Antois-Leigh Nepgen | Sep 22, 2024
After three consecutive years in Botswana, the 7th Africa Tourism Leadership Forum (ATLF) & Awards (www.tourismleadershipforum.africa) held at The Grand Palm Hotel Casino Convention Resort in Gaborone, Botswana, from 3 to 6 September 2024...
Antois-Leigh Nepgen | Sep 20, 2024
Cape Town, 16 September 2024 – RX Africa today announced “Ignite Africa” as the official theme for its WTM Africa 2025 event, taking place from 9 to 11 April in the Host City of Cape Town at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC)....
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 14, 2024
At the end of 2023, INATUR invited Meetings on a press tour to Maputo to discover what makes it an enticing destination for MICE events, as well as the latest developments in establishing a new Mozambique Convention Bureau. Here’s what we learned....
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 2, 2024
FlySafair has just announced their new route between Cape Town and the Kruger National Park. This opens up new opportunities for meeting organisers wanting to organise events around the Park and draw delegates from the Cape. This service will...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 29, 2024
South African Tourism’s North Europe Hub has successfully concluded a dynamic two-week showcase with industry partners in Netherlands and Belgium. This began with a prominent presence at Vakantiebeurs, a leading trade and consumer show,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 25, 2024
The eagerly-awaited Meetings Africa 2024 trade show is set to inject a surge of energy into Africa’s business events sector while significantly boosting South Africa’s economy. This was the assertion made by South Africa’s Tourism Minister,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 25, 2024
Launched in 2017 by the Department of Tourism, the aim of the Green Tourism Incentive Programme (GTIP) is to encourage and support private sector tourism in their quest to adopt sustainably managing and using water and power. It is managed by the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 19, 2024
In a strategic move to drive investment opportunities across Africa’s travel and tourism sector, Africa Travel Week (ATW) has secured a partnership with Tourism Investment Forum Africa (TIFA). Scheduled to run alongside WTM Africa from 10 – 12...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 17, 2024
The Department of Tourism invites eligible tourism enterprises to apply for support under the Domestic Market Access Support Programme (DMASP) to participate on the Hidden Gems Pavilion at Africa’s Travel Indaba 2024. The event will take place at...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 15, 2024
The China Tourism Academy predicts that the recovery process of China’s inbound and outbound tourism market will accelerate in 2024, with the total number of both inbound and outbound tourism trips exceeding 264 million this year alone. To...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 10, 2024
Three destinations stand out as hot spots for South African business travellers in 2024: the UK, Singapore, and the UAE. This is according to Bonnie Smith, GM of FCM, who shares they were the most popular international travel destinations for South...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 8, 2024
A nexus for travel professionals across South Africa, the continent and the globe, Africa Travel Week plays hosts to various shows, conferences and award ceremonies focusing on leisure tourism, luxury travel, LGBTQ+ travel, MICE/business travel,...