Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 24, 2020
AAXO, the Association of African Exhibition Organisers, is hosting a free webinar where SA’s biggest exhibition venues will share their plans to support the safe reopening of the exhibition industry. The webinar will be moderated by AAXO...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 26, 2020
Following their AGM on 25 June 2020, the Association of African Exhibition Organisers (AAXO) announced their new board members for 2020/21. They are: Projeni Pather (Exposure Marketing) – ChairpersonDevi Paulsen-Abbott (dmg events) –...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 8, 2020
Global Exhibitions Day (GED) is an annual event that was established in 2015 to highlight the value of the exhibition industry. GED 2020 took place on Wednesday, 03 June 2020. The theme chosen this year was “exhibitions are key to rebuilding...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 25, 2020
South African Tourism (SA Tourism) hosted a webinar on 20 May 2020 to discuss the impact of lockdown on the MICE industry, and what should be done to help sustain the sector. SA Tourism CEO, Sisa Ntshona, hosted the discussion, with guests Glenton...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 17, 2020
The MICE events industry was one of the first tourism sub-sectors to be impacted by COVID-19 related cancellations, and is expected to be the last to recover (“first out and last in”). As the country moves towards the easing of lockdown...