Shanna Jacobsen | Nov 1, 2020
Get the week’s MICE industry news highlights in a quick 2-minute video, brought to you by The Planner. This week we look at the launch of the Radisson Hotel & Convention Centre Johannesburg, O.R Tambo; the Soweto Business Events Council joining...
Shanna Jacobsen | Nov 1, 2020
Radisson Hotel & Convention Centre Johannesburg, O.R. Tambo will open its doors on 02 November 2020. President Cyril Ramaphosa gave an address at its official launch last week, where he congratulated the developers for completing the hotel...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 30, 2020
The 2020 World Golf Awards™ has announced the winners of these prestigious awards, and Fancourt Hotel & Country Club in George was honoured to receive two of them: Africa’s Best Golf Hotel 2020South Africa’s Best Golf Hotel 2020...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 29, 2020
Air Seychelles has announced it will operate passenger services from Johannesburg to Maldives between 4 December 2020 and 9 January 2021, giving travellers a chance to start planning their summer holidays. Flights will depart from Johannesburg...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 29, 2020
IBTM World Virtual 2020, which will run from 8 – 10 December 2020, has announced details of its hosted buyer and exhibitor sign-ups which include some of the biggest global corporations, associations and agencies. Confirmed exhibitors include:...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 29, 2020
19 October 2020 was World Champagne Day, an occasion which Moët & Chandon celebrated “from coast to coast, toast to toast” with stars across the continent who all raised their glasses at 17:43 as the sun set on Africa. “After what’s been a...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 29, 2020
On 24 October an event was held at SUD restaurant in Vilakazi Street to mark the Soweto Chapter (SOBEC) of the Township Events Business Council SA (TEBCO-SA) coming on board as the 14th industry association member of the South African Events...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 27, 2020
“India and the African sub-continent have a long history of productive collaboration, and with the economic stagnation that has resulted from the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s vital that we enter into bilateral discussions around potential areas of...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 27, 2020
IELA, the International Exhibition Logistics Association, hosted an online discussion titled ‘IELA RELOAD Talk 2.3 Bold Leaders’ on 21 October. The panellists represented exhibition industry organisations from Europe and Asia, who shared their...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 26, 2020
The 2020 Skål International Sustainable Tourism Awards were held on 17 October, where Aquila Private Game Reserve & Spa was honoured to receive one of its prestigious awards in the category of Major Tourist Attraction. The awards seek to...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 26, 2020
To help their clients navigate the COVID-19 crisis, FCM Travel Solutions has conducted and published a global State of the Market report on how the pandemic is affecting corporate travel. ‘Travel & Expense’ was named as the common item to be...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 25, 2020
Get the week’s MICE industry news highlights in a quick 2-minute video, brought to you by The Planner. This week we look at a newly-launched South African hotel venture called Hotel Sky; UFI’s Global Recovery Insights 2020 report and the upcoming...
