Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 26, 2021
The Department of Tourism in partnership with the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA) today launched the Tourism Equity Fund. The fund will be used to provide debt finance and grants to black entrepreneurs in the tourism sector, and especially...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 26, 2021
The SA Events Council (SAEC), a coalition of 14 event industry associations, came into existence six months ago to support and lobby for the events sector. It hasn’t been an easy task, but progress is being made, especially in terms of forging a...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 26, 2021
“During this State of National Disaster, we’ve seen a massive drop off in events, with attendance numbers severely curtailed. But, as vaccines and treatment plans start to become available, it is certain that the events industry will revive itself....
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 25, 2021
The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has issued a press statement revealing that the information currently circulating about its third phase of relief funding comes from confidential draft documents which were leaked. The third phase of relief...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 25, 2021
The recently completed Courtyard Hotel Waterfall City will open in the next few weeks, making it the 63rd hotel in the City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG) and 56th in South Africa. What sets it apart from other CLHG properties is its positioning “to...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 22, 2021
On 21 January 2021, Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane today released a draft of the Tourism Act: National norms and standards for the safe operations of tourism sector in the context of COVID-19 and beyond. Members of the public are...
