For many years the debate on the quality of the water on the West Rand has been raging. Now the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site Management Authority (COH WHS MA) has released its monitoring report on water in the area and the results will go a long way to informing the discussion on the […]

There’s been quite a lot of talk about the announcement by the Table Mountain National Park that it has extended its deadline for commercial operators to apply for permits.
In “Poll position: Table Mountain permits ̶̵ just another excuse?”Tourism Update asked if readers thought that the Park “should be charging tour operators to conduct commercial activities […]

Therese Emerick, co-founder of NightsBridge - South Africa’s dynamic real-time on line booking engine - believes that most tourism businesses are started by people who have great people skills, who love entertaining, or who love a specific outdoor activity.
“But what they often don’t like is the nitty-gritty-management side of running a business - the setting-up-systems-and-counting-numbers […]

The initial deadline of 1 December 2011 for the registration of individuals and companies making use of Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) for commercial activities has been extended by six months to 1 June 2012. These individuals and companies, referred to by TMNP as commercial operators, include (but are not limited to) tour operators, tour […]

“I own a guesthouse (or a B&B). What should I look for when buying insurance for my business?”
It’s probably the question insurance brokers hear most often - and there are two simple, but equally important answers:
1. What the policy covers
No other business in the country is quite the same as a guest house or B&B […]