Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 27, 2020
Get ready for the next Conversations with Women in MICE webinar, bringing leading women from the African MICE industry together to talk about women empowerment in MICE on our continent. Date: Monday, 10 August 2020Time: 13h00 – 14h00RSVP: Please...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 26, 2020
The Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI) organised the ‘Proof of concept’ event on the behalf of the South African Events Council. The hybrid event took place in five cities across South Africa and online on...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 26, 2020
Get the week’s MICE industry news highlights in a quick 2 minutes, brought to you by The Planner. In this week’s instalment, we look at the #LightSAred peaceful protest which will take place on 5 August 2020, findings from the latest UFI...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 22, 2020
Since public gatherings were prohibited in mid-March, the technical production and live events industry has ground to a complete standstill. For many businesses this means 100% loss of income for the past five months – and likely for the rest of...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 22, 2020
Despite the current pandemic, the Radisson Hotel Group is forging ahead with its five-year development plan to strengthen its presence across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Most recently, this saw the group signing 15 new hotels in this...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 21, 2020
On 20 July, the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) hosted a webinar to share details about the behind-the-scenes lobbying it has undertaken to ensure tourism is reopened urgently, as well as what the next steps are for this to happen....
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 21, 2020
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Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 20, 2020
Many of the men and women delivering technical production services at live events, be it conferences or music festivals, are freelancers. Like everyone in the events sector, they lost their livelihoods in March and its probable they will only be...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 19, 2020
Events are considered a high-risk activity, in terms of transmitting COVID-19. To manage this risk, stringent new Re-opening Guidelines have been created by the Events Safety Council on the behalf of the South African Events Council. However, these...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 18, 2020
Petitions and protests are being organised across South Africa by tourism stakeholders who are frustrated with the current regulations which include an outright ban on all leisure tourism (read more about this here) – despite the taxi industry...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 18, 2020
UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has released the July 2020 edition of its Global Barometer research report which reveals the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the global exhibition industry. “While the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 17, 2020
The City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG) takes sustainability seriously. Last year, the group rolled out a R20 million solar panel project. In January, it committed to transition to 100% cage-free eggs throughout its operations by 2025. And on 16 July...
