TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY Marketing Minor: Making every guest feel like part of the family[Cari Coetzee] Minor Hotels has been going from strength to strength in establishing its hotels and brands across Africa. We chat with the regional marketing manager for Minor Hotels in Africa, Ivana Naidoo, about the brands, the industry and what it takes to market Minor Hotels... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA #LoeriesRanking with... Grey AdvertisingHarvey, Oliver, Luckin and Hartnady. | |
Ruth Cooper | Belvedere Secret Garden Bar launchBelvedere launched their new secret garden bar in Cape Town's CBD last Friday, 1 December. |
RETAIL #FreshOnTheShelf: New G+T premix distilled with the flavour of the Cape[Lauren Hartzenberg] Greenleaf + Terroir intends to shake up the pre-mixed alcoholic drink market, which has, for the most part, failed to truly win over consumers... | |
ESG & SUSTAINABILITY #GlobalFoodSecurity: Food Forward SA turns to digital solution in quest to reduce hunger[Sindy Peters] Food Forward South Africa has over the last two years developed a virtual platform that allows it to streamline how it carries out its mission... | |
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT #OnTheBigScreen: Dirty Laundry, Wonder and Zola Budd[Daniel Dercksen] Vuil Wasgoed, Kidnap, Beauty And The Dogs, Wonder, The Fall and Barbie: Dolphin Magic open at local cinemas this week. | |
Ruth Cooper | Rage Festival 2017 launch partyRage Festival 2017 launched with opening party at The Sound Factory, featuring international DJ's Brynny and Teddy Cream and local line-up including PH FAT, Mali Zulu, Da L.E.S and Chris Beatz. |
Ruth Cooper | David Tlale celebrates 15 Years of his brandSA fashion designer David Tlale hosted an exclusive All Black Private Dinner for 30 specially selected guests in celebration of 15 years of the David Tlale brand, this past Thursday, 30 November, at Mercedes Benz Bedfordview. |
ESG & SUSTAINABILITY #GlobalFoodSecurity: How Africa can feed itself and the worldProfessor Adipala Ekwamu, executive secretary of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RuForum) | |
Ruth Cooper | [BizTakeouts Radio Show & Podcasts] Hein Kaiser from Mix 93.8 FM, chats to former Minister of Finance, Pravin Gorhan about Corporate Activism and Cem Topcuoglu, President of TBWA\CEE Middle East and Africa about storytelling and digital innovation, on his latest Marketing & Media show. |
MARKETING & MEDIA Get to grips with CX and the customer journey now, or else...Team Demographica. | |
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE & FORESTRY Is sustainable agricultural production, food security possible?Kate HoltAusAID via Wikimedia Commons | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Social media trends 2018Image credit: Tracy Le Blanc - Pexels. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA #Newsmaker: Junior Mokoma furthers his creative studies in Holland w/ Vega, FCB[Jessica Tennant] It was during his internship as a copywriter at FCB Africa in Johannesburg when Vega alumni student Junior Mokoma was offered the opportunity to study transmedia storytelling at Fontys Academy for Creative Industries in Tilburg, the Netherlands... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA #OurWorldIsRed: Recolouring the e.tv entertainment spectrumScreengrabs from the #OurWorldisRed e.tv brand campaign. | |
Ruth Cooper | [Music] Trenton & Free Radical release music video for ''Staring at my Phone''. Directed by Ryan Kruger. |
HUMAN RESOURCES & MANAGEMENT #EntrepreneurMonth: How Phillipa Geard recruited our moms[Shan Radcliffe] Five years ago, Phillipa Geard set out to prove that moms are still a valuable and highly skilled asset to the working world. Today, she is a successful entrepreneur, founder of RecruitMyMom and NSBC's National Woman in Business Champion for 2017... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Do award shows really matter?[Jessica Tennant] On the back of the Publicis Groupe's announcement at Cannes this year that it will be transferring its award show spend to its investment in AI, agencies are increasingly questioning whether participating in award shows really matters. | |
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT #BizTrends2018: The rise of authentic fashion[Jackie Burger] Authenticity, inclusivity and conscious consumption are the major themes and buzzwords for 2018. Jackie Burger, salonniere of Salon 58, editor-at-large and style influencer unpacks these fashion trends and more. |