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First Hyatt hotel in Zanzibar

The idyllic East African island of Zanzibar extended a warm welcome to the first Hyatt hotel on the island, Park Hyatt Zanzibar, which was opened in March 2015. Park Hyatt Zanzibar sits on the beachfront in Stone Town, the historical centre of the...

Why you should consider a hybrid event

MCI’s South Africa’s managing director, Rashid Toefy discusses the benefits of including a hybrid element in an event. Why are hybrid events so popular? Not so long ago, many event planners actively avoided going hybrid for fear of...

Winter warm-up: JEC donates blankets

On Wednesday 3 June Johannesburg Expo Centre CEO Craig Newman and his team went to Inkwenkwezi Primary School to donate 280 blankets. Not even the cold weather could dampen the enthusiastic spirit that the Inkwenkwezi Primary School pupils...

Markex and MICE gets huge appeal

Pioneering an innovative series of linked ideas can have high risk yet when it works – the rewards are nothing short of spectacular. The basic objective was to draw the MICE and marketing fraternity in a manner that would ensure various incentives...