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sell yourself

Selling your story

Think you go out shopping for products and services? Wrong. What you really shop for are stories. For those in marketing and selling, you better make sure you know what story you’re selling advises Justin Cohen. The Porsche Cayenne and a VW Touareg...
Super planner app

Top six apps for event planning

It time that you lose that back-breaking events binder. SA Conference brings you the best apps that will make your smartphone into a virtual meeting binder.   Super planner This is the app for the professional event planner. It provides a...
choice

The high cost of too much choice

Monique Swart finds it interesting – and sometimes fairly alarming – that many companies do not see the importance of consolidating their travel and meetings spend. There seems to be a belief that consolidation limits choice. This can be true, but...
skills

Skills training in Africa

On recent trips to Angola and Ghana to host the African Business Travel Association (ABTA) forums for local travel industry professionals, the issue of basic skills training was identified by delegates as a key challenge in these regions. My...
service

To serve or not to serve

Event planning is all about offering a service. Great service means repeat business. Justin Cohen shares his top tips on how you can offer your clients the best possible service. When I talk to leaders about what differentiates their organisations...
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City Lodge to keep guests connected for longer

City Lodge Hotel Group has increased the complimentary Wi-Fi availability at its hotels, with effect from January 1. The group now offers one hour of complimentary Wi-Fi access per day at its Courtyard, City Lodge and Town Lodge brands. It also now...
Cape Town

It is Cape Town's year

The New York Times has released its travel list, 52 places to go in 2014 and Cape Town is number one. Cape Town is also the Design Capital of the World this year. The city’s diversity and close proximity to a number of different attractions,...
CLA

Events to remember

CLA Brand and Event Engineering believe in building relationships with its clients in order to execute successful events. Annual events are very important for corporate clients; it’s their opportunity to come together as a company and communicate...
TreesChefs

Showcasing unique South African flavours

Driven by inspiration, Stefan Schmidt, executive chef at Cape Town’s Townhouse Hotel & Conference Centre, has always strived to become the best chef he can be. He shares some of his tips for conference catering with SA Conference. How has the...
Gwefey

Business meetings redefined

Located in the fashionable Morningside World Trade Centre, Gwefey Redefined Asian Cuisine offers high-end sophistication, panoramic views and Asian cuisine – the perfect combination for business meetings. Offering traditional dishes from all across...
Maboneng-Precinct

Four exciting JoburgPlaces tours this month

Doing more fun activities, while also learning something meaningful at the same time must be high on your new year’s resolution list. In this regard a JoburgPlaces tour is ideally suited for exploring the city, having a memorable experience and...