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The Greatest Show on Earth!

The Greatest Show on Earth!

25 February 2010 Focus

The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be like no other World Cup in history. For the first time the greatest event in football, the most widely-followed sporting extravaganza on the planet, is breaking new ground in Africa – more specifically, South Africa.

Hotel price fixing allegations hit World Cup

24 February 2010 Hotel News

Tourism officials in South Africa have announced an investigation into price collusion among hoteliers ahead of the FIFA World Cup. The allegations follow a separate investigation into airline ticketing earlier this year.

Cape Town World Cup 2010 news update

Cape Town World Cup 2010 news update

12 February 2010 Press Release Tourism News

Cape Town’s tourism industry stakeholders are unified in their efforts to combat damaging international perceptions of South Africa as “an expensive destination”, ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™.

In Search of Excellence in Sport Tourism

In Search of Excellence in Sport Tourism

11 February 2010 Focus

Sport tourism powers South Africa through global downturn. As anticipation reaches fever pitch ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the success of three mega sporting events hosted in South Africa over the past twelve months has given the country’s tourism sector a significant boost.

Fans snap up World Cup packages but corporate sales lag

Fans snap up World Cup packages but corporate sales lag

7 December 2009 Travel Events News

Football fans have been frantically on their phones to travel agents over the weekend booking flights and accommodation to South Africa next June following the World Cup draw and a batch of almost 1m tickets going on sale at the weekend. However corporate sales are expected to be weak, according to Fifa.