Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 25, 2020
UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has extended the deadline for entries for the 2020 UFI Award Programme and Next Generation Leadership (NGL) Grant to 4 April 2020. This has been done in light of the disruption that COVID-19...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 23, 2020
The Event Greening Forum (EGF), a non-profit organisation that promotes sustainable event practices, is regretfully cancelling its 2020 Master Class and Conference. These events were scheduled to take place on the 08 and 09 July 2020 respectively,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 22, 2020
In light of the government ban on gatherings of 100 people or more, the exhibition industry in South Africa has come to a grinding halt. The Association of African Exhibition Organisers (AAXO) called an open discussion for exhibition organisers and...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 21, 2020
On 20 March 2020, UFI, The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, released updated figures that reflect the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the global exhibition industry. Travel restrictions and bans on meetings and events...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 16, 2020
The Coronavirus pandemic is disrupting the global exhibition industry. In order to better understand these effects, and to identify best practice for future resilience, an international study has been launched by UFI, the Global Association of the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 16, 2020
This short survey will help the Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI) assess the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the events industry. It will take approximately 5-7 minutes to complete. Thank you in advance for sharing...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 16, 2020
Today the Minister of Tourism, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, announced the postponement of Africa’s Travel INDABA, which was scheduled to take place at the Durban ICC from 12 to 14 May 2020. This follows President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address last night,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 16, 2020
On Sunday 15 March 2020, the South African government declared a national state of disaster due to the Coronavirus outbreak. President Cyril Ramaphosa said, “We have decided to take urgent and drastic measures to manage the disease, protect the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 15, 2020
On 13 March, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) published a media release saying that up to 50 million jobs in the travel and tourism industries are at risk due to the Coronavirus. The World Health Organisation (WHO) classified the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 13, 2020
The organisers of Africa Travel Week, Reed Exhibitions Africa, have confirmed that the event has been postponed following growing concerns about the global spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). The event, which incorporates World Travel Market Africa...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 11, 2020
Issued 11 March 2020. Every day we learn more about COVID-19. There are knowns and there are unknowns, which at times make one very uncomfortable, to say the least. We are all trying to navigate this uncertain time in which we find ourselves. We do...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 9, 2020
On 04 March 2020, the first case of COVID-19 or Coronavirus was announced in South Africa. At this time, two more cases have been confirmed. What does this mean for the local events industry? Internationally, the response to the Coronavirus...
