Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 29, 2022
Together with the Government of Barbados, Afreximbank will host the first-ever Africa-Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum to take place at the beginning of September. Under the banner of ‘One People, One Destiny: Uniting and Reimagining Our...
Jul 8, 2022
Since 2001, the UFI Marketing Committee has organised the “UFI Marketing Award”, whose main purpose is to reward the best marketing initiatives undertaken by exhibition professionals. Since 2006 this competition is open to UFI members and...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 26, 2022
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2022 held in Kigali, Rwanda, ended on Saturday, 25 June 2022, with various heads of state and government expressing their commitment to an aligned vision for the future of The Commonwealth. Following its...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 10, 2022
M&A activity within the event tech space continues, with the latest acquisition of eventcore by the recently merged MeetingPlay + Aventri conglomerate. Event tech solutions group, MeetingPlay + Aventri (MPAV), announced yesterday that it had...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 7, 2022
On the back of several successful mergers and acquisitions of companies within the meeting and events software space in 2021, MeetingPlay and Aventri have announced that they will be consolidating their respective offerings into one entity. There...
Shanna Jacobsen | Dec 9, 2021
During a media briefing held yesterday, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) unpacked its performance over the past year and issued a call to governments across the globe to follow the advice of the World Health Organization...
Shanna Jacobsen | Nov 28, 2021
With a spike in the number of other countries detecting the new variant of Covid-19, several nations have implemented worldwide travel bans that may mean we need to rethink our plans for the festive season. The detection of a new Covid-19 variant,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Nov 25, 2021
A visit to the Ministry of Tourism in Kenya from the Swiss Education Group has led to successful engagements around the development of Kenya’s hotel sector. As Africa turns its sights toward the recovery of its tourism and hospitality sectors in...
Shanna Jacobsen | Nov 20, 2021
The White House has announced that US President Joe Biden will host leaders from across Africa for the Second US-Africa Leaders Summit next year. According to a statement by The White House made on 19 November 2021, President Joe Biden...
Shanna Jacobsen | Nov 1, 2021
Following the HVS and EP Business in Hospitality co-hosted webinar last week, it was revealed that hotel values will likely not make a full return to pre-pandemic levels until 2025. As vaccine rollout programmes gain momentum, with around half the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 21, 2021
The Radisson Hotel Group is the world’s first hotel group to offer carbon-negative meetings. With more than 400 hotels in its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) portfolio, the Radisson Hotel Group has become the first hotel group in the world to...
