Aslam Levy

For this story to be told in its entirety we would need to go back in history once or twice… Flashback. The year was 1995 and  the Sony Playstation was just released, this in a time when I was still saving to buy a Famicom TV Game (a Nintendo knockoff that came with those 100 [...]

We have received the official press release listing the Artists Performing at the Cape Town Festival 19 – 21 March. The tagline for this event is “One City, Many Cultures” and it rings true once you read the list of artists performing. What is totally amazing is that this 3 day Festival is open to [...]

On Saturday I attended the first Rugby Game at the recently opened Cape Town Stadium. I had a “All access” Arm Band on the day and was allowed to walk around the stadium Tiers while getting some great photo’s. I even managed to get on the field during the Main match. Let me tell you, [...]

Cape Town is about to welcome another 5 Star Hotel and Spa to grace our already illustrious line up. On the 25th of January the doors will open to this stunning Hotel. I was Part of the Cape Town Tourism team that went on a Preview Tour today. The variety of Restaurants, conference venues and [...]

We received a copy of the official Road Closures during the Final Draw happening on Friday the 4th December. If you work in Town please note the closures below and plan alternate routes. For all Cape Town 2010 information vist http://www.capetown.travel/2010/ For a behind the scenes view of the Final Draw see my inside scoop [...]

Earlier today I went on the Media Tour of the FIFA Final Draw Venue at the CTICC along with Cape Town Tourism. It was really impressive to see the co-ordination and effort that has gone into this event. As with our tagline “Ready to welcome the world”, so too is Final Draw, as they “are [...]

Today I was selected as the Featured Interview on Travelwires.com See the article here: http://www.travelwires.com/wp/2009/11/interview-with-aslam-levy-emarketing-co-ordinator-at-cape-town-tourism/ Snippet from the about Travelwires page: “My name is Muzi Mohale, your host on this blog through the love of travelling and the internet. Through Travelwires.com I aim to highlight the latest trends available to effectively running a profitable small tourism [...]

It’s been a crazy busy fews weeks. The lack of fresh content on this website is indicative of that. But this one needed to be online Please Diarise the Cape Town Tourism 200 Days to Kickoff details: Venue:                                 V&A Waterfront, Ampitheatre Date:                                     Sunday, 22 November 2009 Time:                                    14h00 – 16h00pm In celebration of 200 days [...]

We recently sent out a survey to members of Cape Town Tourism with one of the columns titled “Gay Friendly”. They had to indicate whether they were gay friendly or not. This opened a can of worms as we debated what gay friendly meant, and what was perhaps a better terminology. My suggestion is “Gay [...]

Cape Town Routed Unlimited yesterday hosted a walk along the 2010 Soccer world cup Fan walk. This route is the expected way in which the city plans pedestrians take to the Greenpoint Stadium after they have commuted to the city via public transport during the 2010 Soccer worldcup. There are 6 Points of interest along [...]