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Two thirds of tourism businesses polishing up service in preparation for the big influx of 2010 fans
70 percent of tourism businesses excited and looking forward to the World Cup
A third of tourism business say South Africa won’t be ready for the World Cup on time and that it’s nothing but a ‘load of hype’

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Passion, excitement and overwhelming pride was felt by all fellow South Africans yesterday, with the undeniable buzz in the air as we marked 100 days until the kick off of the FIFA World Cup, a truly unique homegrown celebration, full of joy and vibrancy. We not only celebrated what is to come but what has [...]

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The Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) addressed the issue of price gouging – the practice of unfairly raising prices for the duration of an event – in a press conference in Sandton, saying that the majority of South African businesses will be responsible in their pricing.
“We are in the business of pursuing profit, [...]

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Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk, Minister of Tourism, welcomed one of the largest tourism industry delegations to the country and expressed his confidence that the delegation would be impressed by South Africa’s depth of offering as a long term investment market.
“Germany is one of our most important source markets in terms of foreign arrivals and we [...]

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Knysna Tourism facilitated the first of a series of workshops to ensure local crafters benefit from the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Tournament later this year. The first workshop last week focused on the use of official trademarks relating to the tournament and the workshop was presented by Craig Carbutt from the Cape Craft & Design [...]

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Recent e-mail warnings from travel agents advising South Africans to “stay home” during the 2010 World Cup, from 11 June to 11 July 2010, because of overbooked hotels, unavailable car hire and impossible airports, are overstated.
Gillian Saunders, director of Strategic Solutions at global audit, tax and specialist advisory services firm Grant Thornton South Africa, says: [...]

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With the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2010 now six months away, the anticipated 400 000 overseas fans are about to scramble for accommodation in all the host cities around the country. The expected shortage of places to stay, particularly in smaller centres like Bloemfontein, Polokwane, Rustenburg, Nelspruit and PE has resulted in a number of [...]

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The French Consul, Antoine Michon, visited Knysna last week and met with Knysna Mayor Eleanore Bouw-Spies, the Municipal Manager Mr Johnny Douglas, Knysna Tourism CEO Shaun van Eck and other representatives to discuss the town’s hosting of the French team during the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Mayor Bouw-Spies said that Knysna was excited and  honoured [...]

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The fact that Knysna is the host destination of two top European teams during the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup, Denmark and France, created a lot of interest at Vakantiebeurs 2010 in Utrecht.
CEO of Knysna Tourism, Shaun van Eck, said that despite the bitter cold the show was well attended. “We have been inundated with [...]

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South African Tourism (SAT) claimed the lime light at the Netherlands’ premier travel trade show by delighting over 13000 visitors with several opening day events. Vakantiebeurs is open to the Netherlands’ public and travel trade from the 13th to 17th January 2010.
South Africa’s Minister of Tourism, Martinus Van Schalkwyk opened the busy holiday fair with [...]

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