Press Releases
Cape Town Tourism Mini-Report Summer 2012 – 2013: the season thus far
Cape Town Tourism is pleased to report positive results for tourism to the city for the first part of summer season 2012/2013, with record numbers for December 2012 at major attractions across the city.
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Cape Town’s Tourism Sector Sees Positive Seasonal Growth
Feedback from representatives of Cape Town Tourism’s accommodation sector membership has been compiled into a joint report by Cape Town Tourism and Horwath HTL, that forecasts slight growth trends across occupancy and average room rates indicators for the months November 2012 – January 2013.
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It’s the season to Give Responsibly - CCID launches SMS donation service to help the homeless in the
The Cape Town Central Improvement District (CCID) has launched an SMS donation service as part of its Give Responsibly campaign in an effort to help break the cycle of homelessness on the city’s streets. The SMS line forms part of the augmented Give Responsibly campaign and offers the public an alternative way of donating money to people living on the streets of Cape Town. The donations will be disbursed to various city NGOs that already do great work in helping to change the lives of the homeless by providing shelter, food, social services and rehabilitation programmes.
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Top 10 Finalists Announced in the Alto Top 100 Places to Eat in Cape Town
Capetonians have spoken by voting for their Top 10 favourite eateries in the Alto Top 100 Places to Eat Cape Town 2012 Awards.
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New 7 Wonder of Nature Accolade Boosts Table Mountain Tourism
South African tourism has received a welcome boost with the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway recording a marked rise in visitor numbers since the Mountain was named one of the provisional New 7 Wonders of Nature in November 2011.
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Collaboration the key for tourism development
Two weeks after one of the most successful World Travel Market trade shows in London, Cape Town and the Western Cape are collaboratively gearing up for the city and region’s peak tourism season. Cape Town and the Western Cape’s tourism marketing organisations, Cape Town Tourism and Wesgro, joined forces at World Travel Market and presented Cape Town and surrounding regions as interchangeable parts of a whole experience.
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Cape Town comes out Tops as Telegraph Travel Awards 2012 are announced
Cape Town has been voted the Favourite City Worldwide for 2012 by 17 000 Telegraph readers in the UK.
The Telegraph Travel Awards take place each year after readers vote for their choice of deserving winners for such accolades as Favourite City Worldwide, Favourite Country Worldwide, Favourite Travel Website and Favourite Travel App.
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Ultra Liquors 100 Women 100 Wines announces Top 100 Wines
The second annual 100 Women 100 Wines event took place in Cape Town this past weekend and was a huge success, with the winning wines for each category announced this morning.
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