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A taste explosion!

Tucked away in the lush gardens of Leriba Hotel and Spa in Centurion, is the award winning Hemingway’s Restaurant & Wine Cellar [Best Fine Dining Restaurant in SA, 2011 and Overall Best Restaurant in SA, 2011]. The restaurant has exhibited...

Getting to know you

There is nothing better than arriving in the country and being greeted by a welcoming face. At Granny Mouse Country House and Spa, front office manager, Lauren Huckle and her team do so with inordinate enthusiasm. Lauren was born in Johannesburg...

The luxe of it all

Fairlawns Boutique Hotel & Spa has won best spa award in South Africa for 2013 in the prestigious World Luxury Spa Awards. This annual announcement was made by the World Luxury Spa Awards’ Executive Manager, Marinique de Wet, who said: “The...

The Golden Mile ‘high’ club

Tsogo Sun has for many years featured prominently on Durban’s Golden Mile. Southern Sun Elangeni, Southern Sun North Beach, Garden Court Marine Parade, Garden Court South Beach, and the SunCoast Casino and Entertainment World including the...

The maze of Gallagher amazes

There we were – as a booked client – in a beautiful setting looking out on a large pond with well-established lush foliage and graceful swans paddling-by, while being tested on the topic that had just been presented.  Our booking could have...

Protection of MICE information and the law

The bank calls to sell you a funeral policy.  Simply complete this form is the wording on the top.  One of the form’s sections is to state your university qualifications.  Similarly on a vehicle finance application form – which had to be completed...

Green cheers!

The Event Greening Forum (EGF) hosted its inaugural Conference on 18 February 2013. It was a well-attended event, attracting people from across the Southern African events industry. Based on its success, the conference will become an annual fixture...

First class, first choice

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel group recently received the highly coveted title of Best Business Hotel Brand in Asia-Pacific plus six other titles at the 2012 Business Traveller Asia-Pacific’s 21st...

SA MICE industry is booming

It was way back when Sir Winston Churchill coined the phrase It is better to jaw-jaw than to war-war. Whether he had a premonition regarding the need for constant face-to-face dialogue in one form or another is unclear. What is clear is the...