Helen Brewer | Aug 26, 2014
It is often mentioned by the MICE Academy that professions should stick to their professions and not digress into other professions that are not a part of their core business. For example, tourism folk should undertake tourism issues not...
Helen Brewer | Aug 20, 2014
The ever-changing MICE industry – coping with information overload – yet making every attempt to meet the requirements of event gatherings for a variety of purposes allows snippets worth noting by SA Conference readers: Simple Message Retention...
Helen Brewer | Aug 20, 2014
At an in depth series of presentations at the MICE Academy’s Breakfast Briefing on Site Inspections for Venue Personnel in early August initiated by Cardinal Leisure – MICE Buyers (end-users) commented on their sharp eye regarding the...
Helen Brewer | Aug 12, 2014
Developing, over a period of time together with our media partners, a CPD (Continuing Development Programme) programme which is geared to the use of technology is one aspect. It is quite another situation to take the same online format and apply...
Helen Brewer | Aug 12, 2014
The new visa regulations for minors and other categories have sent the travel trade into a frenzy, labelling international conferences as a further casualty with possibilities of such reduced numbers as to warrant perhaps independent event...
Helen Brewer | Aug 5, 2014
There are few in-depth training courses in particular that do not require the learner/participant to access information on their lap-top in order to gain a greater appreciation of the subject under review. Professional trainers have attested to the...
Helen Brewer | Aug 5, 2014
The event head of the Institute of Mining & Metallurgy will detail the site inspection challenges experienced by a multi-million rand end-user on Friday 8 August at Hackle Brooke Conference Centre. Despite labour issues – the mining industry...
Helen Brewer | Jul 29, 2014
With all the best planning over a protracted period of time, arranging events alongside a well-established exhibition does not always pan out as intended. All the I’s were dotted and all the T’s were crossed, over a seriously long period of time,...
Helen Brewer | Jul 29, 2014
The first two MICE Academy tests for the 2015 CPD Programme are available – these are: Code 114 : Event Certification & Qualification Author: Helen Brewer (SA) Meetings magazine May/June ‘Investigations have proven that in the student...
Helen Brewer | Jul 21, 2014
Hopefully South African event practitioners will be appalled to learn of the outcomes of a survey undertaken by Park Crescent Conference Centre and reported in the online Meetpie newsletter recently. Over half of the 300 secretaries, corporate and...
Helen Brewer | Jul 21, 2014
The downing of the Air Malaysian airliner (MH17) on Thursday 17 July between Amsterdam and Kula Lumpur en route to Melborne may enter a new era of event conduct in the years to come. The Australian prime minister said it for all of us, “This...
Helen Brewer | Jul 15, 2014
Friday 18 July is a special day at The Skills Village which is in commemoration of Mandela Day to remind the nation of Madiba’s real legacy which signifies the sharing amongst people by bridging the gap between the haves and the have-nots. Situated...
