Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 16, 2020
Virgin Atlantic has announced that it will be offering direct flights between London Heathrow and Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) as a seasonal service, as of 25 October 2020. Liezl Gericke, Head of Africa, Middle East and India, at Virgin...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 14, 2020
As part of South Africa’s larger strategy to grow its tourism sector, SA Tourism launched the first phase of a new brand campaign on Thursday 13 February. This campaign focuses on South Africans, reminding them that they are both an asset to our...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 10, 2020
Hard hats and corporate wear were replaced with black tie glamour, as the South African exhibition industry turned up for the fifth ROAR Awards ceremony held on Friday 31 January 2020, at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand. Hosted jointly by...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 8, 2020
City Lodge Hotel Maputo opened its doors on 7 February 2020, making it the 62nd hotel in the City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG). Located on Rua Para o Palmar in Mozambique’s capital city, the hotel is a quick 12 minute drive (6.5km) to the Maputo...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 7, 2020
Southern Sun Timeshare, a network that includes 44,000 timeshare weeks across six timeshare properties, has now added the stunning Bantry Bay International Vacation Resort to its portfolio. This new agreement came into effect at the start of the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 3, 2020
At the end of January 2020, the Board of the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), staff, colleagues and industry stakeholders said their goodbyes to Julie-May Ellingson, and thanked her for her significant contribution as Chief...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 3, 2020
SAACI, the Southern African Association for the Conference Industry, has launched a student outreach programme for youth who want to enter the business events industry, and who are studying towards this goal. SAACI Chairperson, Kim Roberts, says,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 28, 2020
Under its 2020 theme of InHabit, attendees of the Johannesburg HOMEMAKERS Expo can look forward to an exciting instalment of this year’s show. The InHabit theme selected for this year’s HOMEMAKERS Expo will place a strong emphasis on improving the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 19, 2020
AI Expo Africa, the continent’s largest B2B trade event focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions and innovations for business leaders, will take place at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town on the 3rd and 4th of September 2020....
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 19, 2020
Earlier this month, UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, released the second edition of its report on the exhibition industry’s contribution to the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). The report details 25...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 13, 2020
Newmark Hotels, a leading hotel management company, is opening a luxury hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg at the end of 2020. The Catalyst Hotel will service both business and leisure travellers, with 207 rooms, a fully-equipped conference facility,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 12, 2020
The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) recently launched the ICCA Association Community, to help foster relationships between associations and its members in order to advance international association meetings on a global...
