Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 18, 2020
Tourism New Zealand has undertaken to plant an indigenous tree for each of the 140 guests attending its Asia Pacific Incentives Meetings Event (AIME) Hosted Buyer Breakfast. Trees that Count, a conservation charity, will plant the trees across New...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 16, 2020
Virgin Atlantic has announced that it will be offering direct flights between London Heathrow and Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) as a seasonal service, as of 25 October 2020. Liezl Gericke, Head of Africa, Middle East and India, at Virgin...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 14, 2020
As part of South Africa’s larger strategy to grow its tourism sector, SA Tourism launched the first phase of a new brand campaign on Thursday 13 February. This campaign focuses on South Africans, reminding them that they are both an asset to our...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 12, 2020
The South African Culinary Olympic team (Team SA) will be competing at the 25th IKA Culinary Olympics in Stuttgart, Germany, from 14 to 19 February. Several years’ worth of training culminated in a special send off for the team, sporting...
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...
