Programme 2023
The Wine Tourism Conference
– 2023 PROGRAMME –
PROGRAMME DIRECTOR – AFRICA MELANE
08:00
Registration
Tea, Coffee and Snacks
09:00
Introduction
Africa Melane, Programme Director
09:05
Welcome
Margi Biggs, MD, Specialized Tours & Events / Conference Convenor
09:10
Opening Address
Wrenelle Stander: WESGRO CEO
09:20
Keynote Speaker: Brands, Brand Building and Brand Distinction
Pepe Marais, Co-Founder and Group Chief Creative Officer, Joe Public United
10:00
Brand South Africa: Integrating the Excellence of Wine Tourism
Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa, CEO Tourism Business Council of South Africa
10:30
There’s Nothing More Distinctive than your Brand Story
Katlego Flocart Ditlhokwe, Founder and Brand Strategy Consultant, The Hyphen
11:00
Tea
11:30
Maximising Wines Sales Through Branding Well
Peter McAtamney, Principal: Wine Business Solutions (Australia)
12:10
Building a new South African Brand
Paul Siguqa: CEO, Klein Goederust
12:30
Panel Discussion: Rebuilding a Brand
Moderator: Andrew Douglas, Group Managing Director and Founder, Southern Skies
Kevin Arnold, ARN and Associates
Pieter Cronjé, Consultant, Vergenoegd Löw Wine Estate
Jean-Pierre Rossouw, Owner, The Wine Village
13:00
Lunch
14:15
Panel Discussion: Conservation for Brand Building
Moderator: Andre Morgenthal, Project Manager, Old Vine Project
Shelly Fuller, Programme Manager, WWF South Africa
Jeremy Borg, Owner, Painted Wolf Wines
Kathryn Cilliers, Marketing Director, Spier
14:45
Cultivating Brand Warriors
Chantel Botha, MD and Founder, Brandlove Training
15:10
Airline Travel & Trends in the New Environment – A Delta Perspective
Kevin Campbell, Account Manager, Delta Air Lines
15:25
Building Collective Brand Identities in Wine Tourism
Mike Ratcliffe, Chairman, Stellenbosch Wine Route
15:45
Building Diversity and Inclusion in a Consumer Audience
Hardy McQueen, Executive Producer, The CyberCellar Wineshow
16:00
Wine Tourism – The Australian Experience
Robin Shaw, Wine Tourism Consultant (Australia)
16:30
Wine Tasting
Sponsored by Stellenbosch Wine Routes