Category Archives: Travel Articles

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: Costa Rica’s smallest park packs an impressive collection of natural attractions — wildlife, rain forests, white-sand beaches, coral reefs, rocky coves with abundant marine life. Then there’s the forest, which is thick with massive ficus … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: Flight Delays and Cancellations If your flight is delayed, go immediately to an airline representative to ask what the problem is and when your plane is expected to depart. Don’t be surprised if you don’t … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: New York is indisputably the restaurant capital of the world. No other city can boast such a profound variety of cuisines, from Aegean to Zambian, and virtually everything in between. But the dining scene in … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: Kievits Kroon is a Cape Dutch themed property in Pretoria that does brisk conference business, incorporating the health, wellness and beauty treatments offered at its spa. Packages are created to celebrate the seasons and tie … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: The Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI) has welcomed the imminent establishment of a national conventions bureau. The bureau, which will be operational as a business unit inside South African Tourism by October … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: Selecting a cruise can be confusing for even the most seasoned traveler. Besides researching your ports of call, you’ll want to get a sense of your ship’s particular culture — who’ll you’ll be traveling with, … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: AA Travel Guides, publishers of information about tourist accommodation and travel options in South Africa for the past 18 years, has warned against over-regulation of the tourism industry. This follows the release of the draft … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: Eight member guesthouses in Orlando West in Soweto which are enrolled in the Southern Sun Book-A-Guesthouse enterprise development programme hosted 29 Southern Sun managers from around the country recently. The managers were attending a management … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: Cape Town Tourism has introduced an inclusive global marketing campaign for the city.  “The campaign encapsulates the essence of every facet of what the City has to offer, from tourism to design, business and studies … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: Land’s End to Sennen Cove Distance 1.3 miles Start Sennen Cove Car Park, grid ref SW354263. Finish Point Lands End – SW342254 Downloadable route Sennen Cove draws a vast number of visitors to its golden … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: On Friday, 2 September 2011, Johannesburg Tourism Company (JTC) celebrated with four students whom they have nurtured since high school, when they graduated from the International Hotel School’s START (Skills Tasks & Results Training) programme. … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: The Thebe Exhibitions and Projects Group (TEPG) has introduced Atomic Junkies, an extreme sports and adrenalin fest that will take place at Johannesburg’s Coca-Cola dome from 6 to 9 April 2012. TEPG MD Carol Weaving … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: Accor’s Hotel Formula 1 has made a name for affordable prices, convenient location and innovation. It is proud of its one-star grading. The brand is ideally positioned for travellers with restricted budgets, with its slogan: … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: For more than 100 years, busy days have begun at E Pellici, at 332 Bethnal Green Road in the East End, and we can think of no better place to start ours than in this … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: Whenever I need to fortify myself with breakfast before setting out into the East End streets to pursue the mudlarks, bunny girls, diamond thieves, trannies and costermongers that form the subjects of my daily interviews, … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: The ability to work well under pressure has enabled Eshowe-born chef Robert Gumede to rise through the ranks in some of KZN’s best kitchens over 20 years and aim to be rated as one of … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: Art hotel in PenzanceArtist Residence, a quirky hotel which opened in April 2011 in an historic Georgian building, has eight rooms decorated by young Cornish and British artists. There’s The Artist’s Studio with a “floating” … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: Best for food, St John, West End This boutique hotel (it’s really more of a restaurant with rooms) was launched last spring by the bon viveur co-founders of London’s nose-to-tail restaurants St John and St … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: by Lisa Oppenheimer It’s hot, it’s humid and it’s raining. The air-conditioning is broken, and the kids are activity-less for a whole week between camps and the start of school. That’s five days: 120 hours; … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: The days when London dining was synonymous with bad food are over. The revolution in London’s kitchens began simmering in the 1970s, and by the 1980s a handful of influential restaurants had brought it to … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: It’s often the little details that make a hotel stay memorable – like the turn-downs at Durban’s luxury Oyster Box Hotel. The offering focuses on exclusive and personalised touches. Every morning, the hotel’s management discusses … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: Henk Bredenoord, operations director of Status Hotels and an experienced hotelier, shares some of his thoughts on the recent news in the hospitality industry: “Here are just a few comments about the articles that have … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: The 2011 Joburg Shopping Festival is set to take place at eight participating centres from 17 to 25 September in Rosebank, the CBD and Woodmead. Festival partners include SAA, freight service UBag, six Johannesburg hotels … Continue reading →

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: Fodor’s editor Doug Stallings recently spent a week in Prague, learning first-hand why this small and compact city is one of Europe’s most popular destinations. Why Prague? Many parts of the Old Town look just … Continue reading →