Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 10, 2020
Hard hats and corporate wear were replaced with black tie glamour, as the South African exhibition industry turned up for the fifth ROAR Awards ceremony held on Friday 31 January 2020, at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand. Hosted jointly by...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 9, 2020
Certification is one of the most effective ways to prove an event was sustainably managed, but up until now South Africa did not have a system in place to assess these labels and ensure they met a prescribed minimum standard. This is about to...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 8, 2020
City Lodge Hotel Maputo opened its doors on 7 February 2020, making it the 62nd hotel in the City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG). Located on Rua Para o Palmar in Mozambique’s capital city, the hotel is a quick 12 minute drive (6.5km) to the Maputo...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 7, 2020
Southern Sun Timeshare, a network that includes 44,000 timeshare weeks across six timeshare properties, has now added the stunning Bantry Bay International Vacation Resort to its portfolio. This new agreement came into effect at the start of the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 6, 2020
The City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG) has 61 properties (and growing) across Africa, which will all be serving exclusively cage-free eggs by 2025. This will include not only shell eggs, but also liquid eggs and processed products that contain eggs....
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 3, 2020
At the end of January 2020, the Board of the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), staff, colleagues and industry stakeholders said their goodbyes to Julie-May Ellingson, and thanked her for her significant contribution as Chief...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 30, 2020
City Lodge Hotel Group is pleased to announce a number of new appointments and promotions at the start of 2020: David Jacobsz has been appointed group revenue manager with effect from 6 January 2020. David started his hospitality career in...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 26, 2020
This year, Fast Company South Africa, an innovation, business and technology magazine, will bring its Most Innovative Companies (MIC) issue to life with an awards gala, conference and exhibition. The inaugural 2020 innovation awards will highlight...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 26, 2020
The award-winning 5-star Cape Town hotel, Tintswalo Atlantic, has been accepted into Virtuoso®’s exclusive portfolio of luxury travel partners, where it joins an elite selection of more than 1,800 preferred suppliers in 100 countries. Virtuoso has...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 24, 2020
Meetings Africa, described as the continent’s premier business events trade show, returns to the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg on the 25 and 26 February 2020 – for the 15th time. The show, which is owned by South African Tourism, plays a...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 19, 2020
JB Train Tours has announced they are closing, and will cease operating as of Saturday 15 February 2020. A statement on the company’s Facebook page says, “After more than four decades in the Tourism industry in Southern Africa, we at JB Train Tours...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 13, 2020
Newmark Hotels, a leading hotel management company, is opening a luxury hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg at the end of 2020. The Catalyst Hotel will service both business and leisure travellers, with 207 rooms, a fully-equipped conference facility,...
