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The Golden Mile ‘high’ club

Tsogo Sun has for many years featured prominently on Durban’s Golden Mile. Southern Sun Elangeni, Southern Sun North Beach, Garden Court Marine Parade, Garden Court South Beach, and the SunCoast Casino and Entertainment World including the...

The maze of Gallagher amazes

There we were – as a booked client – in a beautiful setting looking out on a large pond with well-established lush foliage and graceful swans paddling-by, while being tested on the topic that had just been presented.  Our booking could have...

Protection of MICE information and the law

The bank calls to sell you a funeral policy.  Simply complete this form is the wording on the top.  One of the form’s sections is to state your university qualifications.  Similarly on a vehicle finance application form – which had to be completed...

Thinking outside the box

Sho-Sho-Lo-Za Marketing cc is a dynamic, hands on, creative company that offers passion, integrity and progressive thinking. We chat, in detail, to the ladies behind this unique brand. For over 20 years, Sho-Sho-Lo-Za Marketing has been providing...

Shaping up

The programme of the 2013 national congress and exhibition of the Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI) is taking shape. Congress chairman Andrew Stewart says the organising committee has been hard at work to ensure that...

Green cheers!

The Event Greening Forum (EGF) hosted its inaugural Conference on 18 February 2013. It was a well-attended event, attracting people from across the Southern African events industry. Based on its success, the conference will become an annual fixture...

First class, first choice

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel group recently received the highly coveted title of Best Business Hotel Brand in Asia-Pacific plus six other titles at the 2012 Business Traveller Asia-Pacific’s 21st...

SA MICE industry is booming

It was way back when Sir Winston Churchill coined the phrase It is better to jaw-jaw than to war-war. Whether he had a premonition regarding the need for constant face-to-face dialogue in one form or another is unclear. What is clear is the...

Corporate MICE money takes centre stage

It was a Focus Group worthy of holding the attention of the participants. Some deep-rooted anomalies were brought to the fore as the surface was scratched in a better understanding of where the MICE budget allocation is somewhat of a blur to the...

Top of the ‘foodie’ pops

The forum company came out tops in the International category for the annual ACE awards held in Las Vegas yesterday. Managing Director of the forum company, Glynis Hyslop was there to receive the award which was presented at the general session of...