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Luxury lifestyle village for Knysna
Oak Valley wins green wine award
Revamped Relais Hotels website
More African hotels working with ExpediaExpedia, the online travel company operating more than 80 online booking sites in nearly 60 countries, has announced that 60 percent more African hotels are working with it this year. 17 Nov 2009 13:36 Responsible Tourism Awards winners announcedThe winners of the 2009 Imvelo Responsible Tourism Awards programme, organised by the Federated Hospitality Association of Southern Africa (FEDHASA) in partnership with Absa, the Department of Tourism, the Tourism Empowerment Council of South Africa and the Industrial Development Corporation have been announced. 12 Nov 2009 12:44 Read, fly with 1time
Conference to be held to promote the Karoo
Upmarket guest house in Piketberg
Hotel price inflation could harm SA
More navigational products from TomTom
Optimism at Hospitality Investment Conference
Etihad is World's Leading Airline
Outlook healthy for hotel industryThe South African hotel industry has enjoyed extremely sound growth from 2002 to 2008, with double-digit growth over the past three years (as reported by Smith Travel Research (STR) in its SA Hotel Benchmark Survey), with occupancy levels over the past four years averaging at a consistently high 71 percent. 9 Nov 2009 10:32 | Galleries |
A 250-unit project, Knysna Lifestyle Estate, comprising two-and three-bedroomed luxury homes is being developed overlooking the Knysna lagoon at the heart of the Garden Route. 
The inaugural Nedbank Green Wine Awards were announced at the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town recently and the Oak Valley Estate in Elgin has won the Best Environmental Practices Award. 
Relais Hotels, the boutique hotel group operating exclusive luxury suites, city hotels and country retreats has redesigned its website, recognising the importance of online reservations. 
1time's in-flight magazine, abouTime is said to have seen an increase in advertising sales this year and as well as being available to the airline's passengers, is also available online. 
The Karoo Development Foundation, in partnership with the University of the Free State, is hosting its second Karoo conference, this time focusing on Creative Tourism in the Karoo, as part of its Arid Areas Research Programme, in December 2009. 
The newly opened Feathers Inn, an upmarket guest house, is now open after four years of dedicated restoration and self funding, in the sleepy country town of Piketberg, little more than an hour north of Cape Town. 
TomTom announced last week the arrival of three new personal navigation devices for the South African market, Start, XXL and GO 750. 
The Hospitality Investment Conference Africa 2009 took place at Sandton Sun hotel from 4-6 November 2009. In his keynote address to the delegates on Thursday 5 November, the Minister of Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk said that he remained ever optimistic about the future, despite the economic challenges. 
More than 180 000 travel industry professionals from over 175 countries have voted Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, the World's Leading Airline, at this year's World Travel Awards. 
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