Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 13, 2020
GL events Group board of directors has announced new top management appointments for GL events South Africa, across the company’s three divisions: Live (event and exhibition infrastructure service solutions); Venue (management of the Johannesburg...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 12, 2020
Working from home can come with its own challenges – especially when you share your limited space with a partner, family and/or pets. Which is why City Lodge is now offering private office spaces in every Courtyard Hotel, City Lodge Hotel, Town...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 11, 2020
NightsBridge online accommodation booking system reported 9 389 bookings across 2 646 properties for the past long weekend, showing that South Africans are eager to escape their homes now that intra-provincial leisure travel is allowed. Theresa...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 10, 2020
Throughout women’s month (August), South Africa’s tourism community will celebrate the role of women in the industry through the #IAmTourism campaign. Women represent 70% of the tourism workforce, a fact that the campaign seeks to highlight, as...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 10, 2020
Tintswalo luxury lodges have introduced a contactless app to improve the experience of guests, while reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Every guest who books into Tintswalo will now receive a link to the Vamoos App, which they are...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 10, 2020
Get the week’s MICE industry news highlights in a quick 2 minutes, brought to you by The Planner Guru. This week we look at the success of the event industry’s #LightSAred campaign for greater support during lockdown, Tintswalo’s...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 8, 2020
Proving a protest can be creative and even beautiful, the South African technical production and live events industry came together on 05 August 2020 to #LightSAred, lighting up 505 buildings and landmarks across the nation in emergency red. More...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 8, 2020
The Planner in partnership with South Africa National Convention Bureau invites you to join them for this upcoming webinar, where they will look beyond the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on business events and MICE experiences and...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 7, 2020
The Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA), in partnership with Bidfood, has launched the Opus4business App. This free-to-use tool was designed to help the local tourism and hospitality industry implement the COVID-19 tourism safety...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 6, 2020
Join the Event Greening Forum (EGF) for their first webinar, where they will be unpacking what sustainability can look like during the COVID-19 pandemic – and beyond. The session will be moderated by the EGF Vice Chair, Morwesi Ramonyai. Guest...
