Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 28, 2022
Throughout the lockdown, City Lodge Hotel Group has staggered the opening of its properties to ensure its operation does not take strain. This strategy has ensured the group is able to not only stay afloat but retain and preserve its assets. Nearly...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 23, 2022
The new partnership between dmg events and Media 10 aims to create a relevant and connected gathering for the decor, design and hospitality sectors. This past Wednesday saw dmg events, owners and producers of the Hotel & Hospitality Show,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 18, 2022
The past two years have shown us that the power of collaboration can get us through anything. theplanner.guru talks to Walk for Love founder, Toni Ukachukwu. No-one can deny the collective personal and professional difficulties we have faced over...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 14, 2022
The creation of a pan-African airline is looking hopeful following the inking of a Strategic Partnership Framework agreement between Kenya Airways and South African Airways. The recent signing of the Strategic Partnership Framework between Kenya...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 12, 2022
With all efforts being made to save the embattled SA Express, the announcement that the airline’s liquidation hearing will be moved to 04 July 2022 has been welcomed. After nearly four years in which it has faced major instability, the news that...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 10, 2022
After the postponement of last year’s show, Meetings Africa is back with registrations now open. The announcement that both Meetings Africa and Africa’s Travel Indaba would be returning in 2022 was welcomed by the industry. Now, the organisers of...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 7, 2022
On the back of several successful mergers and acquisitions of companies within the meeting and events software space in 2021, MeetingPlay and Aventri have announced that they will be consolidating their respective offerings into one entity. There...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 6, 2022
Launching in February 2022, the voco Johannesburg Rosebank hotel will make an official debut in Africa when it opens its doors next month. Guests can look forward to experiencing the much-anticipated opening of the voco Johannesburg Rosebank, an...
Shanna Jacobsen | Dec 23, 2021
In the sixth and final episode of the “In conversation with…” series sponsored by Micro Focus Channel, Boas Chauke, CEO of BOATech, is joined by Sikhu Khashane, an ethical hacker, to unpack the consequences of not acting with regards to...
Shanna Jacobsen | Dec 14, 2021
On 14 December 2021, SITE Africa together with its counterparts from the SA Events Council and other members of the business tourism and MICE industry, hosted the T&Cs and Other Contracting Quagmires webinar to unpack the perils and pitfalls of...
Shanna Jacobsen | Dec 9, 2021
During a media briefing held yesterday, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) unpacked its performance over the past year and issued a call to governments across the globe to follow the advice of the World Health Organization...
Shanna Jacobsen | Dec 7, 2021
South Africa’s Department of Tourism has gazetted its approved norms and standards for the tourism sector in the context of Covid-19 and other related pandemics. On 03 December 2021, Minister of Tourism, Lindiwe Sisulu signed, under Section 7(1) of...
