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Ahead of youth day, Brand South Africa, through its Play Your Part programme, has partnered with the Sunday Times’ Gen Next to redefine how youth choices influence and drive growth in local brands. Gen Next now in its 15th year looks at youth brand preference and their consumer behaviour. This year’s theme is “Redefine, Reimagine and […]
Entries for the Lilizela Tourism Awards close on 11 June 2019. The prestigious tourism awards were created to honour establishments and individuals who deliver world class service. The 2018 Lilizela Tourism Awards was tightly contested by over 250 finalists selected from over 1360 entries, after which provincial winners in the various categories were named to […]
Tswela Pele Exhibition: First Collection of Art Bank of South Africa is now open at Durban Art Gallery Tswela Pele is an exhibition of selected works from the Art Bank of South Africa’s first contemporary visual art collection purchased in the 2018/2019 year. The 60 artworks on show represent artists from seven provinces in South […]
South African Tourism CEO, Sisa Ntshona, and Tourism Minister, Derek Hanekom, met with 16 hosted journalists from around the world in a candid discussion about the health of South Africa’s tourism industry and how the country intends to grow it. After President Cyril Ramaphosa’s said in his State of the Nation Address that the country […]
Meetings Africa 2019 got off to a vibrant start as experts from the business events sector shared their ideas and expertise on the aptly named BONDay, or Business Opportunity Networking Day (BONDay). Collaboration for African growth was all the talk as regional and local speakers shared knowledge on a variety of topics affecting the business […]
Johannesburg – Wednesday, 27th February 2019: There seems to be something in Cape Town’s water because the Mother City had dominated this year’s Meetings Africa 2019 Green Stand Awards. The announcement was made at the Welcome Networking Cocktail Function, held at Urban Tree, Johannesburg, on Tuesday, 26th February. According to South African Tourism CEO, Sisa Ntshona, The Meetings […]
The Women in MICE initiative held a breakfast event at Meetings Africa 2019 to launch the Top 40 Women in MICE Awards. The event, held at the Sandton International Convention Centre, Johannesburg, on Wednesday, 27 February 2019, brought together influential women from the business events and travel trade industries to talk about the role women […]
POLOKWANE; LIMPOPO: Limpopo Tourism Agency (LTA) will use the 2019 edition of Meetings Africa to great use for the benefit of the Province. CEO, Ms. Nomasonto Ndlovu is leading a Limpopo delegation to Meetings Africa, at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg. This is a platform, which the CEO will use to interact with leading conference […]
Meetings Africa 2019 is promising to be the biggest one yet. Since the first Meetings Africa took place in 2004, the event has grown year on year with more registered buyers and exhibitors attending this year’s event than ever before. This year’s edition of Meetings Africa will take place from 25th to 27th February 2019 […]
Industry experts, policy makers, government and aspiring filmmakers gathered at the South African Film Summit from 4 -5 February 2019 at Skyrink Studios, in Johannesburg. The Summit was held under the theme “Transformation and Innovation in the South African Film/Audio-Visual Industry andn the 4th Industrial Revolution. Are we geared for change?” The Summit shines a spotlight […]