Helen Brewer | Oct 5, 2015
It was revealing to witness the overwhelming positive response to initiating planner standards at the second Event Industry Summit held with a large delegation in early October. The programme was designed to glean the input via conversations...
Helen Brewer | Oct 5, 2015
It raised a few eyebrows when it was confirmed by a number of planners at the Event Industry Summit that the requirement for paying all deposits and indeed full payments on behalf of their clients. The reasons provided were less than convincing in...
Helen Brewer | Sep 29, 2015
The fact that the average seasoned MICE individual has attended umpteen conferences of varying size and capacity or organised several events at a vast array of differing types of venues does not necessarily mean we can dabble with great confidence...
Helen Brewer | Sep 29, 2015
The MICE industry interest in the second Event Industry Summit has proven the important need for targeted dialogue such as the focused programme taking place on Thursday 1 October at Hackle Brooke Conference Centre. With conversations taking place...
Helen Brewer | Sep 21, 2015
Professional Planner Standards are destined to make a major impact within the mosaic-patterned MICE world. The event decision-makers within the corporate and association sector are calling for planner standards as a matter of urgency. With this...
Helen Brewer | Sep 21, 2015
The MICE industry needs to seriously gear up wherever possible for the ‘green revolution.’ One only has to view the plastic waste in our oceans and the heavy reductions in the fish population as well as the waste carnage from MICE gatherings to...
Helen Brewer | Sep 15, 2015
Despite recessions, job losses, as well a whole range of various internal and external challenges – the MICE industry continues to prosper albeit with lesser capacities and tighter budgets. Large events such as for HR Practitioners are packing them...
Helen Brewer | Sep 15, 2015
Determining and implementing a series of standards for the soft skills of professional planners needs to be a collective of various industry inputs. The corporate/association event decision-makers have requested their desire to play a pivotal role...
Helen Brewer | Sep 7, 2015
With the word being extensively spread to a variety of MICE industry sectors – the interest is evident with the registrations picking up for the 2015 Event Industry Summit (EIS) at Hackle Brooke Conference Centre on 1 October. Research carried out...
Helen Brewer | Sep 7, 2015
As the saying goes – time flies. Seven years ago Natalie du Toit was our flag bearer at the 2008 Olympics, George Bush was in the White House and Percy Montgomery was the most capped Springbok. Seven years from 2015, the Durban Commonwealth Games...
Helen Brewer | Aug 31, 2015
The Academy was out and about last week in the northern regions of the City of Gold. Two occasions with member association’s gatherings proved that the five star hotel industry in the country’s economic hub was indeed a cut above the rest. African...
Helen Brewer | Aug 31, 2015
There are presentations recalled that have the effect of either ensuring concentration or just the reverse. It is rare a presentation makes one seriously sit-up and take note of a bigger or differing perspective. Such were the presentations at the...
