Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 21, 2020
Catch this week’s MICE news highlights, brought to you by The Planner. This week we cover South Africa’s transition to lockdown level 1. This means that, under very strict social distancing and cleanliness protocols, gatherings of up to...
Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 20, 2020
The news that South Africa is moving to level 1 of lockdown on Monday, 21 September, has been met with mixed feelings from the live events sector. Sharif Baker, Chairperson of the Technical Production Services Association (TPSA) and spokesperson...
Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 20, 2020
The South African live events industry is invited to stand with industry players across the globe, most of whom are still unable to work during this time, as they raise awareness about their plight through the #WeMakeEvents campaign on 30 September...
Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 20, 2020
WTM London and its co-located travel and hospitality technology event, Travel Forward, will be hosted virtually this year. The 2020 live shows had been set to take place at ExCeL London from 2-4 November 2020, but ongoing travel restrictions,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 20, 2020
Emnotweni Casino, a Tsogo Sun gaming destination located in Nelspruit, will welcome a new Director of Operations and Complex General in October – Tobie van Schalkwyk. The outgoing GM, Adam MacIntyre, will move to Durban to take over the reins...
Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 20, 2020
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that South Africa will move to level 1 of lockdown on 21 September, and re-open international borders from 01 October, has been widely welcomed by the travel and tourism industry. “I would like to...
