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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...

Protea: It’s game time

The Protea Hospitality Group has launched an iPad app challenging you to see if you have what it takes to run your own Protea Hotel – or any other hotel or business – profitably. The app, which runs as a game, teaches financial management in a...

Jumping for Jozi

The ICCA rankings are out – and Joburg Tourism’s Convention Bureau team is celebrating the city’s momentous climb, by improving its rankings an astonishing 92 places since 2012! “We’re thrilled to announce that in this year’s ICCA rankings Joburg...

No small feat

The well-known Hotel Numbi & Garden Suites in Hazyview, Mpumalanga celebrates its fiftieth year of existence in 2013. Built and opened by the Fick family in 1963, this country-style three star establishment today has 22 rooms, 38 garden suites...

Let us entertain you

Entertainers at your service… Entertainment is an integral part of a conference or event. And when you’re looking for the best, you need to call in an expert. We searched high and low to find you the best of the bunch. From theatre...

A seaside journey

The crème de la crème of coastal and outdoor venues ‘Under the boardwalk, down by the sea…’ and you know how the rest goes. Here in South Africa we’re blessed to have one of the most magnificent coastlines in the world, so why not make the most of...

Leadership today: times are changing

One doesn’t need to be a rocket scientist or clairvoyant to realise the world is in transition and we are undergoing a major shift on the planet. Where does this leave us? The global economy is shifting, relationships are experiencing increased...