Helen Brewer | Oct 31, 2013
There was a time when converted hotel ball-rooms into some kind of table and chair seating witnessed the odd conference with chandeliers, mirrors and dance floors still evident. Conferences in those days were so unusual that the spoken word...
Helen Brewer | Oct 24, 2013
‘A delegate is nothing more than a tourist with an expense account’ This quote was first spied in the 3rd edition of Convention Sales & Services written by Milton T Astroff & James R Abbey circa 1999 and sponsored by several American hotel...
Helen Brewer | Oct 24, 2013
‘Is it a bloody blow for several MICE services and suppliers?’ commented a planner listening to Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s mid-term budget speech in Parliament yesterday. The announcement more than intimated as from December, event...
Helen Brewer | Oct 17, 2013
Once upon a time it was customary to write a letter of thanks or mail a postcard of appreciation. That was in the long forgotten days before the advent of technology or modern rules that – for some obscure reason – prohibit...
Helen Brewer | Oct 17, 2013
Following on from September’s MICE Focus Group when SACA’s (SA Chefs Associations) Thomas Overbeck took us through three hours of real understanding of what happens in the kitchens and participants gained much valued credits – the MICE industry is...
