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...
Aug 5, 2022
BON Hotels CEO Guy Stehlik with BON Hotel Bloemfontein Central staff This August, BON Hotel Bloemfontein Central is celebrating 50 years of service excellence and an outstanding commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. BON Hotels CEO Guy...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 15, 2022
…because who doesn’t want STRONG PR, Marketing and Events? That is a cheeky double-entendre rhetorical question the new Johannesburg-based public relations, marketing and events agency called STRONG PR, Marketing and Events is...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 13, 2022
Following the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions in South Africa less than a month ago, Sojern has announced its entry into country with a brand new trends report. It was to be expected that tourism activity in South Africa would quickly ramp up...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 3, 2022
Following the recent lifting of the Covid-19 restrictions in South Africa, the nation celebrated a double win on Saturday, beating Wales 32-29, with tickets selling out five days before the kickoff. The scene of tens of thousands of South Africans...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 30, 2022
The complex that is home to the Boardwalk Hotel, Casino and Conference Centre looks forward to the development of the last phase of the R500 million Boardwalk Mall later this year. The much-anticipated completion of the Boardwalk Mall in...
