Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 28, 2024
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) is poised to raise its head as Africa’s premier destination for business, meetings, and “bleisure” tourism at Meetings Africa 2024. Acting CEO of Tourism KwaZulu-Natal (TKZN), Mr Sibusiso Gumbi, expressed the KZN...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 28, 2024
Amid global challenges and increasing collaborations, organisations are turning to in-person conferences and business meetings to find solutions and strengthen relationships. This trend is fueling rapid growth in the global Meetings, Incentives,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 27, 2024
Speakers hailing from six different countries – among them the USA, UK, Singapore, Netherlands, Canada, and South Africa – will take centre stage at this year’s Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa’s Annual...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 23, 2024
According to a study conducted by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR), only around 16 – 20% of exhibition delegates will visit your stand of their own volition. This number obviously gets bigger with increased show turnout, however,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 21, 2024
South African Tourism, in collaboration with the Southern African Tourism Educators of South Africa (TESA) and the South Africa National Convention Bureau (SANCB), is thrilled to unveil the highly anticipated Future Leaders Forum. This forms a key...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 19, 2024
2020 posed unprecedented challenges for the global tourism sector, with the Covid-19 pandemic emerging as one of the most impactful (negatively speaking) events of the 21st century. The immediate imposition of international, regional, and local...
Tourvest | Feb 19, 2024
We are experiencing great technological changes on an almost second-by-second basis. We are firmly entrenched in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, with some experts even suggesting that the world is on the brink of the Fifth Industrial Revolution....
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 16, 2024
The Johannesburg Expo Centre is a seasoned industry player whose success is underpinned by its networks, people and forward-thinking approach. The Exhibition Planner talks to its CEO, Craig Newman, about how these move the venue and industry...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 16, 2024
The Meetings & Event Planner learns how the South Africa National Convention Bureau (SANCB) is forging a brighter future for the South African business events sector. The SANCB is a division of South African Tourism (SA Tourism), focused on...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 14, 2024
Meetings explores what our industry is doing to support young talent struggling to find their place in the events industry. At face value, two South African challenges – youth unemployment and the event industry skills shortage – look like they...
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 13, 2024
Keen to have a sustainable exhibition stand but don’t know how to go about creating one? Relax, Chat’r has you covered with these simple but effective steps. For most of us, transitioning into a more sustainable way of doing things is a slow and...
