Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 30, 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 positive rebound that short-term accommodation rentals are making as lockdown regulations are eased, while ASATA...
Aug 25, 2020
Written by Mike Lord, the founder of Alliance Venues & Facilities Management, Interim Chair of the Event Safety Council and Member of the South African Events Council. The hardest choice we are needing to make today is choosing lives over...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 25, 2020
SAACI, the South African Association for the Conference Industry, has announced the appointment of Alshanthe Smith as the new SAACI Membership Services Consultant effective from Monday, 24 August 2020. Alshanthe’s previous positions include Project...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 23, 2020
CEO of the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA), Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa, has urged businesses within the travel, tourism and hospitality to act responsibly and comply with the regulations of alert level 2 of lockdown. Tshivehengwa said...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 19, 2020
Perhaps one of the biggest obstacles for the South African MICE industry to gain the right governmental support during the COVID-19 pandemic has been that it falls under the Department of Tourism. As the Joint Meeting Industry Council (JMIC) states...
