Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 20, 2020
Each year, corporations spend trillions of dollars acquiring goods and services. Of this, only 1% of the total spend is on women-owned businesses. This means many corporations are missing out on an opportunity to diversify their supply chains, grow...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 19, 2020
Spier has announced the third edition of Spier Light Art will take place on the wine estate from 26 February to 28 March 2021, and has invited designers, architects, light-, sound- and video artists (including students and institutions) to submit...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 18, 2020
Chefs Warehouse at Tintswalo Atlantic is a joint venture partnership between Liam Tomlin’s Chefs Warehouse and the unique Cape Town boutique hotel Tintswalo Atlantic. The new restaurant will open on Monday, 2 November 2020, serving lunch and dinner...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 15, 2020
UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has announced that it’s 2020 Global Congress will be a digital-only event. The theme of the event is ‘Resilience’, and it will take place from 16 – 19 November 2020. “Quality...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 15, 2020
Travel Forward Virtual is a conference for the global travel technology industry. It will be live-streamed over three days, from 9 – 11 November 2020, and is free to attend. The theme for the event is: “Resilience, Innovation, Response”. While much...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 10, 2020
During this action-packed hour that took place on 7 October 2020, we understand the role Women in MICE play within driving sustainability in the business events sector, both from a greening and socioeconomic perspective. Moderated by Message...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 10, 2020
According to statistics from the Institute for Applied Positive Research, 97% of survey participants said having a trip planned made them happy. To provide travellers with an experience post lockdown or one that they can enjoy now in the comfort of...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 7, 2020
Africa Travel Week launched a series of educational masterclasses during Tourism Month, which have rallied a community of over 550 tourism professionals to learn alongside their peers from with expert ‘tutor-hosts’. “These have...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 7, 2020
International Pinotage Day is this coming Saturday, 10 October. Pinotage is a truly South African variety which was first bottled in 1959. Over the years it has been refined, and talented winemakers such as the Wine Cellar Young Guns have turned...
Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 24, 2020
IBTM Events has announced that IBTM World 2020 will take place online from 8 – 10 December 2020, due to the unpredictable travel restrictions that COVID-19 has caused worldwide. “We’re very excited about what we have created with IBTM World...
Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 24, 2020
Chef Coo Pillay, CWC National Project Manager Food is both part of our heritage and culture, and a basic human right. Yet many South Africans go to bed hungry at night. Since the start of lockdown, Chefs with Compassion (CWC) has provided over 1...
Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 20, 2020
WTM London and its co-located travel and hospitality technology event, Travel Forward, will be hosted virtually this year. The 2020 live shows had been set to take place at ExCeL London from 2-4 November 2020, but ongoing travel restrictions,...
