Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 3, 2020
Each year, Meetings Africa hosts Green Stand and Green Hotel Awards to recognize and reward its most sustainable exhibitors and partner hotels. This is in line with South African Tourism’s (SA Tourism) goal to host the event sustainably, and is...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 29, 2020
Meetings Africa is recognised as the continent’s premier trade event for the business events and tourism industries. The 2020 show took place at the Sandton Convention Centre from 25 to 26 February, and has been praised for representing Africa both...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 27, 2020
Version 2.0 of the Women in MICE 2020 Awards was launched at an exclusive breakfast event at the Sandton Convention Centre on Wednesday 26 February 2020, in partnership with the South Africa National Convention Bureau and sponsored by Unlimited...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 24, 2020
Reunion Island is marketing itself as the place “where MICE come to play”, because of its mix of world-class accommodation/eventing facilities, unlimited adventure activity options, gorgeous scenery, and a unique and diverse culture. Other...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 24, 2020
The Meetings Africa 2020 BONDay (Business Opportunities Networking Day) took place today, on Monday 24 February, enabling discussions between buyers and exhibitors on how they can better work together to positively impact tourism across the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 22, 2020
The Sandton Convention Centre (SCC) is proud to host Africa’s leading meetings industry event, Meetings Africa, from 24 to 26 February 2020, and play a role in helping to grow the business tourism industry. Shaun Bird, GM of SCC, says he has...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 18, 2020
Tourism New Zealand has undertaken to plant an indigenous tree for each of the 140 guests attending its Asia Pacific Incentives Meetings Event (AIME) Hosted Buyer Breakfast. Trees that Count, a conservation charity, will plant the trees across New...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 16, 2020
Virgin Atlantic has announced that it will be offering direct flights between London Heathrow and Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) as a seasonal service, as of 25 October 2020. Liezl Gericke, Head of Africa, Middle East and India, at Virgin...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 10, 2020
Hard hats and corporate wear were replaced with black tie glamour, as the South African exhibition industry turned up for the fifth ROAR Awards ceremony held on Friday 31 January 2020, at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand. Hosted jointly by...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 9, 2020
Certification is one of the most effective ways to prove an event was sustainably managed, but up until now South Africa did not have a system in place to assess these labels and ensure they met a prescribed minimum standard. This is about to...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 6, 2020
The City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG) has 61 properties (and growing) across Africa, which will all be serving exclusively cage-free eggs by 2025. This will include not only shell eggs, but also liquid eggs and processed products that contain eggs....
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 3, 2020
At the end of January 2020, the Board of the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), staff, colleagues and industry stakeholders said their goodbyes to Julie-May Ellingson, and thanked her for her significant contribution as Chief...