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Overview
Services
Gauteng Convention and Events Bureau Overview
Gauteng Convention and Events Bureau Services
Gateway to South Africa - Gauteng is where it all starts, with
an extensive track record of staging successful conferences
and events, this business-events destination is the epicentre
of South Africa’s business events industry, offering worldclass
venues and infrastructure for meetings, incentives,
conferences, exhibitions and events. Helping to increase
the province’s high- yield business tourism market, Gauteng
Convention and Events Bureau (GCEB) provides information
and assistance to meeting and incentives planners,
media, corporate and association buyers who show an
interest in one of the fi ve regions that it promotes. Working
besides organisations and business-events leaders, the
GCEB identifi es international and national conferences,
congresses, events, meetings and incentives support
services include standard bid support material, venue
and accommodation sourcing and networks to gain local
association and promotional support. Using its extensive
list of key stakeholders such as airlines, hotels, venues, tour
operators and government protocol offi ces, the Bureau is
capable of delivering quality services to interested parties.
The bureau assists professional meeting planners,
destination management companies, event
organisers, associations and corporate buyers with:
• Bid assistance for national and international events/
conferences/meetings
• Corporate events and incentive concepts
• Access to support services and service providers
• Provision of destination marketing material
• Airport welcome and departure desk
• Supplying a list of accredited Gauteng Professional
Conference organisers
• Delegation boosting
• Convention planning support
• Site inspection
SUPPORTING SERVICES OFFERED BY THE GAUTENG
CONVENTION & EVENTS BUREAU:
Pre and post bid assistance
• Bid presentation
• Bid promotion support material
• Bid site inspection (Flight arrangements excluded)
Convention planning support
• Site inspection
• Delegation boosting (building attendance)
• Destination web links to conference websites
• Introduction to service suppliers
• Endorsement letters
• Accommodation options
• Facilitation of stakeholder engagement
• Negotiating rates with conference venues, hotels, tour
operators etc.
On-site event services
• Welcome desk (Airport welcome and departure desk)
• Pre and post tours and accompanied
person’s programmes
• Assisting with local logistical arrangements
If you are organising a meeting, convention, event or incentive trip
to Gauteng, the bureau is a valuable source of information and
assistance. Contact Gauteng Convention and Events Bureau to
make it happen and enhance your event.
Tel: +27 11 085 2500 Visit: www.gauteng.net
Gauteng Convention & Events
Bureau membership:
• Members of the International Congress and
ConventionAssociation (ICCA) have access to the wealth
of information contained in the ICCA database of key
international meetings, allowing them to benchmark
themselves against their industry peers. Gauteng as a
convention destination can also compare itself to other longhaul
convention cities. The endorsement by ICCA is what has
contributed to the success of Gauteng being able to attract
international meetings to the destination, thereby drawing
foreign investment, which ultimately leads to economic growth
and job creation.
• The Southern African Association for the Conference
Industry (SAACI) stays at the forefront of the latest
industry trends and developments and constantly
informs members, but also serves as an industry
mouthpiece to government and other organised
bodies. SAACI membership is not only an indicator
that business maintains a certain level of professionalism,
but it offers quality networking opportunities.
• DMAI - Destination Marketing Association International.
Gauteng is one of the nine provinces in South Africa, and
boasts rich history that is mostly laid on fountains of a precious
resource – gold. Because of this, it’s a powerhouse province
and South Africa’s economic hub, accounting for a third
of the country’s gross domestic product. ‘Laid back’ does
not describe this province or it’s major city, Johannesburg.
Gauteng is where time is money and dreams are realised.
Gauteng as we know it today was formed from a part of the old
Transvaal Province after South Africa’s fi rst democratic elections
in 1994. Gauteng is clearly the place where everyone wants to
be: as of 2011, it had a population of nearly 12.3 million, making it
the most populous province in South Africa. It is also the smallest
province in South Africa, accounting for only 1,5% of the land area.
Gauteng Facts:
• Seat of the Government of South Africa
• Gauteng Province is the economic business epicentre of
South Africa
• Large concentration of meeting and events venues,
capable of handling a large variety of events
• Presence of world-renowned academic institutions and
strong research industry
• Gauteng has multiple convention and exhibition centres
spread across the different regions
• Gauteng Province provides leisure opportunities to
delegates, a wide range of offerings for incentives and
pre and post tours.
• There are excellent dining, entertainment and
nightlife, shopping venues available to delegates
• The fi nancial-services sector is a signifi cant part of
Gauteng’s economy, contributing 21% of provincial
GDP in 2010.
• More than 70 local banks, a number of investment
houses (both domestic and international)
and trading fi rms etc. are headquartering in Gauteng.
• The JSE Securities Exchange is the largest stock
exchange in Africa and consistently ranks in the
world’s top 20 derivatives exchanges by number of
contracts traded.
• Gauteng is manufacturing sector has over 900 fi rms
and has capabilities across a number of industries,
such as:
• heavy steel industry
• automotive assembly and parts
• food and beverages
• light industry
• Gauteng has some of South Africa‘s and the world’s
leading medical institutions, renowned for their
innovation and research capabilities.
• Gauteng’s sports infrastructure, including systems for
sport managements, coaches and offi cials etc. are
among the best in South Africa.
Gauteng Meeting Planner’s Guide
Gauteng Meeting Planner’s Guide