Coronavirus and Tourism: European tourists say they are better off in SA
by Stephen Hickmore | Mar 18, 2020 | Categories: Featured and News.
Coronavirus and Tourism Coronavirus and Tourism – Cape Times reports – European tourists in Cape Town have said they are better off in South Africa than they are in their own countries, where the Covid-19 virus spread is much wider. President Cyril Ramaphosa on...
SA Safari
by Stephen Hickmore | Mar 12, 2020 | Categories: Featured and News.
SA safari bookings suffer as coronavirus spreads South African National Parks, which manages the country’s safari destinations – including the premier Kruger National Park – said this week it has seen a number of postponements by international...
Coronavirus myths and misinformation, debunked
by Stephen Hickmore | Mar 9, 2020 | Categories: Featured and News.
Coronavirus Coronavirus – By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN)As the novel coronavirus — and panic about the coronavirus — continues to spread around the world, so too are bogus claims, conspiracy theories and misinformation about the...
Marriott Announces New Openings in Johannesburg, South Africa
by admin | Mar 5, 2020 | Categories: Featured and News. Tags: marriott.
Marriott Hotel Melrose Arch and Marriott Executive Apartments Johannesburg Melrose Arch are situated in the bustling Melrose Arch Precinct and provide a premium destination for business travelers and a fully serviced extended stay destination. “We are thrilled to open...
Valor Hospitality Co-founder Steps Down
by Stephen Hickmore | Feb 25, 2020 | Categories: Featured and News.
Graham Wood joins Sun International Casinos and Resorts. Valor Hospitality Partners, which owns, operates, asset manages and consults on more than 80-plus hotels worldwide, revealed Graham Wood’s departure from the company. The co-founder and managing partner of...
Iconic Rosebank property rebrands, refurbishes and launches new grillhouse
by Stephen Hickmore | Feb 24, 2020 | Categories: Featured and News.
Southern Sun Rosebank – One of Rosebank’s most iconic properties – a hotel that carries the memories of generations of South Africans – has relaunched as Southern Sun Rosebank (https://www.tsogosun.com/southern-sun-rosebank) and proudly houses what is destined...
Culinary Team SA win 3 bronze medals
by Stephen Hickmore | Feb 19, 2020 | Categories: Featured and News. Tags: chefs, culinary and team south africa.
Congratulations Culinary Team SA on your 3 bronze medals for the IKA Chefs Table, the Restaurant of Nations and the sugar work piece by Chef Nicolas van der Walt. The team of Trevor Boyd (Team Manager), Kirstin Hellemann, Adrian Vigus-Brown, Bradley van Niekerk,...
SA’s minimum wage is increasing on 1 March
by admin | Feb 18, 2020 | Categories: Featured and News.
Minimum wages will, on 1 March 2020, see its first increase since being introduced in 2019. The minimum hourly wage, and the special wages for some categories of work, will all increase by just about 3.8%, roughly in line with inflation at the moment – counting from...
South Africa’s youth unemployment rate rises above 40%
by admin | Feb 17, 2020 | Categories: Featured and News.
Youth Unemployment South Africa – Approximately 8.2 million (40.1%) of South Africa’s 20.4 million young people aged 15 to 34 are not in employment, education or training of any sort, according to the latest figures released by Statistics SA in the Quarterly...
Booze-free pop-up bar shaking things up for the sober curious
by Stephen Hickmore | Feb 14, 2020 | Categories: Featured, News and SilverFox Podcast.
Booze-free – The global movement towards moderate and mindful drinking has spawned a growing market of alcohol-free drinks – and now, a bar. Mindful drinking is more than just a fad. The market of ‘sober curious’ and non-drinking adults is...