Time | Topic | Speakers /Moderators |
09h00
| Introduction
| Kwakye Donkor, CEO, Africa Tourism Partners Amanda Kotze-Nhlapo – Chief National Convention Bureau Officer Deputy Minister of Tourism – Hon. Fish A. Mahlalela |
09h15 – 09h25 | Expert Insights and Context: The world view of Business Events/MICE in Covid-19 environment – 2022 and beyond | Christelle Grohmann – Director, BDO |
09h25 – 09h50
| Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) Perspective: Understanding the significance of public-sector support intra-Africa homegrown events for the benefits all Africans – Why and how? Participant’s View, Questions and Answers | Desire Loumou – Trade-in-Services Officer, AfCFTA , Ghana
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10h05 10h35 – 10h35 10h45 | Practitioner perspective: Learning about how Convention Bureaux are adapting national MICE strategies, Innovation, Revival and Practical lessons from South Africa Participant’s View, Questions and Answers | Amanda Kotze-Nhlapo – Chief National Convention Bureau
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10h45 11h00 | REFRESHMENT & NETWORKING SESSION | |
11h00 – 11h50
11h50 – 12h00 | Learning from global good practice: Planting seeds of recovery: Preparing business continuity and competitiveness for business events organisations swift recovery – Lessons from around the world and action plan from 2022 to 2030
| Didier Scaillet – CIS, CITP – CEO, Meeting, Luxembourg
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Time | Topic | Speakers /Moderators |
12h05 – 12h50
12h50-13h05 | Learning from practitioners: A transformational approach to sales and improving revenue mix in a changed MICE world – Venues/hotels, PCOs, OTAs, DMCs perspective
Participant’s View, Questions and Answers | Daryl Keywood – CEO, Walthers DBS, South Africa & Africa Rob Kuchera – Director, Radisson Group, East Africa and Direct Radisson Blu and Kigali Convention Centres Bjorn Hufkie – General Manager: MIC Sales, South Africa Tourism David Sand – Founder & CEO, Uwin Iwin International Linda Balm – Commercial Manager , Travel Start & Innovation City, Cape Town, South Africa Moderator: Frank Murangwa, Director, Destination Marketing, Rwanda Convention Bureau, Rwanda |
13h10 – 14h00 | LUNCH & NETWORKING SESSION & VISUAL INSERT BY TRAVEL START & INNOVATION CITY, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA | |
14H05 – 14h35
| ICCA Insights for growth: Unpacking how African National Tourism Organisations and Convention Bureau can support PCOs/DMC for swift recovery and growth in the Covid-19 environment
| Désirée C.T. Baltussen – Chief Business Development Officer, ICCA ,Netherlands
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14h45 – 15h30 | Building back better: Remodelling practical steps of writing innovative and citizen-centred bid proposal to host Business Events – Lessons for PCOs, DMCs and Destinations Participant’s View, Questions and Answers | Dr. Rob Davidson – Managing Director, MICE UK
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15h30 – 15h45 | Africa business events industry recovery snapshot – SA Events Council’s Perspective | Glenton De Kock – CEO, SAACI & President, SA Events Council |
15H45 – 16h00 | Synthesis and outcomes of the day
| Christelle Grohmann – Director, BDO Kwakye Donkor – CEO, Africa Tourism Partners |
Africa Tourism Partners (ATP) is a UNWTO Distinction Award winner and Pan-African tourism development and strategic destination marketing advisory firm. We specialise in strategy formulation, master planning and strategic marketing development in the travel, tourism, hospitality, aviation and golf sub-industries. The firm leverages the expertise it has established, global strategic partners and global networks to execute impactful and uniquely designed programs with measurable outcomes.
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