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With over 20 years’ experience as an event manager, Miss Meet has pretty much heard it all from event attendees and clients. However, there are still those requests that leave her speechless. I would like to consider myself a bit of a doyenne in...

Festive specials at The Maslow

Situated in the heart of Sandton’s business district, home to top investment banks, financial institutions, the Gautrain station and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, The Maslow offers some of the best corporate services and facilities in...

Champagne Sports Resort, Drakensberg

Champagne Sports Resort is more than a hotel in the mountains, it is an experience. From the 18-hole championship golf course to the roaming herds of Blesbok and the rare birdlife that inhabit the estate, there is something for everyone to enjoy....
FUN FACT

IT COST….

It cost just R4 million more to rebuild the The Maslow, a Sun International hotel in Sandton, than it did for the R246 million Nkandla upgrade. Can you imagine conferencing at Nkandla Convention Centre, complete with fire-pool and disco ball?
women in mICE

TOP 40 WOMEN IN MICE: PART 5

Meetings magazine and SA Conference celebrates the women who have made their mark on the MICE industry. Everyday this week we will be highlighted eight of the phenomenal women who made the list. Today is the final eight. To the women on this list...

Valley Lodge & Spa, Magaliesberg

Valley Lodge & Spa is offering rejuvenating Spring Retreat packages as well as special accommodation packages during the Spring Wine Festival, while still remaining one of the most popular Sunday lunch and spa country destinations in Gauteng –...
ProteaHotels

Protea Hotels National Workshops roadshow

GMs, marketing and sales executives representing dozens of Protea Hotels and African Pride Hotels have just completed a series of Workshop “roadshow” events in Cape Town, Pretoria and Johannesburg to engage with their travel trade partners and...
women in mICE

TOP 40 WOMEN IN MICE: PART 4

Meetings magazine and SA Conference celebrates the women who have made their mark on the MICE industry. Everyday this week we will be highlighting eight of the phenomenal women who made the list. Join the conversation on Twitter#40WIM TOP 40 WOMEN...

Getting your invite right

The invitation to your event is one of the most important aspects of the entire planning process. You don’t want to send out the first invite too early or too late. Three weeks out is a good rule to live by. But if you want to get on executives’...