Industry News | The Planner - Part 479

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A star Indaba

A modern, cutting-edge INDABA 2013, which significantly enhanced networking connections to stimulate tourism trading between buyers and exhibitors, was the hallmark of the most advanced edition of Africa’s top travel show to date. Taking a...

One magnificent complex

The first phase of the R220 million transformation of Southern Sun’s Elangeni & Maharani hotel into one magnificent complex is now complete. The revamped Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani hotel represents Tsogo Sun’s continuing commitment...

Taking responsible tourism to new heights

This year the Imvelo Awards for Responsible Tourism will extend its reach to ensure that both large and small organisations can benefit from these prestigious Awards. For the first time in twelve years’ since inception, the seven Imvelo Awards...

Green MICE, red hot

All things green dominated the 14th May Greening Workshop supported by the Event Greening Forum. A good turnout proved the importance that event greening is becoming a continuously growing requirement of interest and implementation. Venues and...

Best of the Westin

The beauty of business… A top tourist destination on one side, the V&A Waterfront; one of the new seven wonders of the world on the other, Table Mountain; and the deep blue Atlantic on the left, The Westin Cape Town is hard to do justice...

Walking on sunshine

Our beautiful, sometimes controversial, neighbour is slowly but surely coming out of the darkness and with that comes vast opportunities in the business and leisure tourism industries. Meetings SA takes a closer look. To quote the Zimbabwe Tourism...

Aint no mountain too high

Long standing Meetings SA and SA Conference client and supporter Barry Futter of Adventure Works, and SATSA member, will give back by taking on the Freedom Challenge Mountain Bike race from Pietermaritzburg to Paarl in mid-June. This 2400km...

How to win an EXSA Green Award

In 2012 the Exhibition and Event Association of Southern Africa (EXSA) launched Green Award categories for its annual EXSA Awards. The response was positive, with a total of 11 submissions made for the Green Stand and Green Show categories, and six...

Protea: It’s game time

The Protea Hospitality Group has launched an iPad app challenging you to see if you have what it takes to run your own Protea Hotel – or any other hotel or business – profitably. The app, which runs as a game, teaches financial management in a...

Jumping for Jozi

The ICCA rankings are out – and Joburg Tourism’s Convention Bureau team is celebrating the city’s momentous climb, by improving its rankings an astonishing 92 places since 2012! “We’re thrilled to announce that in this year’s ICCA rankings Joburg...