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Popular Cape Town hotel goes green

With a focus on eco-friendly hoteliering, Townhouse Hotel has recently completed a futher installation of energy-saving light bulbs and a ‘future-fit’ grey water system on their premises. The new light bulbs should provide an energy cost saving of...
DURBAN ICC

More awards for Durban ICC

The Durban ICC has been acknowledged by the prestigious World Travel Awards as Africa’s Leading Meetings and Conference Centre for the twelfth time. The Durban ICC took top honours among nominees which included the Cape Town International...

Let's do some eco-eating

Following on from September’s MICE  Focus Group when SACA’s (SA Chefs Associations) Thomas Overbeck took us through three hours of real understanding of what happens in the kitchens and participants gained much valued credits – the MICE industry is...
Tsogo Sun - MasterChef at 54 on Bath with Chef Benny

More than just chicken or beef

Catering can make or break your event. SA Conference caught up with MasterChef South Africa judge Chef Benny who shared his tips for successful catering. How has the food and beverage industry changed over the past five years? Conference venues are...
gautrain

Meetings en route

The full Gautrain service has been operational for just under a year. Since the opening of Park Station in Johannesburg, there has been a dramatic increase in the demand for the Gautrain and its bus services. Numerous venues located near the...
gautrain

For delegates on the move

SA Confernce  brings you its top six ideas on how to use the Gautrain as part of your event. Include a preloaded gold card as part of the conference package. On the first day of the conference have a member of your organising committee meet...
golf

Tee off to a successful event

SA Conference sheds some insights on how to organise a golf day. Question I have been tasked to organise my company’s annual charity golf day and I don’t know where to start. A search online just confused me more as I was confronted with the terms...