Do you need to press pause and escape your busy life for a little while? Are you seeking inner peace and improved life balance? Are you craving a more mindful existence? Do you want a holiday that will leave you with the tools to stay relaxed and...
Fasten your seatbelts, it’s time for the Emerald Speed Fest
Emerald Resort and Casino in Vanderbijlpark is hosting the richest motorsport and lifestyle event in Africa over 3 action-packed days, from 28 February to 1 March 2020. Emerald Speed Fest (ESF) caters for both racing fanatics and motorsport...
Congratulations to the EuroShop 2020 Awards Winners!
The EXHIBITOR Magazine EuroShop Awards Ceremony took place on Wednesday 19 February, the final day of EuroShop 2020, in Dusseldorf, Germany, where the most beautiful stands of the world’s leading retail trade fair were recognised with awards or...
Why your next event should include collaborative learning
Most event planners want to promote engagement at their events in all its many forms, such as engagement between attendees (networking), with the event content (learning) or with their brand (for customer retention). And this is where collaborative...
Hospitality Management graduates have more career opportunities
If you are studying hospitality management, more career opportunities are now available to you than ever before, says Susina Jooste, the Director of The Private Hotel School. This is because corporates are increasingly recruiting hospitality...
Tourism New Zealand gives AIME hosted buyers a warm and sustainable welcome
Tourism New Zealand has undertaken to plant an indigenous tree for each of the 140 guests attending its Asia Pacific Incentives Meetings Event (AIME) Hosted Buyer Breakfast. Trees that Count, a conservation charity, will plant the trees across New...
Virgin Atlantic announces direct flight between London and Cape Town
Virgin Atlantic has announced that it will be offering direct flights between London Heathrow and Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) as a seasonal service, as of 25 October 2020. Liezl Gericke, Head of Africa, Middle East and India, at Virgin...
SA Tourism launches a new brand campaign
As part of South Africa’s larger strategy to grow its tourism sector, SA Tourism launched the first phase of a new brand campaign on Thursday 13 February. This campaign focuses on South Africans, reminding them that they are both an asset to our...
Are you ready for the Cape Town Carnival 2020?
The Cape Town Carnival crew and 2,000 talented performers from over 50 community-based groups have been hard at work preparing for this event since June of last year. This has included building floats, designing gorgeous costumes, practising dance...
SA’s chef squad to compete in the Culinary Olympics 2020
The South African Culinary Olympic team (Team SA) will be competing at the 25th IKA Culinary Olympics in Stuttgart, Germany, from 14 to 19 February. Several years’ worth of training culminated in a special send off for the team, sporting...
Run for Reeva
Take part in a fun run and help raise funds for the Reeva Rebecca Steenkamp Foundation (RRSF). Date: Saturday 29 February, 2020 (a leap day)Venue: Castle of Good HopeTime: Registration opens at 9:30, and the run will start at 10:00 and end at...
What’s up with WhatsApp for event planners?
Aside from its group chat feature – a godsend for teams needing to communicate quickly and easily, on the go – WhatsApp isn’t an obvious tool for event planners. But don’t write it off just yet, as some of its features could help you to communicate...