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 | South African National Parks (SANParks) said in a statement that the past week proved to be one of the busiest weeks for anti-poaching units in the Kruger National Park (KNP) with as many as three heavily armed groups of suspected poachers detected by rangers in the national park. Read more >>
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 | The Zimbabwe Council for Tourism Special Award to The Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year made in recognition of outstanding contribution to the Tourism Industry in Zimbabwe has been awwarded to Blessing Munyenyiwa of Victoria Falls. Read more >>
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 | Club Travel has selected Cornerstone Information Systems to provide the technology to support their goal to increase top line revenue, improve operational efficiency and staff productivity, and thus grow profitability. Read more >>
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 | President Jacob Zuma recently signed Tourism Act No. 3 of 2014 into law. The Act will make provisions for the development and promotion of sustainable tourism for the social, economic and environmental benefit of South African citizens. Read more >>
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 | The inaugural World Travel Market (WTM) Africa will take place at the CTICC, Cape Town from 2-3 May as a leading B2B exhibition for Africa's travel industry. Read more >>
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 | The Stellenbosch American Express Wine Routes have announced the winner of the Ultimate Bucket List Competition, which was launched at ITB, the world's largest tourism convention, in Berlin in March. Read more >>
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 | The Association of Southern African Travel Agents (ASATA) has appointed Lloyd Orr Communications, a local agency specialising in tourism and lifestyle clients, to handle the PR and communications for the association, alongside their affiliate partner, Big Ambitions. Read more >>
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 | South African National Parks (SANParks) said in a statement that in a SANParks driven operation, with support from South African Police Services (SAPS), two of its staff members based in the Kruger National Park (KNP) were arrested during the late afternoon on Monday, 7 April 2014, on suspicion of poaching activity during the weekend. Read more >>
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 | Sky Events will be taking 22 diners up 40m in the sky at a time, for the next few months at the Fairway Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort. With a 360 degree view of the Randpark Golf Course greenery, guests will enjoy either breakfast, lunch, dinner or snacks, prepared by the executive chef and the team. Read more >>
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 | Domino's Pizza, described as the world's largest pizza chain, has signed a 30-year master licence agreement with Taste Holdings, which will enable it to develop the brand in South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Zambia and Malawi will follow, on the fulfilment of certain conditions. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Fiera Milano The South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has confirmed that it will be bringing a contigent of international buyers, mostly from Africa, to the 2014 Food Hospitality World Africa exhibition, 26-28 May at the CTICC. Read more >>
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 | The World Luxury Hotel Awards has nominated the five-star graded, D'oreale Grande at Emperors Palace in Gauteng to contend for the South African World Luxury Hotel Award 2014 and the African World Luxury Hotel Award 2014. Read more >>
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 | The high point of Tsogo Sun's successful entrepreneurial development programme for guesthouse owners is approaching as the finalists in the Guesthouse of the Year competition are announced. Read more >>
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 | Rod Baker 'Long Beach Resort is not so much a hotel or resort as a village - a village in which we set out to have something for everyone - to create a holiday destination to which guests will return, time and again' - Nicolas de Chalain, Long Beach's first GM. Read more >>
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 | The Red Carnation Hotel Collection South Africa has just launched its new B|Africa Spa website. The site focuses on the brand's spa products and treatments, available exclusively at Red Carnation's five-star South African properties: The Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa, Cape Town; Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat in the Cederberg Mountains; and The Oyster Box, Umhlanga. Read more >>
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 | Interest is running high in Portugal's recently announced Golden Visa Programme, presenting the opportunity for South Africans to qualify for EU citizenship by acquiring property in Portugal. Read more >>
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 | Sharp focus will fall on road safety in KwaZulu-Natal as the country prepares for the upcoming Easter holiday this weekend. Read more >>
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 | Ruth Cooper It's a picture perfect Sunday morning in Camps Bay and I'm lying down on a concrete slab in approximately 4% of clothing, being hosed and scrubbed down by a wetsuit-wearing hands-of-steel warrior. Read more >>
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