Julia Mafcher | The Planner - Part 2
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Shaping up

The programme of the 2013 national congress and exhibition of the Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI) is taking shape. Congress chairman Andrew Stewart says the organising committee has been hard at work to ensure that...

Green cheers!

The Event Greening Forum (EGF) hosted its inaugural Conference on 18 February 2013. It was a well-attended event, attracting people from across the Southern African events industry. Based on its success, the conference will become an annual fixture...

First class, first choice

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel group recently received the highly coveted title of Best Business Hotel Brand in Asia-Pacific plus six other titles at the 2012 Business Traveller Asia-Pacific’s 21st...

SA MICE industry is booming

It was way back when Sir Winston Churchill coined the phrase It is better to jaw-jaw than to war-war. Whether he had a premonition regarding the need for constant face-to-face dialogue in one form or another is unclear. What is clear is the...

Corporate MICE money takes centre stage

It was a Focus Group worthy of holding the attention of the participants. Some deep-rooted anomalies were brought to the fore as the surface was scratched in a better understanding of where the MICE budget allocation is somewhat of a blur to the...

Thinking outside the box

Sho-Sho-Lo-Za Marketing cc is a dynamic, hands on, creative company that offers passion, integrity and progressive thinking. We chat, in detail, to the ladies behind this unique brand. For over 20 years, Sho-Sho-Lo-Za Marketing has been providing...

Justin Cohen: The Power of Story

Justin Cohen, part of the Unique Speaker Bureau (USB), is one of the greatest story tellers around. Stories are a fabulous way to to bring corporate values alive. In most organisations values are forgotten almost as soon as they’re created,...

Durban delights

KwaZulu Natals leading dcor, design and lifestyle exhibition, Decorex Durban, is not only the ideal opportunity to catch up on the latest dcor and design trends, its also set to be a great day out with friends and family. Decorex Durban kicks off...

The Jozi experience

Teaming with close to 30 Joburg-based tourism industry stakeholders who have generously sponsored fabulous prizes, and in collaboration with Kaya FM as a media partner, the next phase of the fun Jozi, Discover Your Own Backyard Campaign takes to...

Top of the ‘foodie’ pops

The forum company came out tops in the International category for the annual ACE awards held in Las Vegas yesterday. Managing Director of the forum company, Glynis Hyslop was there to receive the award which was presented at the general session of...

Position paper to pin-point Mice money

The MICE industry needs to come to grips with the various methods in which payments are made for services rendered to end-users so says the MICE Academy who are holding their 3rd MICE Focus Group on the 15th March at the 5 star Gallagher Convention...

Green is here to stay

It’s great to see more and more people, especially big corporates and organisations jumping on the green band wagon. People who know a thing or two about going green are undoubtedly those at The Event Greening Forum (EGF).The EGF would like...