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Brilliant ways to save on your wedding
Your dad is wiping his brow and your mom is sipping on sweet tea to revive herself. This is often the scenario after the initial wedding quote and more than often includes messy mascara and broken hearts. After the initial shock of a wedding quote has worn off, the...
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Travel Trends that will Transform the Hospitality Industry in 2018
If you are in the hospitality industry you will undoubtedly be on the look-out for the latest travel trends and how they will affect you in the coming year. Not to worry. We have done some digging and have come up with these five travel trends and how they will...
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4 Ways To Keep Event Attendees At The Heart of Your Event
So you're ready for the mayhem that ensues at the very beginning of your event planning? You sure? Cool let's dive in then; At the start of any event or conference planning session, planners must know what the primary objective of their event is. Who do you...
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3 Ways Event Planners Can Embrace Event Technology
Event planners, the times have changed event planning no longer means just pen, paper and a fixed landline. It's evolved and has successfully adapted to the times and also to the digital revolution. This being said, even though the industry has evolved, it...
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6 Ways To Incorporate Bleisure Into Your Next Conference on the KZN South Coast
So you have heard the buzz word bleisure popping up every so often over the last few years and from previous blogs, you know that bleisure travel is a trend that’s here to stay. But what does bleisure travel mean for your conference? As mentioned in previous blogs,...
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Business To Bleisure Guest – What You Need To Know
Being in the hotel industry, we can tell you that travellers were always typically divided into two clear-cut groups; the business travellers or the leisure travellers. However, in recent times we have seen the emergence of a new group of travellers, almost a...
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4 Ways To Increase Your Hotel’s Twitter Following in 2018
Oooh, let’s check out their Twitter following! What’s their Twitter handle? Wait what, they don’t have Twitter? Let’s move on! Exactly! Twitter isn’t dead, as can be seen from these amazing Twitter statistics! So how many followers do you have? Many...
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Top 10 Twitter Statistics Event Marketers Must Know!
Some say that Twitter is dying and that it is near extinction, but we think not. I mean, the numbers don’t lie, right? Here are the top 10 Twitter statistics that all event planners and event marketers need to know! 1. Event Marketers Need To Tweet Like Crazy ...
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4 Ways To Promote An Event Online
Too many events and conference planners make the mistake of thinking that their work is done when the planning is done! Terrible mistake to make! The work is just about to start; It’s time to promote your event! And the way in which you choose to promote an event will...
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How To Use Instagram For Event Marketing In 2018
Are you ready to take your event marketing to the next level? Why not harness the power of Instagram for your next event – we have some tips for you to dive in on!
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6 Top Tips For Driving To the KZN South Coast With Your Kids
Gone are the days when you would wake up one morning, feel like taking a road trip and then proceed to do so by hopping into your two-door sports car, with just the clothes on your back and the wind in your hair. No map. No plans. Just the open road, and we hope, some...
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8 Ways To Make Your Holiday Packing Easier
Whether you’re packing for an impromptu weekend getaway or a three week beach holiday, holiday packing is stressful, especially when packing for kids as well. One of the best parts of going on holiday is the excitement and the build-up before going on vacation, but...
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