Comments on: The bane of Cape Town’s hospitality industry

By: Kurt

Kurt — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:06:17 +0000

Yes, she is indeed the bane of the hospitality industry. Saddest person we know. She sits up in the middle of the night searching internet sites to see what is being written about her. It is like a spiral downwards for her. Fact is – she has dug her own grave. Her Camps Bay Guest House is in the market in an effort to recover massive losses. Tourists don’t want to touch the Whale Cottage with a bar-pole because of TripAdvisor and Hello Peter reviews.

In a way you have to feel sorry for Chris von Ulmenstein. She has alienated herself from everybody that had any kind of sympathy for her. Her so-called friends snigger behind her back. The Hospitality and Tourism industry is closing down on her. It is a question of time.

Carl, you have been controversial and I haven’t always agreed with you. But I have to give it to you – your reporting has always been about transparency and honesty. Something Von Ulmenstein is lacking severely.

By: CapeInfo

CapeInfo — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 04:54:44 +0000

Cape Town Tourism's official position and response is posted here.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:17:06 +0000

the Devil wears Prada
Christine is always right and I recall a posting where she complained about the parking marshals and did write they where rude to her. I was a witness in Bree Street and it was the other way around, she was at this little restaurant for over an hour, she refused to pay at all, shouted at the poor guy and drove off in her big fat limousine. It is really time that we show her that her behaviour is not acceptable.

By: CapeInfo

CapeInfo — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:55:33 +0000

I’ve had no reply to two emails to Hetzner. Unprofessional, bad mannered or what?

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:39 +0000

Judging by the number of Janes and Marys who’ve commented, I wonder how many of them really are who they say they are? And judging by how wide off the mark they are, I wonder even more.

The issue here, people, is freedom of speech – not whether anyone likes anyone else’s restaurant/ guest house / porta-loo,

It goes to the hard-won human rights we enjoy in this country – but, unless we act vigilantly, won’t enjoy much longer

By: Susanne

Susanne — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:37:10 +0000

Thank you for your article, it’s well balanced. Until now I had the attitude: Don’t even bother to ignore her. Why doesn’t Chris von Ulmenstein pull out of our industry? Obviously she is better as a blogger, than as a guest house owner. It is about time to do something against establishments like her whale cottages creating seriously upset visitors and damaging the reputation of our local tourism industry.

James please see Hetzner’s contact details below:

Gunther Breuninger
Hetzner Abuse Department [email protected]
Hetzner (Pty) Ltd – Winning awards since 2003
National Contact Centre: 0861-0861-08
Fax: 0861-0861-09
International: +27 21 970 2000
Web: http://www.hetzner.co.za

By: Jane-Anne

Jane-Anne — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:28:39 +0000

This comment did not appear here due to a technical glitch, and I then posted it on one of my blogs. Please click here to read the interesting comments it received: http://salma-gundi.blogspot.com/2010/11/oh-all-right-here-it-is-blogs-blogging.html

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:09:21 +0000

Hi Susan… take a few minutes to read Who Is Killing The South African Restaurant Industry for a slightly different perspective on profitability and life in the industry.

You can find Chapter 1 – The Introduction here and can follow the rest of the chapters from there.

http://brandstrategy.co.za/who-is-killing-the-sa-restaurant-industry/

And yes, I understand, you too have a choice as to whether you will read that or not.

By: CapeInfo

CapeInfo — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:48:26 +0000

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By: James

James — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 17:04:32 +0000

I support Jane in writing to Hetzner’s to officially complain about the slander of the Whale’s blog. Can you please post the details of Hetzner here so that I can add my voice to this threat of freedom of speech by the Whale and Hetzner.