Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 25, 2021
The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has issued a press statement revealing that the information currently circulating about its third phase of relief funding comes from confidential draft documents which were leaked. The third phase of relief...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 25, 2021
The recently completed Courtyard Hotel Waterfall City will open in the next few weeks, making it the 63rd hotel in the City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG) and 56th in South Africa. What sets it apart from other CLHG properties is its positioning “to...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 22, 2021
On 21 January 2021, Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane today released a draft of the Tourism Act: National norms and standards for the safe operations of tourism sector in the context of COVID-19 and beyond. Members of the public are...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 21, 2021
A hospitality sector alliance, spearheaded by FEDHASA (Federated Hospitality Association of South Africa), has launched an urgent interdict against the Department of Employment and Labour following the Collective Agreement for the Bargaining...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 21, 2021
Teamwork is dream work – this seems to be the consensus among exhibition organisers and venue operators in UFI’s first Industry Partners Benchmark Survey, whose responses show they believe that service providers have a relatively high impact on the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 21, 2021
As the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, it is unclear how much time will be needed to roll out double-dose vaccines to 67% of our country’s population, nor how long immunity from the vaccine will last for. Which means the events industry cannot depend...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 21, 2021
British Airways, locally operated by South African airline Comair, has made a book with confidence commitment to its customers which allows them to change the dates and destinations of bookings without any change fee. Additionally, a booking made...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 20, 2021
In a bold move to resuscitate its tourism industry, Seychelles has announced its plans to make the country more accessible to more visitors as quickly and safely as possible. The plan was outlined during a press conference on 14 January 2021,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 17, 2021
Mauritius has announced its national Covid-19 vaccination campaign. The country hopes to achieve herd immunity in the near future, which requires most of its population (potentially as much as 80-90%) receive a vaccine. As the vaccines are...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 15, 2021
Monika luel, the former MD of Private Safaris, has been appointed to the position of Chief Marketing Officer at WESGRO, the tourism, trade and investment promotion agency for Cape Town and the Western Cape. She will take up her new role from 5...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 14, 2021
Virtual events have been booming as way to safely bring people together during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, one company is offering a solution that is a little different: The Virtual Lab’s virtual reality (VR) platform, Virtuworx, mimics online...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 13, 2021
Seychelles began administering Covid-19 vaccines on Sunday, 10 January 2021. The republic’s president, H E Wavel Ramkalawan, took the very first dose (pictured above) – making him the first Head of State in Africa to do so. He was joined by roughly...
