Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 7, 2020
Africa Travel Week launched a series of educational masterclasses during Tourism Month, which have rallied a community of over 550 tourism professionals to learn alongside their peers from with expert ‘tutor-hosts’. “These have...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 5, 2020
Get the week’s MICE industry news highlights in a quick 2-minute video, brought to you by The Planner. This week we look at the suspension of all operations of cash-strapped South African Airways until funding can be found; the 16th Akwaaba...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 1, 2020
Following a range of upgrades and improvements recently made to the property, the Wild Coast Sun beachfront resort has been upgraded to four stars in the hotel category by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA). “Even during...
Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 29, 2020
Glenton De Kock, Chief Executive Officer of the Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI), shares his thoughts on what next for the business events sector. Glenton De Kock, SAACI CEO Many professionals and attendees will...
Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 25, 2020
The popular South African entertainment and event mecca, Sun City, celebrated it’s reopening earlier this month after the country entered lockdown level 1 – and the celebrations continued into Heritage Day with colourful song and dance....
