Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 27, 2020
SAACI is giving all of its members access to the SAACI On-Line Academy platform during the 21 day lockdown period. Kindly click HERE to access the SAACI online academy. Should you have forgotten your password or don’t have your login details click...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 16, 2020
This short survey will help the Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI) assess the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the events industry. It will take approximately 5-7 minutes to complete. Thank you in advance for sharing...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 11, 2020
Issued 11 March 2020. Every day we learn more about COVID-19. There are knowns and there are unknowns, which at times make one very uncomfortable, to say the least. We are all trying to navigate this uncertain time in which we find ourselves. We do...
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 29, 2020
If there is one thing that event planners from all over the world love, it’s current trends in event planning. It’s fun to speculate on what the future may look like. But if you have a business or an event to run, you don’t have...
Shanna Jacobsen | Nov 28, 2019
SAACI has announced it’s new executive committee: Kim Roberts is the new chairperson and Jaques Fouché the new deputy chairperson, while Denise Kemp and Glenn van Eck remain in their respective positions as public officer and treasurer. Kim...
Martin Headger | Nov 26, 2018
All the planning and brilliant service provision in the world cannot, and will not, guarantee a successful exhibition without one very key element: the venue. The venue of an exhibition is critical and is as important to the exhibitor as their...
Martin Headger | Nov 12, 2018
kulula.com and British Airways (operated by Comair) were respectively named Best African Low-Cost Airline and Best African Regional Short-Haul Airline at the annual Business Traveller Africa Awards this week. Held in association with Business...
Mpinane Senkhane | Jun 25, 2018
Constitution Hill saw members and affiliates of the Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI) – particularly SAACI JHB branch, come from far and wide in early June to celebrate 100 years of Nelson Mandela. The crowd was...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 27, 2018
It’s that time of the year again and we are gearing up for the SAACI 2018 Congress! SAACI 2018 will be held at Misty Hills in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 29 -31 July 2018. Rudi van der Vyver, chief executive of SAACI said, “We are extremely...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 20, 2018
Its official, EventsAIR will be the exclusive event management technology partner for the South African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI). Part of this new partnership will offer SAACI a technology platform to enhance its member...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 10, 2018
The Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI) will act as the lead association for South Africa’s participation in the newly established BRICS Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions Co-operation Forum. The...
