SA’s visa crisis – where Gigaba went legally wrong in protecting children
So the TBCSA’s Tourism Business Index has dropped off its face, and South Africa’s new visa regulations had a lot to do with that. One of the reasons the regulations were put in place, though, was to protect our children –…
W Cape MEC Alan Winde to petition Parliament to suspend new immigration laws
The statement below was issued by MEC Alan Winde’s office on 31 August 2014: Tomorrow, at the start of Tourism Month, Alan Winde, Minister of Economic Opportunities, will formally petition Parliament to suspend the newly implemented immigration regulations. Minister Winde…
Indaba 2014 & I’m not there
So there you are, in Durban, and here I am, at home in Knysna, and unable to go to what would have been my (I think) fifteenth Indaba. I’m really sorry about this: I wanted to be there (only cancelled…
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…
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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