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Africa Collection makes a noise about the World Cup
Posted by: africacollection in South Africa World Cup on June 18th, 2010
The team at Africa Collection is making a noise about the FIFA World Cup and holidays in South Africa in the run up to celebrating their 10 year anniversary. The rural countryside in West Sussex resounded with the blaring of South African flag-themed vuvuzelas as the team got well and truly into the spirit of the football fever gripping South Africa, and the World, at the moment.
Africa Collection Team making a noise at their offices
Africa Collection’s 10 year birthday on 01st July is yet another cause for celebration. Just last month, Africa Collection was awarded ‘Best African Specialist’ for the third year running by South African Airways UK at its annual Indaba Awards in Durban, South Africa. A great achievement indeed in what was an exceptionally challenging year.
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Africa Collection Team making a noise at their offices
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Disappointment for Rio Ferdinand as his World Cup Adventure turns into a South Africa Holiday
Posted by: africacollection in South Africa World Cup on June 7th, 2010
It’s been a terrible weekend for England fans, as the news that Rio Ferdinand injured his knee during a training session spread across the country.
The thirty-two year old Manchester United centre back became England captain this year, having made 78 appearances for his country in previous tournaments, qualifiers and friendlies. He has withdrawn from the tournament after the injury to a ligament in his knee, suffered just 24 hours after arriving in South Africa.
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What losing their captain and central defender Ferdinand will do to the England squad’s morale remains to be seen Read the rest of this entry »
Final Phase of World Cup 2010 Ticket Sales – Time to Book South Africa Holidays
Posted by: africacollection in africa holidays, South Africa World Cup on April 13th, 2010
With half a million tickets for the 2010 FIFA South Africa World Cup made available from Thursday, it’s time to get you tickets and look forward to an African adventure. 29 ticket outlets are being opened in South Africa, in shopping malls within those cities that are to host World Cup matches: Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth, Nelspruit, Polokwane, Rustenburg and Pretoria.
An international call centre will also take orders from the evening of April 15 and then daily from 8am to 10pm local time on 0041 44583 2010.
So if you want to see Rooney and the rest of the boys this summer, then you better think about booking your South Africa holiday pronto. While you’re in this amazing continent you should take advantage of some of the incredible views, wildlife, and culture available on an African holiday.
England’s first group games take place at Rustenburg and Cape Town, on the 12th and 18th of June, against the USA and Algeria respectively. After that, it’s 23rd of June at Port Elizabeth against Slovenia. Who knows what could happen after that.
Rustenburg
Rustenburg is one of the prime tourist destinations in South Africa, located in the North West Province at the foot of Magaliesburg Mountains, which towers 1, 852m above sea level. It’s just 30km from Sun City, the internationally-renowned premier holiday resort. Read the rest of this entry »
South Africa Luxury Hotels & Lodges
Posted by: africacollection in africa holidays, South Africa World Cup, Uncategorized on April 12th, 2010
South Africa really is like a whole world in just one country, containing many fascinating & distinct natural features, regions, cultures & attractions. We can help you find the perfect holiday; with adventurous or relaxing cultural activities and superb luxury South Africa hotels & lodges.
Incredible views
There is the vibrant and colourful city of Cape Town, nestled in the shadow of Table Mountain. A friendly, bustling, cosmopolitan city with some amazing sights of natural beauty, approximately 1.5 million tourists visit Cape Town every year. Read the rest of this entry »
South Africa World Cup Holiday Guide
Posted by: africacollection in africa holidays, South Africa World Cup on February 4th, 2010
With tickets now on sale, the hype surrounding the 2010 World Cup in South Africa is reaching fever pitch. While there’s always people looking for luxury holidays in South Africa, there are now girlfriends and wives looking for recreational activities and places to visit. Here at Africa Collection we’ve put together a South Africa World Cup Destination Guide to help decide what do with your free time between the games.
Africa has a lot to offer and you owe it to yourself to indulge yourself in the culture and history if you’re there this summer. Watching the games and ignoring the incredible continent you are in would be a tragedy. There’s more information about the South Africa 2010 World Cup on the main site.
Don’t Delay, Book Today!
Posted by: africacollection in South Africa World Cup on August 13th, 2009
A real cliché, but in this case true. If you are an England football (or soccer) fan there is a very good chance that the England team will confirm their participation in the Fifa 2010 World Cup in South Africa after their Group 6 qualifying game against Croatia at Wembley Stadium on 09th September 2009. Even a draw will virtually guarantee England qualification. The draw for the group stages of the finals will only be made on 04th December 2009, and this is the first time you will find out where your team will be playing their 3 group games. Demand for flights (& therefore the price), is only going to get higher from now on in. So don’t wait until then. 8 of the 9 host cities are accessed through Johannesburg. Cape Town is only hosting 8 of the 64 matches, so Johannesburg is the hub, flight-wise. Read the rest of this entry »
South Africa 2010 – World Cup tickets go on sale
Posted by: africacollection in South Africa World Cup on March 17th, 2009
In Zurich in May 2004 FIFA announced that for the very first time the World Cup would be held in Africa & that South Africa were to host the event. Queue wild celebrations across the nation. Five years down the line the first ticket sales phase of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa in 2010 starts on 20th February 2009. The tournament kicks off on 11th June 2010 in Johannesburg.
The first of a total of five sales phases will run from 20th February to 31st March 2009, with tickets being allocated by a random selection draw for over-subscribed matches and ticket categories. All orders will be entered into a random selection draw on 15th April 2009 at the same time, regardless of whether they were submitted on the first or the last day of the first sales phase. Should demand exceed availability for a certain category or match then available tickets will be awarded by ballot (i.e. through an electronic random selection draw).
It’s set to be an exciting tournament in South Africa, it will be the first time the tournament has been hosted by a nation in the Confederation of African Football. Egypt, Morocco and Libya/Tunisia all placed bids for the 2010 Word Cup but South Africa emerged successful after just one round of voting.
Tickets are bound to go like hot cakes. To order you can log on to FIFA.com, the official website of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa where fans can sign up for the FIFA.com Club for free. As well as individual tickets for the 64 matches, team-specific ticket series are also available for the country of your choice. These are valid for anything from three to seven games.
Tickets are available in three categories for international visitors – the least expensive ticket in category 3 costs $80 USD.
There will be four further sales periods for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, with the second running from 04th May to 16th November 2009. During this period, tickets will be attributed based on the order in which the application is received and, of course, subject to availability.
All information on ticket sales is available on FIFA.com.
Of course once you have the match tickets you will need travel arrangements – go to www.africacollection.com, an award-winning specialist tour operator specialising in trips to South Africa, for full details of the flights and holidays that can be arranged for you.
