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An exciting new golf route established in the Limpopo Province

The Limpopo provincial government has spearheaded the development of a nine-day golf and safari package that incorporates the four top golf estates in the beautiful Waterberg region, Zebula Golf Estate & Spa, Elements Private Golf Reserve, Euphoria Golf Estate & Hydro and Legend Golf & Safari Resort.

The initiative emanated from the identification of the Golf and Game Attraction, one of the Province's key tourism growth strategies. With the recent opening of Euphoria Golf Estate & Hydro followed by Legend Golf & Safari Resort, the Province now boasts four premier and highly sought after golf courses. This, together with the bushveld, wildlife and Big Five appeal, creates a golf and safari experience that is unique to the province, the country and the world. The initiative was launched on 18 March at Zebula, where key players in the golf, tourism and hospitality industry as well as key members from the Limpopo provincial government were present. An international contingency from the UK comprising high profile media and tour operators also attended the launch and went on to experience each golf estate on the new Limpopo Golf & Safari Route. The feedback was extremely positive and the new route is set to take on some of the other well known golfing destinations in South Africa.

Other key selling points of the destination include the close proximity to Johannesburg and Pretoria; the close proximity of the golf courses to each other in the Waterberg with easy driving distances; reasonable prices; great yearround weather in a malaria-free area and the appeal of testing one's skill on new and challenging golf courses in beautiful settings. The provincial government, through the Department of Economic Development, Environment & Tourism, has spearheaded the initiative. A one-stop booking point has also been established to ensure ease of booking with one point of contact for the entire package. The new Golf Tourism Packages fit well into the long term strategy of each of the resorts and the Limpopo provincial government and all parties look forward to a substantial increase in golf tourism to the Province.

Partnership is key
Steve Dunn, CEO of Zebula Golf Estate & Spa, the first golf estate in the Waterberg (it opened seven years ago), is extremely positive about the initiative. "The partnership of the resorts is key to create a more powerful marketing campaign attracting golfers to the Waterberg area. Golfers generally like to play different courses and these packages offer the perfect combination of a memorable bushveld golf and game experience, appealing to both the local and international market." Each of the estates has unique features, most of which are not available anywhere else in the world.

Information
For more information please visit www.limpopogolfandsafari.com or contact Natalie van Blerk from GEMC on natalievblerk@euphoriaestate.co.za.

For bookings, contact Nova Clark at nova@axisafrica.co.za or on 078 456 5070.

About Zebula Golf Estate & Spa
Zebula Golf Estate & Spa is the only five star rated golf estate, nature reserve, bush lodge and health spa in South Africa. Zebula offers a variety of activities including a first class golf course and practice facility, health spa, game drives, quad bikes, equestrian centre, archery, fishing, clay pigeon shooting, paintball, cheetah runs and interaction with baby tigers. The resort offers a variety of luxury accommodation and top restaurant facilities. Zebula also has a tarred airstrip for those golfers wishing to visit there via an aircraft.
Designer: Peter Matkovich
Awards:
Best New Golf Course-Golf Digest 2004
Golf Digest Top 40 ranked course 2005 – 2009
Recipient of Compleat Golfer 5 star Golf Experience Award 2009
Tourism Grading Council of SA 5 star award, 2008 and 2009.
Vists www.zebula.co.za for more information.

About Elements Private Golf Reserve
Elements Private Golf Reserve was designed by Peter Matkovich and is rated in the Top 10 Best Golf Course rankings. The reserve offers privacy, safety and an integrated bushveld experience. The clubhouse is fully equipped offering a bar, restaurant, lounge and viewing deck over the main feature holes and driving range as well as a swimming pool and clubhouse. The accommodation is in rental pool homes offering privacy and a true bushveld experience.
Designer: Peter Matkovich
Awards:
Golf Digest Best New Course for 2006
Golf Digest Top 10 course ranked 9th for 2008
Golf Digest Top 10 course ranked 10th for 2009
Visit www.elements.legacyhotels.co.za for more information.

About Euphoria Golf Estate & Hydro
Euphoria Golf Estate & Hydro is an 18-hole championship golf course and is the firstever lady golfer’s signature golf course in Africa, with Annika Sorenstam as the name behind the course. The estate offers 64 rooms of Bush Villa accommodation rated four star, a hydro, and a cableway linking the clubhouse to the mountain top estate and Sundowner Deck Restaurant. Four property options, wedding and conferencing facilities and activities such as game drives, hiking, fishing and birding are also available along with a bar, fine dining restaurant and wine cellar.
Signature: Annika Sorenstam
Awards:
Best New Clubhouse Award for 2008 - Compleat Golfer
Compleat Golfer 5 Star Golf Experience Award for 2009 and 2010
Finalist for Best New Hotel in the HICA 2008 Awards
Runner-up Best New Course - Golf Digest rankings 2009
Tourism Grading Council of SA 4 Star award, 2009
AA Superior Awards, 2009
Visit www.euphoriaestate.co.za for more information.

About Legend Golf & Safari Resort
The Legend Golf & Safari Resort consists of an exceptional golf course with a luxury estate as well as facilities where wildlife and spectacular landscapes are all part of an intended lifestyle. The resort is situated within the Entabeni Safari where the Big Five roam free. This unique resort sets new standards in exclusivity and tranquility and reflects the rich cultural legacy of this ancient part of Africa.
Signature: Designed by 18 of the world’s top golfers including Garcia, Furyk, Villegas, Montgomerie, Harrington and Goosen.
Awards:
Best New Course 2009 - Golf Digest
Winner of the 2009 World Travel award as Africa's leading tourism development project
Recipient of the 2009 European Property Awards.
Visit www.legendlodges.co.za for more information.

Skin care cult

It's been said that there is nothing as powerful as an idea whose time has come. This maxim is proven daily in the success of Dermalogica, the ‘quiet revolution’ in skin care with a cult following ranging from professional skin care therapists to Hollywood makeup artists.

The company was founded in Los Angeles in 1986 by Jane and Raymond Wurwand, who also founded The International Dermal Institute, the post-graduate training facility for professional skin care therapists which sets the industry standard for education. Today, all Dermalogica products are researched and developed by The International Dermal Institute, drawing upon the expertise of the school's worldwide network of educators. After establishing The International Dermal Institute in 1983, Jane concluded that no available skin care line was suitable for use in her classrooms; developing her own product was clearly the next step. By definition, the brand had to be compatible with her exacting educational standards, and had to meet the needs of the skin care professionals who would be the brand's sole means of distribution.

Irritant-free
When Jane first presented her product formulation proposal to industrial chemists, “They told me it couldn’t be done!” she recalls. Jane’s vision was clear: a product line which was free of the common irritants which ultimately led to skin sensitisation, and which was selected and recommended by a professional skin care therapist with the same care that a physician would prescribe medication. This meant eliminating mineral oil, S.D. alcohol, artificial colours, artificial fragrances, lanolin, and formaldehyde – all accepted staple ingredients in many leading brands at the time.

Ultimately, one forward-thinking chemist was able to produce the formulations to Jane’s exacting standards. A few products were developed initially – Dermal Clay Cleanser, Active Moist, Skin Smoothing Cream, Special Cleansing Gel, Multi Active Toner – and the Dermalogica brand was born. The brand’s best-sellers are among this now-classic group of cleansers, toners and moisturisers. Today, Dermalogica leads the industry by creating innovative products which conventional manufacturers would never attempt to formulate. Because the company is driven by research and education, Dermalogica often initiates development of a product prior to industry or consumer trends. For example, drawing upon the observations of professional skin care therapists that many of their clients were chronic 'over-exfoliators' who compromised the lipid barrier of their skin by daily use of strong scrubs and AHA products intended as weekly treatments, Dermalogica launched a revolutionary daily exfoliant in 2001. This precedent-setting ‘Daily Microfoliant' created a new product category as a gentler, safer alternative to the aggressive exfoliants available in the marketplace.

Dermalogica's advanced research into new ingredient and product formulation technologies, paired with an intimate knowledge of the needs of skin care professionals, allows the company to develop definitive products well ahead of the consumer 'curve'. As a result, Dermalogica's products addressing acneic, environmentally sensitised, mature and sun-damaged skin, as well as other conditions requiring professional treatment, have consistently been major innovators in these categories.

Wellness is beauty
From the beginning, the Dermalogica founders and the company's cult-like 'tribe' of users have consciously held themselves apart from the beauty industry. The company ethos was conceived around the health and well-being of body, mind and spirit; looking good is a pleasant effect of improved wellness. With this mindset, the brand has never been packaged or marketed with luxury or glamour in mind. Jane Wurwand offers that, "Skin care is not pampering, any more than dental care or a shampoo is pampering. It is a basic part of grooming, self-care and basic hygiene."

Today as in the early 80s, Dermalogica emphasises innovation, information and education. Products are given functional, informative names rather than whimsical, marketing-driven labels. Packaging is uniformly sleek, spare, and designed to reduce contamination and to control product application. Dermalogica's loyalty to the original founding vision is now tangible in the industry's loyalty to the brand: Dermalogica is the mostselected brand among professional skin care therapists in the USA. More than 3 500 skin care centres in the USA alone carry the line, with many thousands more in Europe, Asia and Australia. Dermalogica does not purchase advertising space or air time, preferring to gain awareness through word of mouth. Likewise, the brand is purposely not available in any of the usual retail venues (department stores, infomercials, drug stores), and offered exclusively through professional skin care therapists. Dermalogica's identity remains unmistakably distinct in an industry of 'me too' brands. "We don't try to keep up with trends," says Jane Wurwand. "We are more interested in real innovation for real results. We are always pushing the envelope, raising the bar. We don’t feel pressure to launch a dozen new products each year. We may launch only one or two, and only when we are absolutely confident that they will be the best, most effective in their category."

Information
Dermalogica products are available only through the recommendation of a professional skin care therapist.
For locations call 011-268 0018.

VIP Assist

VIPA 911 offers one single point of contact when assistance of any nature is required.

VIP Assist (VIPA) provides members with efficient assistance services - regardless of the nature of the crisis; VIPA911 is the link between the member, the crisis and the solution. VIPA offers emergency, security and general care services to its members in and around South Africa. VIPA's focus is on the wellbeing of its members, whether travelling around the corner, around the country or around the world. VIPA's unique services are tailored specifically to today's unpredictable environment. VIPA members are 'cared for' all around southern Africa, and can rest assured that HELP is only a phone call away. To coordinate its services, VIPA established the VIPA911, SPOC (Single Point of Contact) Crisis Management Centre, allowing members to make one easy phone call when assistance of any nature is needed, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Upon calling the VIPA911 Care-Line on 080 HELP 911, an Assistance Coordinator immediately evaluates the situation a member is faced with and swiftly coordinates the appropriate response with service providers to attend to and resolve the member’s crisis. Whether at home, at work or travelling around the country, VIPA affords South African residents and visitors the most important thing in times of crisis - HELP.

VIPA services include the coordination of:

1. Medical assistance
   VIPA provides fast response and medical care through its national Emergency Medical Care Network. VIPA’s network combines the expertise of a respected hospital group with a group of national emergency response service providers, including:
   • modern road ambulance fleets
   • medical emergency response vehicles
   • air ambulance services (fixed-wing and helicopter)
2. Security assistance
   VIP Assist provides on-demand security assistance in the form of private armed response and priority police referral, as well as pro-active security services such as personal protection and risk assessments. VIPA security services are supported by state-of-the-art communications technologies including emergency positioning capabilities, managed by VIPA's 24/7 Single Point of Contact Centre.
3. Travel assistance
   When unforeseen circumstances such as weather delays cause missed connections and transfers, VIPA Assistance Coordinators will assist with emergency alternative arrangements including flights, transfers and accommodation changes and/or bookings. Stuck by the side of a road due to a vehicle breakdown? VIPA will get security services to you, coordinate towing services and arrange alternative means of transportation to get you to your destination safely and with as little delay as possible.