Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 22, 2022
The Planner Guru highlights three food trends that are driving shifts in event catering best practice. Trend #1 Healthy Catering for different diets and allergies: From intermittent fasting and keto diets to coeliac disease, event planners need to...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 21, 2022
The 17th edition of Meetings Africa – the leading business tourism show for the continent, owned by South African Tourism – will take place from 28 February to 01 March 2023 at the Sandton Convention Centre. Acting Chief Convention Bureau Officer...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 19, 2022
The Cape Town Air Access (CTAA) project – an initiative by Wesgro to improve air route development for Cape Town – was awarded the Destination award at World Routes 2022 hosted in Las Vegas on 18 October. The World Routes is the biggest aviation...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 14, 2022
Oupa Pilane, Southern African Tourism Services Association (SATSA) Co-Chair, addressed Mpumalanga tourism stakeholders this week to give an update on the measures in place to enhance the security of travellers to the area following the fatal...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 13, 2022
A study by Business Travel Show Europe (BTSA) reveals that as many as half of all LGBTQ+ travellers surveyed have experienced discrimination while travelling, while two thirds of all travel programmes make no provision for this community. Bonnie...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 11, 2022
The Department of Tourism established the Green Tourism Incentive Programme (GTIP) five years ago, to provide grant funding to qualifying tourism businesses to help them implement resource efficiency interventions. Interested businesses are...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 5, 2022
Do you feel like you have a knowledge gap or need to upskill? The Planner Guru shares a range of learning opportunities, including some free ones! Cybersecurity Awareness Training With viruses, ransomware and other malicious threats becoming...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 5, 2022
Dubai’s Department for Economy and Tourism (DET) recently held a roadshow in South Africa to communicate their ongoing activities on the African continent and their renewed commitment to South Africa. The multi-day event – which saw DET visiting...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 5, 2022
Rosemary Anderson is the national chairperson of FEDHASA Rosemary Anderson, national chairperson of FEDHASA, shares how the hospitality industry is faring in the aftermath of the pandemic, as well as what is needed to revive it to its former...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 5, 2022
Megan De Jager (née Oberholzer), RX Africa Portfolio Director: Travel, Tourism & Marketing International Luxury Travel Market Africa (ILTM Africa) has announced its return to the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens in 2023. This gorgeous...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 5, 2022
Phenyo Marumo is the newly appointed Regional Marketing & Communications Manager for Minor Hotels Africa Minor Hotels is pleased to announce the appointment of Phenyo Marumo to the Johannesburg, South Africa offices, as the Regional Marketing...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 4, 2022
According to the 2021 Travel and Tourism Development Index, which the World Economic Forum released in May 2022, South Africa’s ranks 112/117 in Safety and Security globally. This dismal scoring is damaging to South Africa’s society at large, while...
