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World, meet Johannesburg

Working in partnership with the Department of Arts & Culture’s National Film and Video Foundation [NFVF], the City of Johannesburg is participating at the 66th Cannes Film Festival, which is currently underway in France. A busy calendar of...

A higher standard of excellence

Organising annual two to three day conferences for around 1 000 professional delegates, along with the attendant exhibitions, workshop sessions, networking opportunities and food and beverage specifications requires a venue that is consistently...

Bringing the heat

Major changes, brand new attractions and larger-than-life enhancements will be the order of the day at this year’s Markex Gauteng 2013. Set to hit Jozi during one of the coldest periods in the city, Markex is preparing to turn up the heat for the...

Wireless hotels

Within the next three years,80% of all hotel bookings will be made via mobile devices. While mobile device usage is no stranger to the hotel industry, the rate of proliferation in their usage is staggering – and is likely to become the primary way...

A star Indaba

A modern, cutting-edge INDABA 2013, which significantly enhanced networking connections to stimulate tourism trading between buyers and exhibitors, was the hallmark of the most advanced edition of Africa’s top travel show to date. Taking a...

One magnificent complex

The first phase of the R220 million transformation of Southern Sun’s Elangeni & Maharani hotel into one magnificent complex is now complete. The revamped Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani hotel represents Tsogo Sun’s continuing commitment...

Taking responsible tourism to new heights

This year the Imvelo Awards for Responsible Tourism will extend its reach to ensure that both large and small organisations can benefit from these prestigious Awards. For the first time in twelve years’ since inception, the seven Imvelo Awards...

Green MICE, red hot

All things green dominated the 14th May Greening Workshop supported by the Event Greening Forum. A good turnout proved the importance that event greening is becoming a continuously growing requirement of interest and implementation. Venues and...

Best of the Westin

The beauty of business… A top tourist destination on one side, the V&A Waterfront; one of the new seven wonders of the world on the other, Table Mountain; and the deep blue Atlantic on the left, The Westin Cape Town is hard to do justice...

Walking on sunshine

Our beautiful, sometimes controversial, neighbour is slowly but surely coming out of the darkness and with that comes vast opportunities in the business and leisure tourism industries. Meetings SA takes a closer look. To quote the Zimbabwe Tourism...

Aint no mountain too high

Long standing Meetings SA and SA Conference client and supporter Barry Futter of Adventure Works, and SATSA member, will give back by taking on the Freedom Challenge Mountain Bike race from Pietermaritzburg to Paarl in mid-June. This 2400km...

How to win an EXSA Green Award

In 2012 the Exhibition and Event Association of Southern Africa (EXSA) launched Green Award categories for its annual EXSA Awards. The response was positive, with a total of 11 submissions made for the Green Stand and Green Show categories, and six...