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As the 2010 FIFA World Cup draws nearer, Europcar has introduced services that will get soccer fans more efficiently and effectively on their way.
Speak French or German? No problem, Europcar will be posting staff with language versatility at all major airport branches. Stocks of navigation devices will be in abundance and its manpower will be [...]

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To celebrate the 100 day countdown to the FIFA World Cup, a people-inspired, online ad contest called Get Wildly Creative About South Africa is launching as part of a major nation branding initiative being hosted by South Africa.
This effort has been undertaken by the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council in conjunction with the International Marketing [...]

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The Grand Karavia Hotel www.grandkaraviahotel.com refurbished by Lonrho Hotels with funding support from the Development Bank of Southern Africa will open to guests at the end of March 2010.
The hotel is located in Lubumbashi, the copper belt of the DRC, is owned by the Government of the DRC and will be operated by Lonrho Hotels [...]

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Cape Town Tourism, in partnership with WWF (The World Wide Fund for Nature) and the FBI (Fun Ball Initiative), are hosting a glow-in-the-dark Beach Soccer Tournament at Muizenberg Beach from 14h00 on Saturday, 27th March, as part of the FBI’s Beach Sport Spectacular that runs till the 30th March, 2010.
Earth Hour is a major awareness-raising [...]

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INDABA gives access to the festivals, cuisine projects, heritage routes, storytelling, indigenous music, crafting, retreats and the ancient rituals of South Africa
Tourism, like most industries, ebbs and flows and enjoys periodic new, niche markets that sometimes grow into mainstream subsections of the industry and become powerful contributors to revenue and profit.
It is so with ‘cultural [...]

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The Brett Dungan and Rooms4U saga refuses to die. Just been reading a blog post by Chris von Ulmenstein, the founder of Whale Cottage Portfolio, also on the same subject and fortunately she has allowed me to republish her thoughts on this blog…what is your take on the matter?
In the past few months hotel association [...]

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There are quite a few “booking engines” or “online travel agencies” available to help you perfect your search for your dream vacation. Many of them are quite helpful; while others seem more concerned about the fees they can tack on to your total every step of the way. There are plenty of ways to get [...]

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kulula has introduced a new online payment mechanism called Secure Instant Deposit (SID) that will help speed up and simplify internet transfers. SID is an assisted electronic funds transfer which allows our fans to safely transfer cash directly to kulula using their existing Internet banking facility as an alternative to using a credit card.
“SID is [...]

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Time was when Madonna was topping the charts with Material Girl and Macaulay Culkin was Home Alone. Richard Branson made the fastest ever Atlantic crossing and Nelson Mandela was soon to be released. And Johannesburg’s most fashionable hotel was the luxurious Sandton Sun, perfectly located at Sandton’s most prestigious address.
Long esteemed as Johannesburg’s home of [...]

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With 2009 over and hoteliers feeling more optimistic, HeBS sees two very different approaches to hotel Internet marketing in 2010: on one side, some hoteliers are still extremely cautious when spending marketing dollars; on the other, hoteliers are hitting the ground running with more expansive online marketing budgets and an enthusiasm to participate in new [...]

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