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TOP DIGITAL STRATEGIST TO SHOW WINE & FOOD CONFERENCE DELEGATES HOW TO UP THEIR COMMUNICATION GAME AT ZERO COST
Wineries can easily and effectively raise their digital visibility and strategically enhance their impact without having to spend an additional cent and do so immediately. This is according to digital and media marketing maven Judith Lewis, who has been ranked by her...
DION CHANG TO HEADLINE WINE & FOOD TOURISM CONFERENCE 2019
This year’s Wine & Food Tourism Conference, taking place at Spier near Stellenbosch on 18 September 2019, will feature South Africa’s most respected trends analyst, Dion Chang, as headline speaker. This year’s event, themed “Trends in Wine & Food Tourism”,...
UNLOCKING TOURISM GROWTH THROUGH INNOVATION
At the recent The Business of Wine & Food Tourism Conference, held at Spier near Stellenbosch, renowned US-based big data specialist Cathy Huyghe of Enolytics LLC outlined an approach suggested for Cape Winelands wine, food and hospitality establishments, using...
BIG NAMES TO TALK BIG DATA AT BUSINESS OF WINE & FOOD CONFERENCE
If we don’t know what we don’t know, how can we tap into the true potential of South Africa’s wine and food tourism, argues tourism maven Margi Biggs. The convener of this year’s The Business of Wine & Food Tourism Conference has lined up several high-profile...
MARGI BIGGS: A PERSON OF PASSION, PERSUASION AND PRAGMATISM IN EQUAL MEASURE
There’s a pervasive local way of thinking that if you are pleasant and polite, you’ve pretty much got tourism nailed, says wine and gourmet tourism specialist Margi Biggs. “Good manners, consideration and attentiveness to the needs of others are essential and without...
CALLING ALL TOURISM, HOSPITALITY, WINE, FOOD AND MARKETING STUDENTS!
Tourism, wine, food, hospitality and marketing communications students and trainees are urged to take advantage of a special student discount when registering to attend the third annual The Business of Wine & Food Tourism Conference, set to take place at the Spier...
A focus on The Business of Wine & Food Tourism Conference 2018
Marisah Nieuwoudt, VinPro’s tourism manager, chats to tourist specialist and convener of the annual The Business of Wine & Food Tourism Conference, Margi Biggs, about the 2018 edition of the event that takes place at Spier on 17 October... Marisah Nieuwoudt...
REGISTER NOW FOR MUST-ATTEND CAPE WINELANDS TOURISM CONFERENCE
Reserve your place by 30 June, and enjoy a 33% saving. Seats are selling fast for the annual The Business of Wine & Food Tourism Conference, now in its third year. Set to take place at the Spier wine estate in Stellenbosch on 17 October, its impressive panel of...
Wine & Food Conference to Show how to grow loyalty and revenue for Cape Tourism
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has calculated that last year, the direct contribution of the travel and tourism sector to the South African economy was worth R127,9bn, accounting for 3% of the country's GDP. Commenting on the WTTC findings presented in...
Interview with Margi on the Conference for wine.co.za
Gearing for business success: The Second Business of Wine & Food Tourism Conference With the news that the second Business of Wine & Food Tourism conference is to be held on 20 September at Spier Farm, Su Birch sat down with Margi Biggs to find out more. Su:...