Helen Brewer | Oct 8, 2016
The major hospitality associations such as Fedhasa are becoming increasingly concerned about slow payments which the hotel industry is facing. Millions of rands appears to continue and owed to a number of establishments known as ‘billbacks’ by the...
Helen Brewer | Oct 2, 2016
Innovative inputs are set to propel the event management industry into an era of professionalism and better understanding of the client’s expectations to ensure a greater return on investment with each event undertaken. The morning session of the...
Helen Brewer | Sep 23, 2016
The Professional Planner Standards event is poised to provide message retention ideas as never before. The highlights and benefits are growing as the day draws ever closer to this innovative gathering of industry participants. Typically – the...
Helen Brewer | Sep 16, 2016
The South African event management industry has been striving for status in relation to their individual experience over a protracted period of time. Many event planners have a wealth of knowledge – learnt at the coal-face due to trial and error....
Helen Brewer | Sep 11, 2016
It is the wise planner who has discovered – through hard experiences – the differences between selecting suppliers and services more carefully. Of course we have our chosen sub-contractors – based on previous performance and...
Helen Brewer | Sep 2, 2016
For all the tasks that take place when planning an event which involves a myriad of discussions and written agreements with a vast range of suppliers and services – it is the wise planner who gives thought and indeed understands the requirements...
Helen Brewer | Aug 25, 2016
Combining knowledge plus experience coupled with passion and excellent presentation skills and the promise of a formidable conference platform for a participative delegation is assured. Guiding the entire proceedings – as Master of Ceremonies...
Helen Brewer | Aug 19, 2016
The main meeting room was packed to capacity with two large screens, indicating in huge memorable letters plus photo that Gilan Gork – Master Mentalist – would soon be taking to the stage. Punctuality Personified A refreshing count-down...
Helen Brewer | Aug 12, 2016
Why do we have conferences in the first place? was the immediate question which came to mind when reading the other Michael Jackson’s excellent article entitled ‘Thoughts on Re-engaging Conference Audiences’. Jackson’s opening salvo...
Helen Brewer | Aug 5, 2016
The question was posed by a group of event managers: Do we, as planners, have a duty or responsibility to society? Without much debate the answer was a resounding ‘yes’. With privilege comes responsibility. We have a duty and responsibility to...
Helen Brewer | Jul 29, 2016
‘….Planner Standards is a benchmark, a foundation for reasonable expectations to ensure successful event undertakings. The Professional Planner Standards (PPS) will be a common reference guide by the event decision-makers in selecting external...
Helen Brewer | Jul 22, 2016
With a bevy of media in attendance, who will doubtless report back on the exceptional presenters at the EGF Conference on 21st July – in particular Britisher Roger Simons who, with outstanding professionalism, wowed audiences on both the...
