by Hans Belz | Jan 13, 2023 | Press
Top-name international speakers like UK media celebrity and wine educator Joe Fattorini and US digital maven, data specialist and pioneer of wine e-commerce Paul Mabray will share the platform with other leading offshore and local specialists at next month’s in-person...
by Hans Belz | Jul 14, 2020 | Blog
KEEP KIND AND CARRY ON, could be our new mantra, says Margi Biggs. Suddenly, people are talking about Rutger Bregman, the Dutch historian and futurist who argues in his newly launched Humankind: A Hopeful History, that “most people, deep down, are pretty decent”. At...
by Hans Belz | Oct 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
At the recent The Business of Wine & Food Tourism Conference, held at Spier near Stellenbosch, renowned US-based big data specialist Cathy Huyghe of Enolytics LLC outlined an approach suggested for Cape Winelands wine, food and hospitality establishments, using...
by Hans Belz | Oct 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
If we don’t know what we don’t know, how can we tap into the true potential of South Africa’s wine and food tourism, argues tourism maven Margi Biggs. The convener of this year’s The Business of Wine & Food Tourism Conference has lined up several high-profile...
by Hans Belz | Aug 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
There’s a pervasive local way of thinking that if you are pleasant and polite, you’ve pretty much got tourism nailed, says wine and gourmet tourism specialist Margi Biggs. “Good manners, consideration and attentiveness to the needs of others are essential and without...