South African Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has emphasised the need for broad recognition in South Africa of the business events industry as a major driver of job creation and skills development.

The Minister was speaking at IMEX 2013, which took place last month, where a number of other new developments focusing on South Africa were announced.

Amanda Kotze-Nhlap, executive manager of the South African National Convention Bureau (SANCB), said that it will become the first convention bureau globally to roll out a customer relationship management system for the benefit of its regional convention bureaux. This will help to ensure cost-effective bidding among the country’s bureaus.

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