New Morocco convention and exhibition centre funding approved
Morocco this week approved an allocation of MAD14bn ($1.43bn) for the construction of a convention and exhibition centre in the west-coast city Agadir, reports Morocco World News. Souss Massa’s...
View ArticleAviation Africa reveals conference agenda for 2017 in Rwanda
Aviation Africa 2017 will take place 22-23 February 2017 in Kigali, Rwanda. The event is a two-day conference and exhibition focused on all aspects of the aviation industry including commercial,...
View ArticleNew staff hires and contract renewals for Freeman
Global brand experience provider Freeman is reporting a raft of contract renewals in the EMEA and the addition of new staff on its creative team. Two new team members will play an important role in the...
View ArticleCape Town wins immunology congress for 2022
The Cape Town Convention Centre (CTICC) has secured its bid to to host the 2022 International Congress on Immunology (IUIS2022). The win means the congress will come to Africa for the first time,...
View ArticleSecurexpo East Africa expands conference programme
Securexpo East Africa returns this November, grown by 25%, with over 70 companies now exhibiting and an expanded conference agenda. The conference will now feature 15 sessions covering all aspects of...
View ArticleAfrican travel spend expected to rise 24% thanks to African Union passport
New research from global travel technology provider Sabre Corporation indicates that African air travel spend is expected to rise 24% with the introduction of the pan-African passport in 2018. The new...
View ArticleAccommodation disruptors yet to disturb traditional providers in South Africa
The South Africa National Convention Bureau (SANCB) unveiled the preliminary results of its three-year study into the country’s business events industry, 29 November, at an ibtm world conference in...
View ArticleDurban ICC commemorates World AIDS Day
This year, on World AIDS Day 1 December, Durban International Convention Centre ICC) in South Africa honoured the day in partnership with the Lungisisa Indlela Village (LIV Village). A breakfast was...
View ArticleSheraton brand heads to Africa
Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, part of Marriott International Inc, has announced the debut of Sheraton Grand in Africa with the opening of Sheraton Grand Conakry welcoming it to the brand’s premier...
View ArticleKenya eyes expansion of conference tourism
Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) is banking on Nairobi’s status as a regional business hub to grow its tourist numbers through conferences and events. Conference tourism generated 14% of total tourist...
View ArticleBI WORLDWIDE to offer new in:sight
Engagement agency BI WORLDWIDE’s (BIW) Events Management team has launched in:sight, a project that supports a series of new event initiatives. One significant project under the in:sight theme is a...
View ArticleDurban ICC reveals South African economy boost
The Durban International Convention Centre has continued its series of strong financial performances in 2016, growing its profits again and receiving a clean, unqualified audit from the Auditor-General...
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Marriott International makes Kenya debut
Marriott International today announced its first property in Kenya with the opening of Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Hurlingham. Owned by Kamcan Properties, the hotel is located in the upmarket...
View ArticleFanCon heads to Cape Town
FanCon, the Cape Town Comic Con, is set to descend on Cape Town’s CTICC. The second annual FanCon focuses on comic books, superheroes, superheroines and villains takes place at the CTICC from 29 April...
View ArticleDurban secures Indaba until 2022
Speaking at the Indaba Travel and Tourism Show’s opening ceremony in South Africa, SA president Jacob Zuma announced that Durban has secured the rights to host the show for the next five years....
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African Utility Week conference and expo reports record year
This year’s African Utility Week conference and expo, which took place at the CTICC in Cape Town from 16-18 May, was another record year for organisers Spintelligent. The 17th edition of the event...
View ArticleAfrica’s hospitality sector resilient in the face of economic headwinds,...
South Africa’s hospitality sector is poised for further growth in the next five years bolstered by inbound travellers, despite a difficult and volatile economic backdrop. Pietro Calicchio, hospitality...
View ArticleSpintelligent reports record performances at its African events
Spintelligent, the multi-AAXO-award-winning Cape Town-based trade exhibition and conference organiser, had a strong first half of 2017 with all of four of its flagship events: African Utility Week,...
View ArticleOut of East Africa: Green Inspirations-DMC joins euromic
Destination marketing consortium euromic has announced Green Inspirations-DMC as its newest member. The agency specialises in Tanzania and Kenya as conference and incentives destinations. Green...
View ArticleReport shows Africa’s international arrivals remain healthy despite Nigerian...
Most airports in Africa’s top 10 are seeing a healthy growth in capacity, which is more international than it is domestic, although Nairobi is seeing a 22% boost in domestic capacity. ForwardKeys...
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