Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 28, 2017
Using an app for your event can have a number of significant benefits, says Karmen Vladar from Lumi Global. For example: It can make your event more sustainable, by avoiding the need for large numbers of printed programmes, brochures and notes....
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 25, 2017
In 2014, the number of web users globally surpassed the number of desktop users, according a report by comScore. People who fall into the age group of 18 to 24 use mobile apps more than any other group, followed closely by 25 to 34 years and then...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 25, 2017
As the world’s waste generation surges and landfill availability gets increasingly stretched, a number of South African companies are taking waste reduction to heart. World Bank figures show that South Africa produces almost 54 500 tons of waste a...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 24, 2017
The UFI LOC (The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry) under the leadership of incoming UFI President Craig Newman have announced the appointment of UFI NGL Recipient Neo Mohlatlole’s company Seven Colors Communications to be the PR and...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 24, 2017
The Association of African Exhibition Organisers (AAXO) released the schedule for the African exhibition event of the year, held from 29 January to 2 February 2018. With the Exhibition of Exhibitions (EoE), AAXO ROAR Awards, International Safety...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 23, 2017
“It is imperative that event organisers understand the many requirements of the CPA,” says Advocate Louis Nel, a lawyer who specialises in the travel, tourism, events and hospitality industries. You may also know him simply as “Louis the Lawyer”....
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 21, 2017
Janine Baltensperger, Events Manager at Sandton Convention Centre, has been acknowledged as a dedicated and valuable contributor to the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibition industry at the fourth annual Women in MICE awards, held at...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 21, 2017
Meetings magazine and ThePlanner.guru recognised and celebrated this year’s Top 40 Women in MICE at a glamorous luncheon on 17 August 2017. The women who make it onto this list are entrepreneurs, visionaries and mentors – they are a real force to...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 16, 2017
In her official opening address for the Event Greening Forum (EGF) 2017 Conference, on 27 July at Valverde Eco Hotel, Amanda Kotze-Nhlapo said sustainability within the business events industry is no longer negotiable and outlined a strategy to...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 16, 2017
Celia du Preez is Hayward’s Grand Safari Company’s secret weapon. Providing luxurious experiences for 200 VIP delegates on mobile luxury safaris across Africa, the company’s operations in themselves are a huge undertaking; yet Celia and her team...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 16, 2017
Linda Reddy’s consummate hotel management skills have seen her move rapidly through the ranks at Tsogo Sun to her newest position as GM of the group’s flagship hotel at Montecasino, The Palazzo. Durban-born Reddy joined Tsogo Sun in the late 90s...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 14, 2017
Christine Ndlovu says the hospitality industry has been in her blood ever since she began waitressing after completing her matric. “Since then I have never looked back and don’t intend to,” says the Director of Operations at Hilton Durban, a...
