Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 26, 2020
Meetings Professionals International, or MPI, is hosting a virtual event for Global Meetings Industry Day on Tuesday 14 April 2020. This special full-day summit will be focused specifically on tools and skills relevant to moving forward during the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 25, 2020
UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has extended the deadline for entries for the 2020 UFI Award Programme and Next Generation Leadership (NGL) Grant to 4 April 2020. This has been done in light of the disruption that COVID-19...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 25, 2020
Following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of a nationwide lockdown on 23 March 2020, which will come into effect at midnight on 26 March 2020, the tourism sector has braced itself for even greater financial losses on top of those suffered...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 24, 2020
Tsogo Sun Gaming has announced that, despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the group still expects to deliver solid results for the financial year ending 31 March 2020. This outcome has been made possible through new revenue...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 24, 2020
The African Travel and Tourism Association (ATTA) and the Southern African Tourism Services Association (SATSA) are hosting a joint webinar for an in depth discussion on the international and national consumer protection law and travel insurance at...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 23, 2020
FEDHASA, the national trade association for the hospitality industry, has put a call out to interested properties which wish to participate in its Self-Isolation Centre (SIC) initiative. The goal of the initiative is to contain the spread of the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 23, 2020
The Event Greening Forum (EGF), a non-profit organisation that promotes sustainable event practices, is regretfully cancelling its 2020 Master Class and Conference. These events were scheduled to take place on the 08 and 09 July 2020 respectively,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 22, 2020
In light of the government ban on gatherings of 100 people or more, the exhibition industry in South Africa has come to a grinding halt. The Association of African Exhibition Organisers (AAXO) called an open discussion for exhibition organisers and...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 21, 2020
On 20 March 2020, UFI, The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, released updated figures that reflect the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the global exhibition industry. Travel restrictions and bans on meetings and events...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 21, 2020
David Frost, the CEO of the Southern Africa Tourism Services Association (SATSA), issued the following communication on 20 March 2020: With things moving as fast as they are in this time of crisis, it is difficult to keep you abreast of the various...
