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Men can cook

Are men better cooks than women?

Over the last year Elephants in Main Street’s hottest new teambuilding event, Chef Masters, has generated enormous debate and controversy.  Participants have laughed, listened and learned. Elephant’s in Main Street findings have been...

Your sleeve is in my salad

‘How could we be put in such an embarrassing position like this?’  When a great deal of hard-core planning goes into a major banquet or launch function – especially where there could be a limited sense of humour or some looking to find fault – this...

Joburg to come alive in August

The Joburg City Tourism Association (JCTA) will host the first Joburg City Festival scheduled for the week between Joy of Jazz and Arts Alive, meaning the inner city will come abuzz with activities for three weeks. The Joburg City Festival will run...

Top conferencing tips

Pieter Buitendag, general manager of Protea Hotel President in Cape Town, gives us his top conferencing tips. The most frequent requirements from CLIENTS and PCOs about MICE locations are: Technology  It’s very seldom that one sees anyone at a...

Beauty on the Boulevard

Nestled in the rolling hills of Umhlali on the North Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, Boulevard 44 Boutique Hotel provides a truly South African ‘country’ experience. It’s the perfect wedding, private function and conference destination. The exquisite and...

South Africa is Africa’s top meetings host

“South Africa is Africa’s number one host of international association meetings.” This is according to Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk. Delivering the keynote address at the Southern African Association for the Conference Industry’s...

SA has six of the best hotels in the world

Six South African hotels made the list of  the 50 “world’s best hotels 2013” polled by American magazine Travel + Leisure, with three of them in the top 10. These three are in the Kruger National Park, and two belong to...