This Tourism Week 4 February 2010
No single edition of This Tourism Week has received the amount of attention that last week’s did (‘More 2010 Pricing Woes’).  I spent five hours on Sunday alone, just catching up with the e-mails that swarmed into my inbox, and I lost track of the number of phone calls I […]

Dedicated to the life and legacy of an extraordinary leader, a man who fought for human rights and dignity, a trip to the Luthuli Museum in Groutville will leave you in awe and humbled.

It is an encounter not to be missed and an opportunity to fill in the gaps of South Africa’s political history.
Take the […]

Did you know that the term ‘price gouging’ actually warrants a Wikipedia entry? No really, you’ll find it here.  And it seems that some people actually support the concept.
“The term is similar to profiteering but can be distinguished by being short-term and localized, and by a restriction to essentials such as food, clothing, shelter, medicine […]

So what do you say - is the internet the future of travel?
As much as I believe in the net, I’m not convinced it is - and for a country as beset with problems as ours, it might even be a deterrent.
I was mulling on this today when one of the industry newsletters arrived and […]

You can’t be blamed if you’re beginning to think that everyone in South Africa believes that the whole of the travelling world is planning to descend on us in the middle of this year. Considering the way prices are going (rentals? One operator told me that he was offered a 4-bedroom house in Pretoria for […]