Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 28, 2020
The Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI) has welcomed the amendments made to lockdown level three which make it possible to hold business events. The new regulations were gazetted on Thursday, 25 June 2020, and will take...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 26, 2020
Following their AGM on 25 June 2020, the Association of African Exhibition Organisers (AAXO) announced their new board members for 2020/21. They are: Projeni Pather (Exposure Marketing) – ChairpersonDevi Paulsen-Abbott (dmg events) –...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 25, 2020
The City Lodge Hotel Group has released an announcement, which states: “Given the extreme uncertainty facing the Company and the losses currently being incurred due to COVID-19, the associated lockdown and travel ban and furthermore given...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 24, 2020
The tourism industry has been good to South Africa. It supports 1.5 million jobs and contributes 8.6% to the country’s GDP. According to Stats SA’s Tourism Satellite Account, the total tourism spend in South Africa in 2018 was R273.2 billion – or...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 24, 2020
The Marriott International hotel group is removing three hotels from its system, due to the ongoing impact that COVID-19 has had on the travel and tourism industry in South Africa. The hotels are the Mount Grace in Magaliesburg, the Edward in...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 23, 2020
Get ready for the third instalment of the hugely popular Women in MICE webinar series. This time, our guest speakers will be discussing the question: “Owning our opportunities: What does it take?” Date: Wednesday, 01 July 2020 Time:...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 23, 2020
As with any event, working out the cost of a ticket for a virtual event is not an exact science but needs to balance several considerations. These include factors such as: 1. The hard cost of organizing and running the event Some virtual events...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 23, 2020
UFI, the Global Association for the Exhibition Industry, hosts annual Sustainable Development Awards. The 2020 Award was designed to recognise companies that have implemented a successful waste management approach for exhibitions. ICC Sydney was...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 23, 2020
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NCID) has issued a warning that places of work that have been closed or had restricted use during lockdown – such as hotels, hostels, leisure facilities and offices – face an increased risk for...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 23, 2020
MTN Business is hosting a Live Virtual event on Scenario Planning for Small and Medium Business Leaders, featuring globally-respected scenario strategist Chantell Ilbury. The conversations will be facilitated by World Economic Forum Global Shaper...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 22, 2020
Leadercast is the largest leadership event in the world and usually attracts a live audience of millions of people from across the globe. South Africa has been part of this community since 2010. Now, for the first time, this event will be broadcast...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 21, 2020
New Zealand’s successful response in eliminating community transmission of COVID-19 means that there are no current restrictions on mass gatherings in the country, and domestic business events can resume. The business events sector’s response has...
