The tourism industry can keep South Africans working
Very little has been said about how government intends to boost the demand for tourism. It seems that some of the programmes announced by the Department of Tourism assume that there will be a constant supply of tourists, both domestic…
Tourism needs a new language
Three things: Jargon is a private language that’s designed to exclude the people who aren’t in the know. Everyone loves a tourist. The industrial model of tourism is predicated on ‘othering.’ This has screwed up – and limits – the…
Innovative Indaba 2013 comes to a successful close
Media Release: SOUTH AFRICAN TOURISM May 16, 2013 A modern, cutting-edge INDABA 2013, which significantly enhanced networking connections to stimulate tourism trading between buyers and exhibitors, was the hallmark of the most advanced edition of Africa’s top travel show to…
HICA 2013: Positive news for tourism
Change – and how we see our neighbours on the continent – were very much part of the second and final day of the Tourism Business Council’s Hotel Investment Conference Africa (HICA 2013). “My story about doing business on the…
Arthur Gillis: What’s wrong in transformation?
Change was very much a focus of the first day of HICA 2013: I’ve already written about ‘Hard talk between airlines, tour operators, and hoteliers’ – the session that was moderated by Paul Bannister, CEO of strategic marketing consultancy Ignite:…
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