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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...

Everything under one sun

Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani – the perfect venue for your next meeting, conference, incentive trip or event. Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani is the ultimate place to stay in Durban. Overlooking some of the best beaches in...

Leader of the pack

Protea Hotel Hluhluwe & Safaris on KZN’s north coast has considerably moved up its refurbishment timetable and is due to finish the make-over of all its rooms by the middle of September this year, rather than November as initially announced....

Serious food for thought

‘The catering was appalling’.  How many times has that been the first reply when a conference, award banquet, product launch or brain-storm session outcome was mentioned?    The real answer to the catering should be more questions – who provided...

Botswana beckons

It may be well known for having some of the best wilderness and wildlife areas on the African continent, but Botswana is so much more than that. Gaborone is bustling and business travellers are taking note of this, frequently making it their...

SCC’s chef experience

The very last day of autumn – May 2013 – in the heart of Sandton saw key clients and media being treated to a light-hearted and entertaining ‘Chefs Experience’ in the elegantly decorated Committee Room of Sandton Convention Centre...