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