Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 14, 2021
BestCities, the Global Alliance of business events destinations, has announced three new appointments to its board, who will take up these positions in May 2021. These are: Kit Lykketoft, Director of Conventions at Wonderful Copenhagen, who will...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 12, 2021
MediaTech Africa is an advanced media and entertainment technology trade show held in Johannesburg, South Africa, every two years. The 2021 show was due to take place from 14 to 16 July 2021 at The Ticketpro Dome. However, due to the current...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 12, 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has kept us unsure about the future; but now, as the vaccine rollout is underway in South Africa, there is reason to be optimistic. Decorex Cape Town has subsequently re-strategised its plans for the year, and will be...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 11, 2021
Leading exhibition and event organiser Synergy Business Events is proud to announce the directorship appointment of Phetogo Kubheka. Kubheka will join Director Martina Komane and Managing Director Tiisetso Tau on the company’s executive team. Tau...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 7, 2021
The Restart Expo was organised by Specialised Exhibitions, a division of Montgomery Group, and the Johannesburg Expo Centre (JEC) on the behalf of the South African exhibition industry. At the helm was Charlene Hefer, Portfolio Director: Mining...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 2, 2021
FEDHASA, the Federated Hospitality Association of South Africa, and the Restaurant Collective, an alliance of hospitality stakeholders which includes all the major brands and quick service restaurants in South Africa, have been granted an urgent...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 2, 2021
Unable to host the TOPS at SPAR Wine Show during lockdown, the organisers decided to conduct what became the biggest wine consumer survey ever done on behalf of the South African wine industry. Called the Great BIG Wine Survey, and carried out in...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 2, 2021
Home Suite Hotels is a brand of lifestyle hotels and suites for the independent traveller, offering a tailored, personalised environment for both business and leisure guests. It opened its flagship properties Home Suite Hotels Bristol in...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 1, 2021
The City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG) is JSE-listed and has announced its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2020. These reflect the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, including a 73% decrease in revenue (R215,6m, as...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 28, 2021
Get the week’s MICE industry news highlights in a quick 2-minute video, brought to you by The Planner. This week we share Stats SA’s findings that hospitality venues lost R15.5 billion in revenue in 2020 compared to the previous year, and...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 24, 2021
The SA Events Council, a coalition of 14 South African events industry associations, was created during the Covid-19 pandemic to showcase the immense value of events and lobby for greater support from government and other stakeholders. For example,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 21, 2021
SAACI, the Southern African Association for the Conference Industry, ran an Industry Pulse Survey in December 2020 which they have made publically available. At the time of the survey, when South Africa was in Enhanced Alert Level 1 which allowed...
