Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 31, 2017
Relentless innovation is vital for conference providers to succeed in current times. So says Angela Lorimer, Spier’s Commercial Manager who was recently ranked by Meetings magazine as among the Top 40 Women in the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 5, 2017
Part III: access for those with visual impairments. Click here for Part I, which covers event access for wheelchair users, and here for Part II, which covers access for those with hearing disabilities. If you have read Part I and Part II of ‘IS...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 5, 2017
Part II addresses access for those with hearing loss. Click here for Part I, which covers wheelchair access, and here for Part III, which covers access for those with visual disabilities. Here are 11 ideas to make your event more accessible to...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 30, 2017
Part I: access for those in wheelchairs. Click here for Part II, which covers access for those with hearing disabilities, and here for Part III, which addresses access for those with visual disabilities. As an event planner, you would never dream...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 15, 2017
16 June was Youth Day; so it’s the perfect time to consider how hiring young people – including those who have no work experience or formal skills – can benefit your events company: Short term solutions Lots of bright young students are eager for...
Roxanne Segers | Jun 5, 2017
Visualise this: You’re attending a conference on urban planning, and the speaker pulls up a virtual 3D model of a city which he navigates you through as he explains the infrastructure you are seeing. Or you’re at an automotive exhibition, and you...
Martin HIller | May 29, 2017
From those at the top of their game to those just entering the kitchen, and even the F&B teams who create a seamless front- and back-of-house experience, the 2017 Unilever Food Solutions Chef of the Year competition caters for every kind of...
Martin HIller | May 15, 2017
The future of the MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) sector is a hot topic at the moment. With political uncertainty on the rise and its impact on the economy, businesses face tough decisions for 2017. One trend that has...
Martin HIller | Apr 28, 2017
In keeping with their continued endeavours to professionalise and grow the exhibition industry in Africa and South Africa, the Association of African Exhibition Organisers (AAXO) have welcomed Pat Lofstedt to the position of General Manager of AAXO...
Martin HIller | Apr 21, 2017
UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has named Neo Mohlatlole, Business Development Director at Seven Colors Communications, as one of the five talented exhibition professionals from around the world who won the 2017 UFI Next...
Martin HIller | Apr 5, 2017
AAXO commissioned the study to assess the impact of the exhibition industry on the South African economy and on the tourism industry. The study, conducted by Grant Thornton between August 2015 and February 2016, undertook to fully understand the...
Martin HIller | Mar 28, 2017
(Left) Neil Bald – aha Hotels and Lodges CEO & (Right) Joris Bertens- Managing Director of Sefapane Lodges & Safari.aha Hotels & Lodges is pleased to announce the latest addition to the aha family by securing the full management...
