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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...