The fifth annual Sports & Events Tourism Exchange (SETE), will take place from 27 to 29 October 2015, at the Protea Hotel Fire and Ice! Menlyn, in the City of Tshwane, the new host city partner.
SETE 2015 local expert moderators and panellists include names such as Professor Kamilla Swart, Mrs Gillian Saunders, Jacques Grobbelaar, Dr Brendon Knott, Carl Reinders,Kyle De Klerk, Mike McNamara and Ivano Ficalbi.
- Jacques Grobbelaar, CEO of Stadium Management South Africa, is responsible for the management of various stadia, the backbone of South Africa’s success in hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Grobbelaar’s strategy is to run Stadiums as business entities, focusing on the basics which drive business standards, policies and procedures.
- Dr. Brendon Knott is a Senior Lecturer at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Knott holds a PhD from Bournemouth University, UK, with his study focusing on nation branding as a legacy from sport mega-events. He lectures, writes, consults and conducts research into applied areas of sport, branding and tourism. Brendon has been part of global research projects that have focused on the legacies of sport tourism events, including Beijing 2008, South Africa 2010, London 2012 and Brazil 2014, among others.
- Carl Reinders is currently the Co Owner and Company Director of Kiburi Holdings and is predominantly responsible for Sales and Marketing at Kiburi Holdings, which is the holding company for Gecko Africa Safaris, Pro Golf Africa Safaris, Redsands Golf Travel, and exclusive franchise holder for Golf Scotland in South Africa.
- Kyle De Klerk is a Director of Marketing Partnerships for Africa at the NBA’s African office in Johannesburg. He is responsible for developing the game of basketball and NBA business on the continent through sustainable partnerships with commercial entities, NGO’s, government bodies and national federations. Most recently, he took the lead in securing commercial partnerships for the historic NBA Africa Game 2015 which took place at Ellis Park Arena in Johannesburg on August 1.
- Mike McNamara has spent 22 years in tourism marketing and management throughout Southern Africa, including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Mozambique. Since 2010 McNamara’s focuses on golf tourism and the development thereof, including a contract managing the marketing for a prestigious Golf Estate in Kwazulu-Natal. He authored the bid that won them the World Property Award for Best Golf Development in South Africa as well as a number of awards and accolades for their golf course and Lodge. Mike served for three years as the KZN council member for the South African Golf Tourism Association (SAGTA). And with officials from Tourism KZN he helped establish the Golf Tourism Working Group in 2013.
His company, Tourism Planning Africa, provides consulting services in tourism development planning and marketing throughout Southern Africa, including market research on the potential for inbound golf tourism for SA, and the marketing of South African golf events to the International market.
Top local speakers and panellists to feature at SETE 2015 (PART 2)
