Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 23, 2020
AIPC – the International Association of Convention Centres – is cognisant of the range of new COVID-19 related risks that could see convention centres re-closing. Many of these new risks are by now familiar (such as health and safety),...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 23, 2020
From 01 to 06 September 2020, HOMEMAKERS will hold its first virtual expo event for its Cape Town instalment in your own home. ‘Visitors’ will be able to discover the latest home-related trends, ideas and products, through virtual exhibitors, as...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 22, 2020
Since public gatherings were prohibited in mid-March, the technical production and live events industry has ground to a complete standstill. For many businesses this means 100% loss of income for the past five months – and likely for the rest of...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 22, 2020
Despite the current pandemic, the Radisson Hotel Group is forging ahead with its five-year development plan to strengthen its presence across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Most recently, this saw the group signing 15 new hotels in this...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 21, 2020
Everyone in the events industry knows that a well-fed attendee is a happy attendee. So while venues prepare to reopen for business events of up to 50 people, the Food & Beverage divisions have been hard at work designing new menus and ways to...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 21, 2020
Wearable devices have been used to enhance safety in workplaces and nursing homes where they can raise the alarm if, for example, a dockworker falls in the water (Rombit) or an elderly resident displays abnormal activity levels (CarePredict). Now...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 21, 2020
On 20 July, the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) hosted a webinar to share details about the behind-the-scenes lobbying it has undertaken to ensure tourism is reopened urgently, as well as what the next steps are for this to happen....
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 21, 2020
Q. If there is a dispute between the parties to a contract, or for services inadequately provided or defective product supplied, do I have to sue or are there other alternatives? A: The answer is yes, you do have a number of alternatives. The first...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 20, 2020
Many of the men and women delivering technical production services at live events, be it conferences or music festivals, are freelancers. Like everyone in the events sector, they lost their livelihoods in March and its probable they will only be...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 19, 2020
Events are considered a high-risk activity, in terms of transmitting COVID-19. To manage this risk, stringent new Re-opening Guidelines have been created by the Events Safety Council on the behalf of the South African Events Council. However, these...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 18, 2020
Petitions and protests are being organised across South Africa by tourism stakeholders who are frustrated with the current regulations which include an outright ban on all leisure tourism (read more about this here) – despite the taxi industry...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 18, 2020
UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has released the July 2020 edition of its Global Barometer research report which reveals the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the global exhibition industry. “While the...
