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		<title>Cape Town&#8217;s vibiest new hotel has vibrant general manager at the helm</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 08:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heading up the team at the new Vïb Cape Town, which is the first Vïb by Best Western in the southern hemisphere, is first-time General Manager, Niall Bruyns. The new appointment affirms Niall&#8217;s stellar trajectory in the hospitality industry. Niall was born and raised in Cape Town and studied hospitality management at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (formerly Cape Technikon). By the time he had completed his studies, Niall already had several management titles under his belt, having worked throughout his studies to pay for his tuition. Upon graduation, Niall joined the City Lodge group for 18 months, after which, he spent the bulk of his career in Executive Management roles in small, 4-star leisure properties. These include the V&#38;A Hotel, The Cape Milner Hotel and Winchester Mansions. Niall then joined the team at the Westin as Director of Food and Beverage, switching focus to a large 5-star corporate. In addition to playing an active role within the industry, Niall has a great passion for training and development and spent three years lecturing hospitality management part-time at a tertiary level. He is now eager to show his mettle at Vïb Cape Town’s brand-new Green Point property, a perfect opportunity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeing is believing with Eye Bar’s unbelievably good Prawn Special!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 08:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summer in Cape Town is all about soaking up the warm beach weather and lazing into long evenings when the sun lingers in the sky. It’s a time to relax, enjoy good food and appreciate life. With the sun and sea on our brains, it’s always been a favourite time to enjoy seafood. With this in mind, Eye Bar is catering to summer tastes. This new foodie hotspot in Green Point is great for “fast fine” dining, where you can enjoy a laidback meal knowing that it’s been prepared by a Michelin-trained chef. In addition to menu highlights like beef ramen bowls and vegan tandoori cauliflower, Eye Bar is running a Prawn Special that’ll have you licking your fingers in no time! For lunch or dinner from now until 28 February 2021, diners can enjoy 12 grilled queen prawns served with charred lime and your choice of chips, masala rice or panzanella salad. The prawns are served with a complimentary non-alcoholic “Mocktail” or your choice of two soft drinks. With all this for only R195 per person, it’s time to enjoy summer 2021! Eye Bar takes reservations for lunch and dinner. Opening hours are from 06h30 to 20h00. Dinner service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beat the “Janu-worry” and plan for February’s month of love with an irresistible vibe!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the traditional festive season splurge, household budgets are usually stretched come January &#8211; hence the nickname “Janu-worry”. The first month of the year always welcomes measures that offer relief from those all-too-tight purse strings, especially with February’s Valentine’s Day plans on the horizon. In addition to those typical start-of-a-new-year woes, January and February 2021 will be spent with lockdown level 3 restrictions in place until 15 February 2021 (and possibly beyond), which came into play from late December 2020. This means that we can’t enjoy the same recreational activities that we usually would, because all public beaches, pools and parks are closed and a curfew is enforced. This, combined with pandemic stress and concern for loved ones, means that many of us are still in need of a holiday! Good news, is that it’s still possible. If you’d like your partner to feel like the fairy king or queen from Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, then treat your Oberon or Titiania to a budget-busting staycation at Cape Town’s vibiest new Atlantic seaboard hotel. Vïb Cape Town is welcoming guests with a dinner-bed-and-breakfast special offer that&#8217;s so incredible you&#8217;d be forgiven for thinking you were dreaming! The “Midsummer Night’s Vïb” lets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking to discover the finest of local this holiday season? Indulge in the delights of the Constantia Valley</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that inter-provincial leisure travel is permitted, but international flights are not yet on the cards, and what with conventional school terms all awry, South Africans are revising their holiday plans. This new move to enjoy the finest of local, right here, right now, comes with the added patriotic thrust and economic impetus of supporting our tourism industry. Discovering – or re-discovering – what our country has to offer is not without considerable pleasures. After all, South Africa is not a major global tourism destination for no reason. The Mother City sits at the pinnacle of this offering, with a global gourmet scene, award-winning wine estates and an iconic mountain that is one of the Natural Wonders of The World. And until international leisure travelers may return to the fairest of Capes, we have its splendour all to ourselves… Cape Town is not just a beacon for anyone outside of the Western Cape. Capetonians themselves have been known to “staycation” and live it up in the city. There’s a wealth of attractions and characterful areas. One such is the renowned Constantia region, set against the densely forested eastern sides of the Table Mountain range and sloping down into a valley [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s Whale Season! Nature’s most majestic marine mammals have returned to the Overberg coastline!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each year, the Overberg coastline, and particularly the relatively sheltered waters of Walker Bay and Hermanus, play host to one of nature’s most profound spectacles: the birthing and mating seasons of those impressive watery behemoths known as Southern Right Whales. Crossing the mighty ocean, travelling all the way from the icy expanse of the Antarctic, these great marine beasts pilot a path to the warmer Indian Ocean off the coast of South Africa to give birth and nurse their young, and then seek new breeding partners, before returning once again to the Antarctic reaches. This pilgrimage is an annual occurrence and a profound example of the unerring navigational intelligence of these massive creatures &#8211; the whales return season after season to the very same birthing sites of their ancestors, to calve, and then mate, repeating an ancient cycle of nature… A similar pilgrimage is made each year, by visitors who flock to the area to witness the unrivalled spectacle of breaching and fluking whales who sport in the waters, often incredibly close to the shoreline. The passionate pursuit of whale watching finds its greatest home in the Overberg region, which is rated by fans as one of the finest places [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spier Hotel is open for business</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2020 14:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Level 3 lockdown in place, Spier Hotel is once more able to welcome business travellers! The historic hotel in Stellenbosch opened its doors on 8 June; business travellers planning a stay between then and 31 August are eligible for a special Open for Business offer by using the code BUSINESS when booking online. From just R1,570 per night (single occupancy), the rate includes: A complimentary room upgrade upon arrival A delicious breakfast from the in-room menu Uncapped Wi-Fi A spacious room with a desk to work at Meeting spaces (available on request) Free parking Early check-ins and late check-outs (available on request) All-day room service No penalty for cancellations 24 or more hours in advance of your reservation The village-style Spier Hotel offers guests plenty of space and fresh air. Although located in calming country surroundings, the hotel is a short drive away from the beating heart of business: just 20 minutes from Cape Town International Airport and Stellenbosch CBD and 40 minutes from both central Cape Town and the Southern Suburbs. At Spier Hotel and across the farm, an extensive range of hygiene and social distancing measures have been put in place for guests health, safety and peace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spier wins award for service excellence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Spier won the Service Excellence Accommodation Award for the hotel category at the Western Cape Provincial Lilizela Tourism Awards 2019. The historic Stellenbosch wine farm and hotel was also a finalist for the Culture and Lifestyle Award. “Our warm, welcoming and attentive staff have worked hard at helping the guest experience at Spier reach new heights – and this award is evidence of that,” says Joep Schoof, Spier’s GM. “We’re enormously proud to receive it and are delighted that our team’s efforts have been recognised with such a prestigious accolade.” &#160; The award was presented by the Provincial Minister for Finance and Economic Opportunities, David Maynier. “The Lilizela Tourism Awards recognises and rewards those in the tourism sector who work passionately and with pride to deliver a world class product or experience for visitors to the Western Cape,” explained the minister at the prizegiving. “Every stakeholder in this industry, no matter how small, fulfils an incredibly important role in delivering a culture of service excellence which supports the tourism industry and in turn, grows our economy and creates jobs.  They are the everyday heroes in our communities.”]]></description>
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		<title>Acclaim For Spier At The 2018 African Responsible Tourism Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2018 06:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spier received silver at the African Responsible Tourism Awards 2018 in the category of Decent Work and Inclusion at World Travel Market Africa in Cape Town last night. Companies making up the strong longlist were scrutinised by judges on the lookout for a meaningful engagement with economically poor, socially excluded and marginalised local people through employment opportunities and community interventions. The nominees were expected to go above and beyond the legal requirements in relation to wages, working conditions and skills development and be working with local producers to facilitate and grow their participation in the supply chain. The award recognises that not only does Spier’s entry-level wages far exceed the industry-regulated minimum wages – we also have a comprehensive array of initiatives to tackle youth employment and enhance the wellbeing, skills and development of our staff. These include: Pinotage Youth Development Academy: Practical work experience is provided at Spier in various aspects of the business in this programme, which seeks to educate and employ disadvantaged youth in the wine industry. Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator: We recruit entry-level staff through Harambee, an initiative which sources, trains and places unemployed young people from disadvantaged backgrounds into their first jobs. Training: This year [...]]]></description>
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