Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 10, 2020
Get the week’s MICE industry news highlights in a quick 2 minutes, brought to you by The Planner Guru. This week we look at the success of the event industry’s #LightSAred campaign for greater support during lockdown, Tintswalo’s...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 8, 2020
Proving a protest can be creative and even beautiful, the South African technical production and live events industry came together on 05 August 2020 to #LightSAred, lighting up 505 buildings and landmarks across the nation in emergency red. More...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 5, 2020
As South Africa’s creative industries enter the fifth month of lockdown, the need for greater governmental support and engagement is urgent. Many companies have closed their doors or have gone into business rescue; many more will be forced to if...
Aug 2, 2020
The National Department of Tourism has issued a draft Tourism Sector Recovery Plan. Industry stakeholders are invited to submit their comments and feedback by 15 August 2020, via email to recovery@tourism.gov.za. You can download the document...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 2, 2020
On 14 July 2020, the Joint Meetings Industry Council (JMIC) released a Meetings Industry manifesto that outlines 15 ways that meetings, conventions and exhibitions offer a strategic advantage in a country’s economic recovery and renewal in the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 2, 2020
Get the week’s MICE industry news highlights in a quick 2 minutes, brought to you by The Planner. In this week’s instalment we look at: Rwanda’s MICE sector which has lost $48 million in revenue as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; South...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 26, 2020
The Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI) organised the ‘Proof of concept’ event on the behalf of the South African Events Council. The hybrid event took place in five cities across South Africa and online on...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 26, 2020
Get the week’s MICE industry news highlights in a quick 2 minutes, brought to you by The Planner. In this week’s instalment, we look at the #LightSAred peaceful protest which will take place on 5 August 2020, findings from the latest UFI...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 22, 2020
Since public gatherings were prohibited in mid-March, the technical production and live events industry has ground to a complete standstill. For many businesses this means 100% loss of income for the past five months – and likely for the rest of...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 20, 2020
Many of the men and women delivering technical production services at live events, be it conferences or music festivals, are freelancers. Like everyone in the events sector, they lost their livelihoods in March and its probable they will only be...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 19, 2020
Events are considered a high-risk activity, in terms of transmitting COVID-19. To manage this risk, stringent new Re-opening Guidelines have been created by the Events Safety Council on the behalf of the South African Events Council. However, these...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 18, 2020
UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has released the July 2020 edition of its Global Barometer research report which reveals the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the global exhibition industry. “While the...
