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Clico celebrates 8th anniversary in style

This July Clico Boutique Hotel is celebrating its 8th year as a successful small hotel, fine-dining venue as well as conference and events destination. General Manager Sabine Seeger says the team and owner, Jeanette Schwegman, are ringing in their...
ProteaHotels

Top general managers honoured at annual awards

General managers from African Pride Hotels and Protea Hotels were honoured at the first annual gathering of GMs since the brands were purchased by Marriott International in April – with top honours of GM of the Year going to Tania Malan. Malan, who...
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Public sector MICE spend revealed

The announcement in the then finance minister, Pravin Gordhan’s budget speech curbing government spend on credit cards and external MICE facilities has exposed issues which are likely to have far-reaching corrective measures. The chickens are only...
Taj Hotel

Cape Town’s new meeting place shines

The international attention on Cape Town as one of the world’s “must” destinations has highlighted a desperate shortage of first-class meeting and function venues in the city. Large trade shows and conferences with thousands of...
The Exhibitionist

The Exhibitionist on Markex 2014

In the wise words of Von R. Glitschka, “marketing without design is lifeless, and design without marketing is mute”. This year’s Markex was attended by big corporates and small enterprises alike. What we found most encouraging was...