“This is a sentence that I never wanted to write: I am ashamed to be South African and I am ashamed to be Capetonian.” That’s how Tony Weaver began his column, Man Friday, in yesterday’s Cape Times (Friday, 30 May 2008). It’s sad, sad, sad stuff: “How has it come to this? How has the [...]

A Grey-beard’s Adventure in On-line Marketing Tell you a little secret? It all falls into place if you start by attending a seminar. Regular readers of my blog at This Tourism Week will know Gerry’s name quite well. And you need to know about Gerry, too – or at least to find yourself a Gerry [...]

A Grey-beard’s Adventure in On-line Marketing First published on onlivetravelfocus.com According to Wikipedia,  “In technology, a mashup is a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool; an example is the use of cartographic data from Google Maps to add location information to real-estate data, thereby creating a [...]

This Tourism Week: Newsletter on-line commentary and discussion about tourism in South Africa.

First published on My Digital Life on Saturday, 17 May 2008 So I send my weekly article from This Tourism Week to a database of nearly 7,000 readers in the Tourism Industry. Two weeks ago I wrote about the xenophobic attacks on the Pink Loerie in Knysna (read it here) – and I received some [...]