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...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 17, 2020
After a successful trial at Town Lodge Umhlanga and Road Lodge Durban, the City Lodge Hotel Group is now rolling out an ‘Eat In’ pizza menu at its Courtyard Hotels, City Lodge Hotels, Town Lodges and Road Lodges across South Africa. “As...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 10, 2020
Throughout women’s month (August), South Africa’s tourism community will celebrate the role of women in the industry through the #IAmTourism campaign. Women represent 70% of the tourism workforce, a fact that the campaign seeks to highlight, as...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 8, 2020
Proving a protest can be creative and even beautiful, the South African technical production and live events industry came together on 05 August 2020 to #LightSAred, lighting up 505 buildings and landmarks across the nation in emergency red. More...
Aug 2, 2020
The National Department of Tourism has issued a draft Tourism Sector Recovery Plan. Industry stakeholders are invited to submit their comments and feedback by 15 August 2020, via email to recovery@tourism.gov.za. You can download the document...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 2, 2020
On 14 July 2020, the Joint Meetings Industry Council (JMIC) released a Meetings Industry manifesto that outlines 15 ways that meetings, conventions and exhibitions offer a strategic advantage in a country’s economic recovery and renewal in the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 2, 2020
Get the week’s MICE industry news highlights in a quick 2 minutes, brought to you by The Planner. In this week’s instalment we look at: Rwanda’s MICE sector which has lost $48 million in revenue as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; South...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 29, 2020
Sun International has launched a virtual and hybrid event solution in order to host events professionally and safely during the current global pandemic. Sun City Convention Centre has been reconfigured as a virtual venue to deliver your next...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 27, 2020
Join the Inbound Recovery Strategy team for an update on all the work behind the scenes to ensure that South Africa is travel ready, including: An update about the TBCSA Structured EngagementThe Inbound Recovery Strategy, including AviationQ&A...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 26, 2020
The Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI) organised the ‘Proof of concept’ event on the behalf of the South African Events Council. The hybrid event took place in five cities across South Africa and online on...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 22, 2020
Despite the current pandemic, the Radisson Hotel Group is forging ahead with its five-year development plan to strengthen its presence across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Most recently, this saw the group signing 15 new hotels in this...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 20, 2020
Many of the men and women delivering technical production services at live events, be it conferences or music festivals, are freelancers. Like everyone in the events sector, they lost their livelihoods in March and its probable they will only be...
