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SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS HOSTS 8th ANNUAL
AFRICA SHOWCASE IN NORTH AMERICA
Travel specialists welcomed 35 African suppliers in Fort Lauderdale & Denver
Fort Lauderdale, FL (October 19, 2016) —South African Airways (SAA), the national flag carrier of South Africa and Africa’s most awarded airline, hosted its 8th annual Africa Showcase in North America, September 26-30 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Denver, Colorado. Top travel specialists selling Africa from the U.S. and Canada were extended a special invitation to participate in either location for an opportunity to network with an extensive portfolio of African suppliers over the course of the 2-day event in each city. The Africa Showcase in North America is hosted by SAA and On Show Solutions, a South African-based event organizer.
The Africa Showcase is the leading travel trade event in North America featuring exclusively African products, which include regional tourism organizations, hotels, safari lodges, rail tours and other destination attractions. The 35 participating suppliers representing various tourism products from throughout Southern & East Africa provided Africa travel specialists with information on the latest trends in the region’s products and services.
“We are very proud to see the Africa Showcase getting more popular every year,” said Stroebel Bekker, Vice President of Sales in North America for South African Airways. “This event is all about educating the North American travel specialists, while introducing them to the diversity of products and destinations Africa has to offer. Africa is on most traveler’s bucket list and this event enables those that participate to profitably grow their sales to increasingly popular destinations throughout Africa. ”
“The travel specialists and suppliers enthusiastically embraced the enhanced format of this year’s Africa Showcase, which provided more opportunity for one-on-one networking,” said Jacqui Reynolds, owner of On Show Solutions. “The Africa Showcase is an ideal opportunity for companies to forge new partnerships, linking some of the best tourism companies and products in Africa with top-producing travel specialists in North America.”
The following suppliers were represented at the 2016 Africa Showcase:
| Africa Albida Tourism |
Peermont Hotels Casino Resorts |
| African Journeys Escapes |
Rainbow Tourism Group |
| Airlink |
Retosa |
| An African Anthology |
Rovos Rail |
| Belmond |
Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve |
| Cape Town Tourism |
South African Airways |
| City Lodge Hotel Group |
South African Tourism |
| Ecotraining |
Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces |
| Garonga Safari Camp |
The Minor Hotel Group |
| KB Representation |
The Signature Tour by Ilios |
| Ker & Downey Botswana |
The Sunlux Collection by Sun International |
| Lion Roars Hotels & Lodges |
The Victoria Falls Hotel |
| Mantis Collection |
Thornybush Luxury Game Lodge Collection |
| MORE |
Tongole Wilderness Lodge |
| Namibia Tourism Board |
Tourism Conservation Fund |
| Namibia Wildlife Resorts |
Tsogo Sun |
| Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism |
Zambia Tourism Agency |
| Newmark Hotels Reserve & Lodges |
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About South African Airways
South African Airways (SAA), South Africa’s national flag carrier and the continent’s most awarded airline, serves over 75 destinations worldwide in partnership with SA Express, Airlink and its low cost carrier Mango. In North America, SAA operates daily nonstop flights from New York-JFK and direct flights from Washington D.C.-IAD (via Accra, Ghana and Dakar, Senegal) to Johannesburg. SAA has partnerships with United Airlines, Air Canada and JetBlue Airways, American Airlines and Virgin America, which offer convenient connections from more than 100 cities in the U.S. and Canada to SAA’s flights. SAA is a Star Alliance member and the recipient of the Skytrax 4-Star rating for 14 consecutive years.
About On Show Solutions
The Africa Showcase is produced by On Show Solutions based in Johannesburg, South Africa. On Show Solutions hosts roadshows and exhibition pavilions in key markets around the world in its quest to promote tourism to Africa. The Africa Showcase currently visits the U.S., Russia, the U.K., S.E. Asia, Europe, Africa and Australasia featuring exclusively African companies. Go to www.africashowcase.travel for more details.
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