Helen Brewer | Oct 7, 2014
John Fisher’s article in Sept/Oct edition of Meetings mag entitled ‘ The Trouble with Associations’ says it all. Most of us in the MICE industry have challenges in grasping the differences between a trade association and an occupational...
Helen Brewer | Oct 7, 2014
The MICE industry stands on the cusp of a new era with professional planners assisting the potential client on how to get the best from distributing a series of quotations/RFPs for the type of event envisaged. Effective communications in which...
Helen Brewer | Sep 30, 2014
Despite Treasury pleas for cut-backs in government spend on conferences and similar undertakings that bear limited justifiable results – a number of government agencies continue to spend on MICE activities. The MICE Academy has information from...
Helen Brewer | Sep 15, 2014
Madonsela to speak in a good cause A special lady held in high regard – Public Protector Advocate Thuli Madonsela will be the lunch presenter at Gallagher Convention Centre on Wednesday 15 October 12h30 to 15h00. The cause is in aid of the...
Helen Brewer | Sep 9, 2014
The champagne flowed, the sweet and savoury food displays enticed the large gathering of the who’s who in the MICE trade of suppliers and services to let their hair down and enjoy the splendid entertainment. What a morning it was for the Meetings...
Helen Brewer | Sep 9, 2014
PCO’s CHANGE FOCUS With commissions being questioned and management fees scrutinised, it is interesting to note the number of PCO’s that have become event registration managers at an easy-to-control per delegate rate – while encouraging the...
admin | Sep 8, 2014
Protea Hotel Hluhluwe and Safaris in KwaZulu-Natal has donated R60 000 to rhino conservation in the past year and will continue its mission to combat rhino poaching in the lead up to Wold Rhino Day later this month. Daniel Tharratt, general manager...
Helen Brewer | Sep 2, 2014
No matter how much technology is out there – people still want to interact with people. The gathering of people, for whatever the purpose, has developed into a highly sophisticated industry. With information overload, it takes great skill to retain...
Helen Brewer | Aug 26, 2014
ZD marketing prize winner at Markex 2014 announced The prize-draw at the prominent MICE stand designed by Scan Display during Markex for the Academy’s strategic partner ZD Marketing was by a senior marketing department member from Zurich Insurance...
Helen Brewer | Aug 20, 2014
The ever-changing MICE industry – coping with information overload – yet making every attempt to meet the requirements of event gatherings for a variety of purposes allows snippets worth noting by SA Conference readers: Simple Message Retention...
Helen Brewer | Aug 20, 2014
At an in depth series of presentations at the MICE Academy’s Breakfast Briefing on Site Inspections for Venue Personnel in early August initiated by Cardinal Leisure – MICE Buyers (end-users) commented on their sharp eye regarding the...
Helen Brewer | Aug 12, 2014
Developing, over a period of time together with our media partners, a CPD (Continuing Development Programme) programme which is geared to the use of technology is one aspect. It is quite another situation to take the same online format and apply...
