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South Africa to leverage G20, B20 summits - Meetings Africa
Meetings Africa kicked off on Monday (February 24) with in-depth discussions on how South Africa’s MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) industry could best leverage the upcoming G20 and B20 summits. Between 50 000 and 60 000 people are expected to travel to South Africa this year for the G20 meetings, which are scheduled across the country.
Eventing into the future
The business events industry continues to seek clarity as we make our way through the pandemic, into the unknown, while we live, work, and deliver for our clients. By Glenton de Kock, chief executive officer of SAACI. The business events industry continues to seek clarity, as we make our way through the pandemic – into the unknown – while we live, work and deliver for our clients.
Budget Vote reaction: Urgent intervention needed for MICE sector
There remain major challenges to the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) sector amid the COVID-19 pandemic and, while the Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (Saaci) has welcomed the dedicated focus for the business events industry highlighted in the Tourism Budget Vote yesterday (May 18), it noted there was still urgent intervention needed to ensure the survival of the sector.
OPINION | Beyond Zoom calls: can business events and exhibitions help revive SA's economy?
"The economy is a forest, and each tree represents a specific industry, from automotive to aviation and from finance to pharma. Each tree is supported by roots: these roots are the events industry. The events industry does not exist to grow itself directly, it exists to grow other industries. Roots die without a tree; a tree cannot survive without its roots".
Glenton de Kock: Gifts from Santa which will boost the Bay
THIS holiday season we are hoping Santa will bring our city some special Christmas gifts, the first of which should be enhanced social cohesion among the citizens of the metro. This should be underpinned by a supportive programme to raise the living standards and quality of life of all the people of Nelson Mandela Bay. As a city we must also demonstrate determination to improve the quality of education for our children, and of healthcare for the elderly.
Glenton de Kock: Bay can create jobs by reindustrialising economy
ALTHOUGH we are unlikely ever to see a boom in factory employment on the scale experienced in the last century, the demand for machinists, welders, industrial-machinery operators and other highly skilled manufacturing professionals will remain high in the coming years. Among all professions for non-university graduates, manufacturing skills are most in demand, according to a study by Express Employment Professionals.
Glenton de Kock:Embracing youth as active citizens
UNITED Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon recently remarked that “the world’s young people are a major human resource for development”. He added: “Young men and women everywhere are valuable and committed partners in the global efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, including the overarching goal of cutting poverty and hunger in half.
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