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Gauteng 04 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 <strong>GAUTENG</strong> 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. 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