Shanna Jacobsen | May 12, 2025
This past year, efforts around one of the Southern African Communications Industries Association’s (SACIA) focus areas have culminated in a comprehensive study on the size, scope, and economic impact of the live events and technical production...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 9, 2025
Africa’s most powerful tourism trade gathering, Africa’s Travel Indaba, kicks off on Monday, May 12, 2025, with the return of the dynamic BONDay (Business Opportunity Networking Day) – a one-day immersion into collaboration, insight, and...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 8, 2025
Reports of travellers being denied entry at U.S. ports of entry have sparked international concern – and for South African corporates, they’ve triggered renewed discussions around a long-standing blind spot: employees making business travel...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 7, 2025
The newly released 2025 State of the African Industry Report: Ignite Africa! reveals billion-dollar blind spots holding back African tourism – and provides an actionable roadmap for reversing stagnation as global arrivals rebound unevenly across...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 6, 2025
Future Hospitality Summit (FHS) Africa 2025 (formerly AHIF) comes to Cape Town from June 17-19, 2025. The event brings together the most influential voices in hospitality investment, development, and sustainability from across the globe. This...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 6, 2025
As the world increasingly sees different cyberattacks through different mediums and techniques, the AIPC and Paratus are happy to announce a strategic partnership for cybersecurity for the association and its members. The AIPC and Paratus have been...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 5, 2025
Africa Tourism Partners, UN Tourism and BDO have announced the relocation of the Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit and Challenge to Johannesburg, South Africa. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Nairobi, Kenya, will no longer host the Summit....
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 30, 2025
Neurodivergence has become an increasingly discussed topic in recent years. Travel managers may wonder how to take care of their neurodivergent travellers, even though they cannot ask for or store information about a traveller’s identity. FCM...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 30, 2025
Marriott International announced earlier this week that it has reached an agreement to acquire the lifestyle brand citizenM, a unique and innovative offering in the select-service segment. The transaction is expected to accelerate Marriott’s global...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 29, 2025
African leaders are advocating for a new approach to measuring the continent’s green wealth, emphasising that current gross domestic product measures in most African countries are outdated and underestimate their true wealth. They spoke on Thursday...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 25, 2025
As we look ahead to the 2025 IFES World Summit in Guadalajara, Mexico (June 17-20), the International Federation of Exhibition and Event Services (IFES) is excited to reveal highlights from the upcoming programme. This year’s theme, Transforming...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 24, 2025
US$225 million in MIGA guarantees have enabled $450 million in foreign direct investment in sub-Saharan Africa’s hospitality sector. This includes: 14 contracts of guarantee 17 hotel projects with 2,900 hotel rooms completed in three years 1,860...
