Shanna Jacobsen | May 17, 2020
The MICE events industry was one of the first tourism sub-sectors to be impacted by COVID-19 related cancellations, and is expected to be the last to recover (“first out and last in”). As the country moves towards the easing of lockdown...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 13, 2020
IBTM Meets is a new series of interviews with prominent figures from across the business events industry. It was recently launched by IBTM Events, and will be hosted on its online hub, IBTM Connect. The industry leaders that you can expect to hear...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 12, 2020
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), Department of Tourism, and Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) and all its member associations collaborated to produce a survey to quantify the extent of the impact of COVID-19 on the...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 11, 2020
On 11 May 2020, Sisa Ntshona, the CEO of South African Tourism (SA Tourism), hosted Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa, CEO of the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA), in a webinar on the recovery of the tourism sector Currently, the South African...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 11, 2020
The biggest change to events in the post-COVID-19 landscape will be how health and safety is managed. To this end, the SACIA’s Event Safety Council is developing a COVID-19 prevention and mitigation plan that will protect organisers, staff and...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 9, 2020
A message from the Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI): SAACI is working with industry partners to unify our voice and communicate loudly about the socio-economic value of the exhibition and events sector. The formation...
