Corne Koch, Head of Cape Town and Western Cape Convention Bureau, a division of WESGRO, has been elected to the role of board chair for BestCities Global Alliance. She will make her first appearance in her new position at the BestCities media breakfast at IMEX Frankfurt today (Tuesday 21st May). Corne will take over from Jeannie Lim of Singapore, who had chaired the board since May 2018.
Delegates at the upcoming ICCA Association Meetings Programme 2019, taking place in Durban, South Africa from 18-20 June, are set to collaborate to drive value and impact through international association meetings, as ICCA reveals the theme of the event as “Inspiration to go further”.
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.
Dr Elisha Attai, founder of African Women in Leadership Organisation (AWLO, a nonprofit organisation in Lagos, Nigeria), talks about his motivations and initiatives to drive change in gender equality in Africa.
Demand for meetings and events is forecast to rise between five and 10 per cent in 2019, with the average size of meetings also expected to increase, and Africa is ready to capitalise.
Radisson Hospitality AB, publicly listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, Sweden and part of Radisson Hotel Group, is proud to announce the introduction of its globally renowned Radisson and Park Inn by Radisson brands to Lagos, Nigeria, with the opening of two new hotels: the Radisson Hotel, Lagos Ikeja and the Park Inn by Radisson Serviced Apartments Lagos, Victoria Island.
IMEX proved to be the perfect platform at which to sign the destination partnership agreement between the Rwanda Convention Bureau and IAPCO (the International Association of Professional Congress Organisers).
Africa is expected to become a popular MICE destination for US companies in 2019 as no less than three new direct air links between the two continents have been announced in the past few months.
New generations don’t want ‘standard’ events; they are tired of the traditional model and want to co-create the content, to engage with more networking and more interactivity.
The Board of the African Society of Association Executives met and discussed the two AU decisions and their impact on African economic and social development.
Durban’s International Conference Centre is a veritable engine room for the creation of jobs - over the past 11 years, the Durban ICC has been responsible for creating and sustaining over 93,000 jobs cumulatively.
Since its founding in 1992, Meeting Media Group, publisher of Headquarters Magazine (HQ), has been a trusted guide and voice for associations and the global MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) industry.