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With its new research focus 2022, the Future Meeting Space (FMS) innovation network looks at the reasons why people will in the future decide for or against attending business events in person. Under the headline "Redefining event attendance", the GCB German Convention Bureau e.V. and the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Enginee… read more
Although the 2022 edition of Meetings Africa will take a hybrid format, exhibitions are strictly physical. However, buyers have a virtual option to join the event which will take place from February 28 – March 2 at the Sandton Convention Centre.
Affirming this, Chief Convention Bureau Officer of the South African National Convention Bureau… read more
Tourism’s central role in advancing the Blue Economy was highlighted as UNWTO chaired a special session and joined a Heads of State panel at the One Ocean Summit, hosted by the French Presidency this week.
In a session on “Tourism in the Blue Economy” co-hosted with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and France, high level rep… read more
The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) supports the Toulouse Declaration on future sustainability and decarbonisation of aviation, launched at the European Union Aviation Summit on 4 February. The declaration signals a growing political momentum to deliver emission reductions in the aviation sector, which is a key element in… read more
With over 1 000 meetings already set up on the online diary system, Meetings Africa 2022 is set to remain true to its purpose of bringing together buyers and exhibitors and growing the business events industry on the continent.
Media, tourism and meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) stakeholders gathered at the Southern… read more
Backpacking is a great way to get out of the house, explore new places, and have fun. It's also affordable! The best part about backpacking is that no matter where you go in the world, it will be different from your hometown. You'll see all sorts of things you never knew existed and meet people who speak other languages than yours. Backpa… read more
G Adventures has recorded its highest sales month since the pandemic began, with January bookings from the UK exceeding expectations. Despite the uncertainty caused by Omicron in the new year, the adventure operator saw confidence grow throughout the month, with travellers booking a broad range of travel experiences across the operator’s … read more
The Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA), a business unit, of South African Tourism are running quality assurance and capacity building workshops to create awareness on the importance of Quality Assurance in promoting the recovery and the development of the tourism sector.
Best known as the custodians of tourism qu… read more
The theme also demonstrates how the African Business Events Industry have applied the trend of "shared economies" to their business models to achieve greater efficiencies, and how this has created a sustainable way of driving business growth in the sector.
During a Meetings Afr… read more
No journey is more critical in determining the fate of a pandemic than the distance a vaccine must travel from the production line to a person’s arm. In sub-Saharan Africa, the last mile of this race is all-important.
The World Bank’s … read more
Why will people attend in-person events in the future?
MeetingsAfrica2022: No virtual Platform for Exhibitions
GBTA endorses Toulouse Declaration
Strongest sales month since the pandemic started for G Adventures in January 2022
South Africa: TGCSA runs Quality Assurance and capacity building workshops to promote recovery of th
Meetings Africa 2022 to reignite business events industry
