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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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The Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival has a great new website with a completely new look: www.oysterfestival.co.za was unveiled this week and it’s undergone a total redesign.
Lisa Duthie, Media & Marketing Manager of Worldsport, who briefed AfroBlonde Brand Management, said that the old Knysna Oyster Festival site had become a bit flat and lacked [...]

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Looking for things to do while on vacation in South Africa? Look no further than www.toursinsa.com, a website dedicated to activities, events, tours, and adventures in South Africa.
Whether you are looking for an exhilarating safari, a relaxing wine tour, an unforgettable shark cage dive, fun mountain bike trips or memorable cultural tours, ToursInSA.com lists every [...]

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mtbeds, an online luxury accommodation website with last minute deals has launched its revamped website. The updated site has been given a new design, upgraded its search functionality, included interactive maps and added an additional 300 establishments to its ever-growing portfolio of properties that can be booked and confirmed on a live basis. Browsers can [...]

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Magical Kenya is Kenya’s site to promote tourism. On landing on their homepage, it is clear that they are very definitely open to advertising space – and because money talks, I guess you could say “why not?” The revolving banner for Orange is well placed and appropriate to the context, so there’s no gripe there. [...]

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“Aaah!” A sigh of relief and a welcome change from last week’s site attempt. The Botswana Tourism Board presents a slick offering and a great yardstick for other tourist boards, proving that it is possible to blend functionality and appeal. But some people seem to just not know about it yet.
If it is well packaged [...]

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I tried really hard to like this site. I did. But I have to say, I’m sorry, I just couldn’t. I can see what it is that they are trying to achieve and where the ideas were meant to be going, but I don’t think it does the Lesotho Tourism Development Corporation any justice. At [...]

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As someone who has been to Namibia and felt its vastness sear markedly through my veins, it was a welcomed invitation to review their tourism site. I was interested to see if developers and writers had done this heart-stopping region its due justice. They have. From information about the region and tips on what to [...]

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The following is a guest blog post by Ryan Frank.  He writes for the Mission Beach blog. You too can guest blog by following the guidelines on CONTRIBUTE page
At a glance, Gauteng.net doesn’t wave back. Stiff in appearance, it’s difficult to tell that the site is even about a small province in South Africa. Considering [...]

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Swaziland (where I was born 35 years ago) is a landlocked country neighbouring South Africa and Mozambique. Culture and traditional customs plays a major role in attracting tourists into the country. Swaziland Tourism Authority is the destination marketing organization tasked in promoting the country as an attractive tourism destination.
Apart from using various media platforms to [...]

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