....
View ArticleLondon 2012 event listings 28 July: what’s on during the Olympics
Theatre London Road, National Theatre: Olivier, South Bank, SE1, to 6 Sep, nationaltheatre.org.uk Return of Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork’s hugely original musical play set around the real murder of five...
View ArticlePickpocket-proof: Money Belts and Their Alternatives
Backpacks, back pockets, and open purses are easy targets for pick-pockets. Keeping your passport and funds secure in a money belt may save your vacation from an unfortunate run-in with a talented...
View ArticleNew warning on job cuts in SA hotels
A new warning has been issued about the possibility of more job losses in the hotel industry. This time it comes from Marius Earle, the group operations director of Three Cities Hospitality which...
View ArticleSA Tourism’s innovative Touch Table wins two Loerie Awards
South African Tourism’s (SAT) Touch Table, a first in interactive travel and tourism trade communication, has won two awards at the 33rd annual Loerie Awards – a Silver Loerie in the category of...
View ArticleOverlooked and Underrated: Ouro Preto, Brazil
Where? Ouro Preto, about 210 miles north of Rio de Janeiro and 97 miles southeast of Belo Horizonte. Why? This is where you’ll see some of the best examples of baroque architecture in Brazil. It’s also...
View ArticleEnvironmentally-aware travellers a fast growing niche
Travellers concerned with the treatment of the natural environment are a fast-growing market according to experts in environmental tourism. The environmentally-aware traveller represents one of the...
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