Shanna Jacobsen | May 12, 2020
Find out which events have been cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 crisis, and which are continuing with their planned dates. Each event name is linked to the official website. Please understand that, while we will do our best to keep this...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 11, 2020
On 11 May 2020, Sisa Ntshona, the CEO of South African Tourism (SA Tourism), hosted Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa, CEO of the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA), in a webinar on the recovery of the tourism sector Currently, the South African...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 11, 2020
The biggest change to events in the post-COVID-19 landscape will be how health and safety is managed. To this end, the SACIA’s Event Safety Council is developing a COVID-19 prevention and mitigation plan that will protect organisers, staff and...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 9, 2020
A message from the Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI): SAACI is working with industry partners to unify our voice and communicate loudly about the socio-economic value of the exhibition and events sector. The formation...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 9, 2020
The first webinar in a new series for Women in MICE was held on Wednesday 06 May 2020. Hosted by Thami Nkadimeng and the Top Women in MICE Awards, and supported by the South Africa National Convention Bureau (SANCB), the series seeks to explore...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 7, 2020
Germany has announced it is distinguishing exhibitions and trade shows from other forms of mass gatherings. Doing this has enabled the country to allow exhibitions to start reopening, subject to the approval of the host state. Permission is granted...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 7, 2020
The Association of African Exhibition Organisers (AAXO), Exhibition and Event Association of Southern Africa (EXSA), Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI), South African Communications Industry Association (SACIA),...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 7, 2020
The Association of African Exhibition Organisers (AAXO) has released a podcast where AAXO’s chairperson, Projeni Pather, talks to Justin Hawes, CEO of exhibition supplier Scan Display, about business matters and the changing in their supplier...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 6, 2020
There is no need to iterate the value of meetings and events – throughout time they are what has allowed humans to come together, share, meet, discuss, achieve, acknowledge and enable progress in one way or another. The way humans are able to...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 6, 2020
COVID-19, the coronavirus strain that has caused a global lockdown, is changing how we do business. This is especially true for tourism, hospitality and retail, where engaging with many people risks spreading the virus. The future of these sectors...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 5, 2020
With the unfortunate ban on all events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Event Synthesis has launched a new business venture as agents of Yanilia. Angelique Smith explains, “Yanilia is a distributer of sanitation products, disinfectants and protective...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 5, 2020
UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has published a structured framework for the reopening of exhibitions. It outlines how exhibitions can resume business, safely and responsibly, and argues for political support to ensure this...
