Martin HIller | Apr 5, 2017
AAXO commissioned the study to assess the impact of the exhibition industry on the South African economy and on the tourism industry. The study, conducted by Grant Thornton between August 2015 and February 2016, undertook to fully understand the...
Martin HIller | Mar 2, 2017
Registration is open SAACI Congress 2017 Tshwane, Pretoria SAACI 2017 will welcome more than 100 event industry professionals this coming June. SAACI dedicates itself to growing the business events industry in South Africa. Founded in 1987,...
Martin HIller | Mar 1, 2017
Rudi van der Vyver has recently been appointed as the new CEO of SAACI. We caught up with him to ask him a few questions about his new appointment, his plans and ambitions for the association and, just to feed our readers’ curiosity –...
Helen Brewer | Feb 6, 2017
When The MICE Academy introduced the American-owned and managed CMP (Certified Meeting Professional) programme to South Africa in 2004 – seven South Africans attained certification in 2006. By 2011 – with the MICE Academy steering a...
Martin HIller | Feb 6, 2017
The Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI) is pleased to announce the appointment of their new CEO, Rudi Van Der Vyver. After the resignation of previous CEO, Adriaan Liebetrau, who accepted a wonderful opportunity with...
Heather Hook | Sep 16, 2016
SAACI is delighted to announce our newly formed partnership with ICAS, which aims to provide all SAACI members with a holistic Employee Health and Wellness Programme (EHWP) service at a highly preferential rate. The unique SAACI wellness service...
Heather Hook | Jun 22, 2016
Join the team at SAACI for the exciting launch of their new branches around South Africa and learn a bit more about SAACI as an association, as well as what they do and how they can help grow business tourism around South Africa. Please see venues...
Lungile Zulu | Feb 5, 2016
Thebe Reed Exhibitions is to deliver an ibtm africa conference for this year’s event which will take place on Friday April 18th at the Cape Town International Conference Centre. Both exhibitors and attendees of Africa Travel Week which includes...
Lungile Zulu | Jan 26, 2016
Business today is very much about influence – and if you are not an influencing force in your sphere of business, you have much growth ahead of you! In another remarkable achievement for the Southern African Association for the Conference...
Maggie Roodt | Nov 3, 2015
In keeping with the South African Association for the Conference Industry’s vision for expanding within South Africa and the larger Southern African development community region, the successful launch of the SAACI Tshwane Branch took place on 29...
Maggie Roodt | Oct 13, 2015
As the Association of African Exhibition Organisers (AAXO) grows and expands, part of the vision of the organisation is to form partnerships with other bodies that share in AAXO’s vision of a profitable and thriving exhibition industry. This is in...
Maggie Roodt | Sep 14, 2015
The 2015 Event Industry Summit aims to unite event industry stakeholders and qualified corporate buyers and provide a platform for industry-related topics to be discussed by the leaders in the industry, ultimately growing the power of the event...
