EDITOR’S NOTES from down under
Indeed, your travelling editor is checking out Sydney before the Congress...well, vaguely. I am actually mostly here to meet my kids, 2 of whom are currently sailing round the world. They are thin and fit and well - the good side of bouncing around in a small boat! I had the pleasure of joining Melbourne Skållies for their monthly event, and a warm and friendly lot they are too, though Melbourne winter weather was anything but. Many of you will have been in these parts, many not, but for the Oz virgins heading this way for Congress, QUADRUPLE your budget! Costs of everything are totally scary in rand terms - don’t even think of converting each time or you will become thin like the kids! The Melbourne lunch, for instance, was over R350 EACH! Having had a good tourist view of Sydney, I do think that the Congress programme looks a lot of fun, and no doubt cheaper than doing it all yourself. And, having moved across to NZ, I will pass on the maybe useful info that for 3G users NZ Vodafone is very superior to OZ Vodafone. And on that, here is an appeal that I am sure will be shared by all regular travellers and laptop/Blackberry/Ipod users - PLEASE DON’T send HUGE files by email unless you have checked with recipient first. (By that I mean anything over about 500kb). Pictures of hotel bedrooms or huge logo files are not going to create happiness in the mind of the travelling recipient!
Stay cool and g’day mate
See you around
Tim Sale
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BIRTHDAY WISHES TO:
Many happy wishes to:
Chris Maltby, Richard Ward |
03 Aug |
Penny Bannerman |
04 Aug |
Lorraine Levieux |
11 Aug |
Shirley Brown |
21 Aug |
Sabina Lisa Botti |
24 Aug |
Susanne Faussner-Ringer,
Tana Nel |
26 Aug |
Nils Heckscher, Chrizel duToit |
28 Aug |
Garth Tupper |
01 Sep |
Nicole Smith |
04 Sep |
Anne Lamb |
08 Sep |
Anna-Mart van Wyk |
09 Sep |
Henry de Koker |
11 Sep |
Martie Malan, Enver Mally,
Petra Onel |
13 Sep |
Enver Mally |
13 Sep |
Michelle Koenig |
19 Sep |
Nadine Ledesma |
19 Sep |
Pixie Levesque |
25 Sep |
Sumari Vorster-Stevens |
29 Sep |
Stanley Cohen |
30 Sep |
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OTHER CLUBS
Lunches of other clubs are scheduled as below, so if you are around these locations on due days, do join in.
| Cape Winelands | last Thursday | | Durban | 3rd Thursday | | Garden Route | 3rd Wednesday | | Johannesburg | 3rd Friday | | KZN-Midlands | 3rd Thursday | | Nelson Mandela Bay | 2nd Tuesday | | Pretoria | 3rd Tuesday |
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SKÅL INTERNATIONAL
Skål, founded 1934, is a professional organisation of tourism leaders around the world, promoting global tourism and friendship. It is the only international group uniting all branches of the travel and tourism industry. Its members, the industry’s managers and executives, meet at local, national, regional and international levels to discuss and pursue topics of common interest , AND... doing business amongst friends. |
MEMBERSHIP 2010
The 2010 Membership cards have arrived - please contact Anne to arrange collection/delivery of your card, if you were unable to attend any recent function. She will have them again at our August meeting
SKÅL INTL. WORLD CONGRESS
The 2010 version will be in Sydney, from the 07-12th Oct. There are various prices offered depending on the hotel and the view and these are available on the Skål International Website
BRANDING
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The corporate BRANDING sales are going very well-the concept allows members to promote
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OBITUARY - JIM POWER
It was a shock to skål members world-wide to hear the news of the untimely passing of our dedicated Secretary General. Jim lived the true spirit of Skål and will be sadly missed. He had a great affinity to Cape Town as it was when our Club hosted the 1992 World Congress that he became a Director of Skål. Our condolences to his family and the staff at Skål International.
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MEETINGS
JULY 13
We had a delicious and well attended lunch at CHAI YO
in Canal Walk. Loren Rutherford of Nomad Tours was
the sponsor and spent time with the tables talking about her products. Thanks Loren and well done.
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AUGUST 10
Back to Canal Walk again, this time to the very smart Crystal Towers. The lunch reply has gone out and thanks to Joy Strydom for arranging the co-branding with Rovos Rail. We look forward to Joy telling us all about their excellent service and the exciting routes they travel.
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SEPTEMBER 14
The venue will be Panama Jacks, to be co-hosted by Cheryl and Robert Verbruggen of Cape Courtesy.
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TICE
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Don’t forget TICE at CTICC on Saturday, 02 October 2010. Joy has reported that Cape Town Tourism is sponsoring the event to the tune of a magnificent R50 000, and all is going well. The Theme: Black, White and Platinum.
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Charities designated: Goedgedacht Trust / Tourism Community Development Trust – Blomvlei Primary School Library. If any money is over, small donations will be made to the Diabetic Association and the Homestead.
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NEW VENUES
If you have an idea for an interesting venue for lunch or anything else, do please mention it to a Committee Member. We are spreading ourselves around quite nicely, but new venues are always welcome. We now also include Golf Course management as well as restaurateurs involved in the tourist trade-we are pleased to have a couple of the latter now joining us.
AUCTION
Driven by Carol Bayne, and with huge support from TIR-thanks again Dominic-the auction has been a great success, with more to come. We are currently on Item 6, comprising a getaway to the Casa Do Sol Hotel & Resort in Hazyview with car hire from Budget and flights by S.A. Airlink. To date the auction has so far realised the magnificent sum of nearly R30 000, which helps to keep club fees down and supports skål charities.
ECO TOURISM
We have several entries for the prestigious Eco Tourism Awards, to be announced at the Skal World Congress in October. Our club entries are:
Street Smart, Camino de Santiago Spring Clean Campaign, !Khwattu, Avis Green Programme and White Shark Projects.
YOUNG SKÅL
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They have lots of things on the go- very vibrant, is Young Skål. Member numbers grow, with lots of activities, so if you know a potential under 30’s member, do contact Anne. |
Recently they’ve had Marisa Salvarto, Tonya van Rooyen, Kyle Wills from City Guide SA and Prineta Diergaardt from Budget Rent-a-Car join their ranks, totalling their membership to 32. Well done!
WEBSITE
NB READ THIS!! It’s EASY-promise.
Easy way to log in: to find our website and the Cape Town information.
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go to www.skålsouthafrica.org |
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Along top navigation bar - click on Skål Clubs |
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Drop down will appear - click on Cape Town |
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Further drop down appears with Committee, Functions, Newsletters |
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Click to read or link to lunches/events on the functions page. |
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See you soon
Until then, Skål!
PRESIDENT
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