Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 15, 2020
The Event Safety Council (ESC), a special interest group within the Southern African Communications Industries Association (SACIA), has spearheaded the development of new health and safety protocols for the MICE industry. This is motivated by the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 14, 2020
Issued by JT Communication Solutions on behalf of Vanessa Perumal and Dr Ismail. Vanessa Perumal, the founder of JT Communication Solutions and a leading South African communications specialist and social entrepreneur, is using her rare cancer to...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 10, 2020
On 09 June 2020, the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) presented its Tourism Recovery Strategy to Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Tourism. The data-driven Tourism Recovery Strategy argues for an earlier phased reopening of...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 10, 2020
If you missed the powerful and positive webinar on South Africa’s international inbound tourism recovery, don’t worry… it was recorded! The session highlighted the following 5 points: Government and Private-Sector have partnered on one Tourism...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 9, 2020
Wednesday 03 June 2020 saw the second live webinar in the Conversations with Women in MICE series air. Hosted by Thami Nkadimeng and the Top Women in MICE Awards, and supported by the South Africa National Convention Bureau (SANCB), this...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 8, 2020
Global Exhibitions Day (GED) is an annual event that was established in 2015 to highlight the value of the exhibition industry. GED 2020 took place on Wednesday, 03 June 2020. The theme chosen this year was “exhibitions are key to rebuilding...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 5, 2020
IBTM Americas 2020, which was scheduled to take place on 26 to 27 August 2020, has been postponed to 19 to 20 May 2021. The decision was made by the organizer, Reed Exhibitions Mexico, given the travel restrictions that are in place around the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 4, 2020
The Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) is lobbying for the earlier phased reopening of international tourism to South Africa. This position is based on a data-driven recovery strategy, and is guided by government’s risk-adjustment...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 4, 2020
When the risk-adjusted strategy to easing lockdown was first introduced in April, it was anticipated that the tourism sector would only be able to reopen at alert level 1, with limited operations permissible at alert level 2. However, as South...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 4, 2020
After a significant period with no new cases of the novel coronavirus, Mauritius has been declared a safe destination by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). Following the implementation of rigorous measures to contain the virus,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 3, 2020
Today, 03 June 2020, is Global Exhibitions Day (GED) 2020. This annual event has (so far) spread to 109 countries/regions, reached 5.3 million people on social media, and engaged with key global industry players – including AAXO and EXSA. The...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 2, 2020
Almost 163,000 delegates attended exhibitions hosted at the CTICC during the 2018/19 financial year. In celebration of #GlobalExhibitionsDay, the CTICC asked key role players within the exhibition industry to add their voices to #GED2020 by...
