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Cape Town gets a pat on the back
On Monday night the World Travel awards were held at the ICC in Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal. Since they were established in 1993 the awards have constituted the most prestigious tourism rating the planet has to offer. It was at this prestigious ceremony that Cape Town was selected as Africa’s premier tourist traction. Mansoor Mohammed, who […]
IPL proves South Africa’s ‘can do’ attitude
**Please note that Zissu Travel was officially changed to TravelGround in late 2009. Please see the “About Us” section for more information.** Congratulations to the South African Tourism Ministry for lending their full support to the IPL! This kind of “can do” (‘n boer maak ‘n plan) attitude is what living in the new South […]
Developments at Zissu Travel
**Please note that Zissu Travel was officially changed to TravelGround in late 2009. Please see the “About Us” section for more information.** As we approach the all important Easter weekend, the team at Zissu Travel would like to release a progress report. Up till now our marketing efforts to accommodation owners have been focused on […]
Zissu Travel to go national
**Please note that Zissu Travel was officially changed to TravelGround in late 2009. Please see the “About Us” section for more information.** It was only last month that Zissu Travel, an exciting new accommodation search company, considered themselves a Cape Town only tourism search. With over a hundred activity guides already written about tourism features […]
SA still cautiously optimistic for 10 million tourists in 2010
**Please note that Zissu Travel was officially changed to TravelGround in late 2009. Please see the “About Us” section for more information.** In recent years South African tourism has seen significant growth in international tourism figures, with a significant proportion of this growth manifesting as visitors from Southern Africa. The most recent figures show that […]
Opportunity for local B&Bs as 2010 approaches
**Please note that Zissu Travel was officially changed to TravelGround in late 2009. Please see the “About Us” section for more information.** Cape Town, February 25, 2009 – Local B&B’s and guest houses don’t usually have access to the same online tools available to large hotel chains, but a new website is trying to change […]
Getting the ball rolling
**Please note that Zissu Travel was officially changed to TravelGround in late 2009. Please see the “About Us” section for more information.** Zissu Beta is on its way… 2009 is going to be a very exciting year for ZissuTravel! After over a year of development we are approaching the release of our first Beta-site! Listing […]
Zissu Travel – Driven by mass collaboration
**Please note that Zissu Travel was officially changed to TravelGround in late 2009. Please see the “About Us” section for more information.** Business is changing. Where there used to be large hierarchical corporations that had power, it is now rather through decentralization and mass collaboration that many quality products and services are being created. (Wikinomics!) […]