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International National Trust Organisation Conference September 2017 Cape Town, South Africa Submission to Host the International National Trust Organisation Conference September 2017 Cape Town, South Africa an inspiring place to meet a division of Table of Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 3 2. Support Letters .......................................................................................................................... 12 3. Cape Town, Your Host City ......................................................................................................... 27 a) Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 28 b) Why Cape Town .................................................................................................................. 30 c) Global Destination Accolades ............................................................................................. 31 d) Global Ranking ................................................................................................................... 32 e) Fast Facts ........................................................................................................................... 33 f) Key Tourist Attractions ....................................................................................................... 34 g) Safety And Security ............................................................................................................ 36 h) Economic & Political Stability ............................................................................................. 37 i) Visa Information ................................................................................................................. 39 4. Travel Information ...................................................................................................................... 42 a) Getting to Cape Town ......................................................................................................... 43 b) Entry Information ............................................................................................................... 45 c) Getting Around ................................................................................................................... 47 5. Conference Budget ..................................................................................................................... 49 6. Accommodation ......................................................................................................................... 56 a) Overview of Suggested Congress Hotels ............................................................................ 57 b) List of All 5 Star Hotels ....................................................................................................... 58 c) List of All 4 Star Hotels ....................................................................................................... 59 d) List of All 3 Star Hotels ....................................................................................................... 60 7. Social Events .............................................................................................................................. 62 a) Suggested Themes ............................................................................................................. 63 b) Suggested Venues A) ......................................................................................................... 65 8. Tours .......................................................................................................................................... 67 a) Day Tours ........................................................................................................................... 68 b) Pre & Post Congress Tours ................................................................................................ 70 9. Conference Support ................................................................................................................... 74 a) Convention Bureau Services ............................................................................................... 75 b) Local Industry Associations ............................................................................................... 76 10. Bestcities .................................................................................................................................... 77 Hout Bay & Llandudno Heritage Trust Reg Trust Number T2721-96 PO Box 27091 Hout Bay 7872 South Africa email: [email protected] Website: www.houtbayheritage.org.za An Associate Member of the International National Trusts Organisation. Our Mission: To promote and preserve our environmental and cultural heritage for present and future generations. Ms Catherine Leonard Head of Secretariat 320 Grosvenor Gardens GB – London SW1H 9AB United Kingdom Dear Ms Leonard, BID TO HOST: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NATIONAL TRUSTS (ICNT) 2017 It is with great pride that the Hout Bay & Llandudno Heritage Trust submits this bid proposing to host the International Conference of National Trusts in Cape Town in 2017. Motivation for inviting the INTO International Conference to Cape Town in 2017 South Africa does not have a National Trust in the accepted International sense. There was a previous attempt to set up a national trust in 1997. A considerable effort was put into the process but it failed. Some ten years later, another attempt was made to resurrect the initiative. Again, it failed. The cultural heritage of South Africa has long been over-shadowed by its natural heritage and much of its tourism is based on the beauty of its parks, wild animals and scenic beauty, collectively considered as Eco Tourism. However, its cultural heritage sites, some of which are of significant international importance, have long been ignored and are rapidly dissipating and vanishing, and there is no sign of any official recognition of the crisis. There are many small, local bodies trying to do their best, but without proper public recognition and an appropriate legal framework which encourages their participation, their input is limited. Dave Cowley and Keith Mackie, the last two of the founding trustees, believe that the establishment of a National Trust in South Africa could be a significant factor in breaking this logjam. They believe that hosting the International National Trust conference in Cape Town in 2017 will provide the catalyst needed to achieve this, to avoid the previous failures. It is for this reason that they are mobilising the Cape Town conference industry to make this bid and, hopefully, to stage the conference. Hence, at root, we are motivated to bring the conference to Cape Town to act as a catalyst, to reach the highest ranks of government, to mobilise society and government at all levels to support the creation of a South African National Trust: to fill a very important gap in our history and heritage conservation. Almost half of South Africa’s graded heritage sites are in the Western Cape: harnessing the help of the small heritage groups, scattered widely in the Province, could be the key to the creation of the “Cape of Good Hope” section of a National Trust. This could eventually extend to other Provinces in much the same way as the Australian National Trust was incrementally established, territory by territory. © Cape Town & Western Cape Convention Bureau an inspiring place to meet 3 Themes A formal theme is not proposed at this stage. It is intended that it should be developed in collaboration between the Local Organising Committee (LOC) and INTO. The following are topics that engage our thinking at this stage: 1. Local Heritage Education and Conservation. Encourage widely distributed community heritage groups to unite and share their ideas and experiences of heritage conservation. Liberate and research their unique, hidden stories and educate communities in such a way as to build community pride. 2. International Linkages Explore the influence of the heritage of small and remote places on International history. 3. Survey successful organisational models for Trusts in developing countries. What are the key success factors? How can modern affordable communication technology be harnessed to expand interest in conservation? 4. Government support and Community Participation How can local communities gain an awareness of their local heritage and the need to preserve the physical/structural components of such heritage? How can governments create an enabling environment to develop heritage conservation and tourism by means of community participation? 5. Issues in Restoration and Preservation Should we restore or only conserve old structure? What do we know about the long term durability of structural materials? Should we resurrect ancient skills or use modern faux substitutes? How can restored structures be brought back into productive use that preserve the lifestyles and technologies of the period and are cost effective? Overall, the most important issue to take into account in setting a theme is South Africa’s enormous cultural diversity. It reaches from the dawn of humankind to the modern space age and everything in between: the hunter-gatherer stone age, the pastoral copper age, the agricultural iron age and the modern commercial/machine age. And all are striving to abandon their earlier cultures and join the consumer society creating curious mixes
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