admin | Aug 8, 2013
Pieter Buitendag, general manager of Protea Hotel President in Cape Town, gives us his top conferencing tips. The most frequent requirements from CLIENTS and PCOs about MICE locations are: Technology It’s very seldom that one sees anyone at a...
Helen Brewer | Aug 1, 2013
According to the Oxford Dictionary, subvention is defined as “grant of money especially one from government in aid of an institution”’. In MICE terms there are a number of variations including hard cash for securing international association...
admin | Jul 25, 2013
‘The catering was appalling’. How many times has that been the first reply when a conference, award banquet, product launch or brain-storm session outcome was mentioned? The real answer to the catering should be more questions – who provided...
admin | Jul 4, 2013
‘What singles out specific MICE venues as first choice?’ questioned one corporate event manager at a recent MICE Focus Group. The rhetorical question could have been – how long is a piece of string. Being a leading venue by following what other...
Helen Brewer | Jun 27, 2013
‘We live in an age where you cannot be passive and merely the proverbial spectator’ especially in the event industry. This was part of the message presented by Louis the Lawyer and Wayne Duvenhage at the sixth MICE Focus Group of 2013. Entitled...
