Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 26, 2022
Everyone is talking about ‘post-Covid’. Does this mean we don’t need Covid vaccines and boosters anymore? The Planner Guru posed this question to Professor Cheryl Cohen, who is the Head of the Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis at the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 24, 2022
The 2022 Aviators Africa Conference and Awards will bring together top stakeholders in African aviation to find ways to advance the development and sustainability of the continent’s aviation industry and allied industries. With air travel facing...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 23, 2022
Earlier this month, FEDHASA Cape held it’s first in-person AGM in three years. The meeting was an important opportunity to assess the association’s performance and how this can be fine-tuned to make it increasingly future-fit. The result is a...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 22, 2022
Frequent business travel can take a toll. As many as one third of business travellers have admitted to having concerns about the impact of travel on their mental health, according to a study by Collison. These same respondents also admitted to...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 19, 2022
The pandemic put all incentive travel on hold. Now that travel restrictions have been lifted around the world, incentive travel is making a return and the industry is eager to discover what the market wants. Fortunately, the Incentive Research...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 15, 2022
Mohahlaula Airlines has announced it’s intention to launch a local Lesotho airline within the next year. Initially it will service the popular Maseru to Johannesburg route, with plans to expand into more South African destinations. Seizing...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 15, 2022
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released its data for passenger air travel in June 2022. Based on Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPKs) – which is the standard measure for air travel demand – total air traffic in June 2022 was...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 11, 2022
One big positive for the events industry that came out of the global pandemic is a willingness to collaborate. And through collaboration, everyone has recognised just how powerful and beneficial it is – and can be. For this reason, Cvent...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 7, 2022
The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) released a public abstract of its annual statistics report last week, to shed light on how association meetings were impacted by the pandemic in 2021. This includes a Destination...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 3, 2022
People are eager to travel despite the challenges the tourism industry is facing as it reboots after prolonged lockdowns. This desire is apparent across the globe, although South Africans have an above average wanderlust. This finding is one of...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 2, 2022
The Planner Guru learns how some of Marriott’s leading ladies have risen through the ranks to establish themselves in top management positions. Karen Battaliou, hotel manager for Johannesburg Marriott Hotel Melrose Arch and Marriott Executive...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 2, 2021
The R1.2 billion Tourism Equity Fund (TEF) that was launched in January by the Department of Tourism in partnership with the Small Enterprise Finance Agency has been stalled further. This follows a High Court interdict on 15 April 2021 to...
