Cape Town News
Cape Town tourism campaign uses digital media
As part of their global digital media marketing campaign, Cape Town Tourism is currently hosting 4 top international travel bloggers who are recounting their experiences of the destination across various digital and social media platforms this week as iAmbassadors for Cape Town.
Cape Town tourism works with top travel bloggers to unlock Cape Town
Travel bloggers have become the new citizen journalists, unlocking destinations and extending the dream of travel, as more people are depending on and favoring online information and word-of-mouth for travel tips and ideas.
German and Dutch appetite for travel to Cape Town continues to grow
“Last year, arrivals from Germany to South Africa grew by 9.3 percent (235,774 arrivals) and by the end of February this year, arrivals were 7.8 percent up on February 2011.” This is the encouraging news from Cape Town Tourism’s representative in Germany, Barbara Zieme of Akomsa.
Cape Town to host International Airline Conference in 2013
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has chosen Cape Town to host the 69th IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit (WATS) from June 2-4, 2013.
INDABA 2012: Three Cities plan formalised
The cities of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg have formally joined forces to simultaneously address the substantive global shift toward urban tourism and the pressures being felt by their respective visitor industries.The three year Memorandum of Understanding between the cities – signed today at INDABA 2012 - will result in joint marketing and development programs, aimed at establishing the urban dimension of South Africa’s visitor brand and generating demand specifically for each city.
Cape Town gets TripAdvisor boost
TripAdvisor’s Top 25 World Destinations list for 2012 has been released, with Olympic-ready London taking the top spot and last year’s winner, Cape Town, coming in 23rd, while also being voted second favorite destination in Africa.
Film fever hits Cape Town in May
The CILECT Congress 2012 will be hosted by AFDA, the South African School of Motion Pictures and Live Performance, in Cape Town from Tuesday, May 1-Friday, May 4, 2012 at the Southern Sun Cape Sun.
Cape Town taps into social media
Cape Town Tourism’s Facebook fan page, I ♥ Cape Town has surpassed a quarter of a million fans. The dedicated page enables fans to share photos, and videos or find information about where to go and what to do, as well as great deals on Cape Town activities.
I ♥ Cape Town surpasses 250,000 Facebook fans
Cape Town Tourism’s Facebook fan page, I ♥ Cape Town ( https://www.facebook.com/CapeTown.Travel ), has surpassed a quarter of a million fans.
Radisson Blu Cape Town plans refurbishment programme
The Radisson Blu Hotel Cape Town is planning a major refurbishment that will mean all 108 of its standard rooms will get a newly designed bathrooms and new bedroom furnishings. The refurbishment programme will begin on May 1 and will end on the Aug. 15, 2012.
Cape Town and Durban launch joint marketing campaign
Cape Town Tourism and Durban Tourism have finalised a marketing project with National Geographic as part of an agreement to partner marketing of the two cities. Cape Town and Durban are South Africa’s leisure tourism hubs and the National Geographic campaign is the first of a collaborative series of international activities set to promote South Africa’s urban tourism offering.
Value and exceptional service, key to growing US and UK travel markets
The UK and USA, two of Cape Town’s top five tourism key source markets, have both been adversely affected by the global recession but, if targeted correctly, still hold significant potential to draw increased arrivals to Cape Town.