Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 29, 2020
The Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI) Western Cape branch is hosting a webinar titled ‘Conversation on the Ground – Impact on Business Events’, and sponsored by Cape Town & Western Cape Tourism, Trade...
Lisa Jade Hutchings | Apr 28, 2020
Lisa Jade is the founder and head ginger of GingerBiscuit, a company which contributes to making the world a better place by creatively connecting people and the planet. It has been said that we went to sleep in one world and woke up in another....
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 28, 2020
South African Tourism and the Department of Tourism are holding a free webinar to discuss the path towards recovery of the tourism sector. Date: Wednesday, 29 AprilTime: 15:00 – 16:30Panelists: Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, the Minister...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 28, 2020
The Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI) is inviting you to attend their “explosive, instant-impact ONLINE meeting” that will inform and inspire you on how to re-invent your business and move from survive to thrive in...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 27, 2020
From lockdown measures to social distancing, by now we have all had first-hand experience in understanding how to contain and limit the spread of diseases such as COVID-19. One of the most important aspects of preventing contamination and infection...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 27, 2020
Emergency relief efforts have a lot in common with organising events: There is a need to provide temporary solutions, to act quickly within short timeframes, and to adapt and solve challenges that invariably arise. So perhaps it is not surprising...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 26, 2020
A Facebook group that was used to launch the social media campaign #tourisminmyblood has received global attention. Within the first 10 days, more than 10,400 travel industry professionals from 99 countries joined the group, where conversations...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 20, 2020
A message from Darryl Erasmus, Chief Quality Assurance Officer at the Tourism Grading Council: The past few months have tested us as a country. No one more than our frontline health workers. Because of this, Ubuntu Beds and RMB are collaborating...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 20, 2020
Most countries around the world have enforced a lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. This generally means everyone, aside from essential workers, must stay at home and can only venture out for groceries and medical purposes....
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 19, 2020
SAACI, the Southern African Association for the Conference Industry, sent out an announcement on Friday 17 April about the COVID-19 UIF Temporary Employers Relief Scheme (TERS). This agreement was signed by the Tourism Business Council of South...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 18, 2020
Around the world, exhibition venues and convention centres are increasingly being used as temporary emergency facilities in the fight against COVID-19. In South Africa, the Johannesburg Expo Centre has been converted into temporary hospital while...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 18, 2020
The Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) reocgnises the need to develop post COVID-19 protocols, to proactively inform government policy. The development of such protocols will not only show the industry’s commitment to mitigating the...
