The FIFA Referees Committee, which met late last week in Zurich, has appointed 30 referees representing 28 different countries for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa.
8 Feb 2010 11:36The FIFA Finance Committee, chaired by FIFA Vice-President Julio Grondona, held a meeting in Zurich today, 4 February 2010, during which it approved a proposal to support the Haitian football family with an additional USD 3 million following the earthquake that devastated the country on 12 January
5 Feb 2010 08:33
Match, FIFA's accommodation agent, recently relinquished its reserved bed nights back to local hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses, amounting to roughly 15 000 beds per night. It was alleged that a number of properties were overpriced, which led to a decrease in the number of visitors prepared to rent out the properties.
28 Jan 2010 10:18
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Airline companies selling flight tickets to the highest bidder, B&B and ‘second-class' hotels charging up to R1000 a night for a standard room and one meal at restaurants costing an arm and a leg. Metered-taxi drivers increasing ten-fold the fare of a short distance trip and car rental outlets not budging if you don't cough up.
22 Jan 2010 09:08
BizCommunity readers are invited to attend a series of on-air discussions, which will look at South Africa and the continent once the final goal is scored at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
28 Dec 2009 06:11
By late December 2009, three football teams had confirmed their bookings for base camps in the Western Cape in the Cape Garden Route and Klein Karoo regions.
28 Dec 2009 06:03
Hosted by the city of Johannesburg, the New Year's Eve Joburg carnival will again celebrate the creativity and diversity of the city, by giving inner-city residents and young people a free, safe New Year's Eve entertainment option for the sixth year running.
14 Dec 2009 13:11
The floating soccer balls built by deaf students from the Whisper Boat Building Academy are designed to be your ideal branding solution for any sports event, and with the world's biggest sporting event coming soon you have a great opportunity to brand your company - and at the same time help the deaf students from the academy realise their full potential.
14 Dec 2009 11:44adidas and FIFA presented the adidas Jabulani, the Official Match Ball for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa to the world on the day of the Final Draw, 4 December 2009, in Cape Town.
7 Dec 2009 13:20Johannesburg, 24 November - The FIFA World Cup™ Trophy, the most coveted prize in sport, will arrive in South Africa on 1 December, at the end of the African leg of its global tour.
1 Dec 2009 13:27
[Dr Nikolaus Eberl] The
World Travel Trends Report 2009, published last week at the annual World Travel Market exhibition in London by market research group Euromonitor, spells out intriguing lessons from the 2008/9 slump in global tourism and the opportunities for the upcoming travel season.
16 Nov 2009 11:41
The Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) will host Global Icons Expo-Tainment Experience, which will include 32 nations under one roof in over 10 000m² exhibition space for 32 days in June and July 2010. To date this is reputed to be the highest investment from a single booking that the CTICC has secured since its opening.
10 Nov 2009 09:57
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.
10 Nov 2009 09:51
[Simangaliso Zwane] It's June 2010: Stadia… check, accommodation… check, security… check, transport… check, Bafana Bafana… well, let's just say they are still experimenting.
15 Sep 2009 16:10
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