Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 11, 2022
The Department of Tourism established the Green Tourism Incentive Programme (GTIP) five years ago, to provide grant funding to qualifying tourism businesses to help them implement resource efficiency interventions. Interested businesses are...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 5, 2022
Megan De Jager (née Oberholzer), RX Africa Portfolio Director: Travel, Tourism & Marketing International Luxury Travel Market Africa (ILTM Africa) has announced its return to the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens in 2023. This gorgeous...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 5, 2022
Phenyo Marumo is the newly appointed Regional Marketing & Communications Manager for Minor Hotels Africa Minor Hotels is pleased to announce the appointment of Phenyo Marumo to the Johannesburg, South Africa offices, as the Regional Marketing...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 4, 2022
According to the 2021 Travel and Tourism Development Index, which the World Economic Forum released in May 2022, South Africa’s ranks 112/117 in Safety and Security globally. This dismal scoring is damaging to South Africa’s society at large, while...
Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 10, 2022
The International Federation of Event and Exhibition Services (IFES) has announced the second edition of its IFES Innovation + Development Award (IDIA). The global award celebrates innovation excellence within the industry while also promoting...
Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 2, 2022
The ‘African Exhibition Industry Outlook – Unlocking untapped opportunities in Africa’ workshop will be held on Wednesday 13 September at the Johannesburg Expo Centre. It is organised by UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition...
Sep 2, 2022
BON Hotels has added the iconic Grand Daddy Boutique Hotel on Long Street in Cape Town to its collection of South African hospitality properties. Guy Stehlik, CEO of BON Hotels A historical icon Previously known as the Metropole, the hotel has now...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 26, 2022
Everyone is talking about ‘post-Covid’. Does this mean we don’t need Covid vaccines and boosters anymore? The Planner Guru posed this question to Professor Cheryl Cohen, who is the Head of the Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis at the...
Aug 24, 2022
Africa’s hospitality industry is earmarked for substantial growth. Africa’s population now exceeds one billion, of which 350 million are middle class and likely to travel. At the same time, international arrivals have been growing, and the United...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 24, 2022
The 2022 Aviators Africa Conference and Awards will bring together top stakeholders in African aviation to find ways to advance the development and sustainability of the continent’s aviation industry and allied industries. With air travel facing...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 15, 2022
Mohahlaula Airlines has announced it’s intention to launch a local Lesotho airline within the next year. Initially it will service the popular Maseru to Johannesburg route, with plans to expand into more South African destinations. Seizing...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 7, 2022
The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) released a public abstract of its annual statistics report last week, to shed light on how association meetings were impacted by the pandemic in 2021. This includes a Destination...
