THE BEAT
STORIES FROM WE ARE AFRICA, THE AFRICAN CONTINENT & AROUND THE GLOBE
We’ve enlisted the help of several journalists and bloggers specialising in African travel, people and culture for the new generation of our blog, THE BEAT.
SPARK talks, team talks and meeting of minds signify the start of the new ‘un-conference’ model for the Conservation Lab 2016.
Graham Boynton, Travel Editor for Newsweek, asks some of the travel industry’s key players in conservation and community how they think we can fight our way back…
Feeling peckish? Here’s where to head for top treats on the We Are Africa show floor.
Over to you to tell your stories using our Made In Africa frame!
Join us and Afro-pop trio Beatenberg for tonight’s Closing Party at Grand Café & Beach!
Gilad Goren, founder of Travel+SocialGood and one of the delegates at Conservation Lab 2016, tells us what he learned at this year’s un-conference when it comes to winning the conservation war in Africa.
Brent Stapelkamp, who studies and photographs lions as part of the Hwange Lion Research Project in Zimbabwe, reflects on what he learned from his first un-conference experience at the Conservation Lab 2016.
Beks Ndlovu from African Bush Camps shares the key insights he gained at the Conservation Lab 2016.
Benedetta Mazzini from Wild Places Safaris was one of the delegates at this year’s revamped Conservation Lab. She tells us what the experience meant to her…
Serengeti National Park offers a once-in-a-lifetime experience witnessing the energy and power of migrating herds – check out these new tribe members who can take you there.
Camilla Rhodes from Abercrombie & Kent gives us her considered insights following the first Conservation Lab this month.
Aleksandra Ørbeck-Nilssen from Nanofasa Conservation Trust tells us what she discovered at this year’s Conservation Lab.
Ralf Buckley, International Chair in Ecotourism Research at Griffith University, shares the lessons he learned at this year’s Conservation Lab.
Sharon Gilbert-Rivett, Marketing Consultant at Fair Trade Tourism, shares the lessons she learned at this year’s Conservation Lab.
From 8 October to 3 December, the Standard Bank Gallery in Johannesburg is hosting ‘Air: Inspiration – Expiration’; Eugene Yiga gets the inside track from exhibition curator Cyril Coetzee.
Rob Moffett, Managing Director at Ongava Game Reserve (PTY) Ltd considers the challenges facing conservationists…
In one of the most significant translocations of wildlife in history, 500 elephants and over 1,500 heads of various other species are being translocated in Malawi on a journey of more than 300km that will replenish the depleted wildlife population of Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve.
Beyond Luxury Media has launched the second Conservation Lab, taking place from 29 April – 1 May 2017. Find out more and apply to take part now.
This week a proposal to list all African elephants as Endangered Species was rejected at CITES, despite the fact that this would have effectively prohibited international trade in ivory, reports Anton Crone.
The We Are Africa tribe is made up of the best of the African travel industry from around the globe: however, what unites them all is a shared vision and mindset to rebrand Africa. We spoke to some of our tribe members at the 2014 show to discover what it means to them to wear their We Are Africa stripes.
As all those who were part of We Are Africa 2014 know, our tribe represents more than just a trade show delegation or even a meeting of business minds.
A private collection of award winning, privately owned, five star game reserves and eco lodges in Southern Africa, Shamwari Group also encompasses a conservation arm that collaborates with the Wilderness Foundation on the Forever Wild Conservation Programme.
In a spirit of openness and free flowing information, We Are Africa and our Kenyan Tribe members have come together to provide a mythbusting panorama of the latest political upheaval affecting the African tourism landscape
South African Tourism’s Chief Marketing Officer, Jan Hutton, and Beyond Luxury Media’s Founder and CEO, Serge Dive, came together in Cape Town last May to discuss the Two Shows One Africa allegiance.
The perception of Africa has traditionally been distorted by its difficult past. However, as change comes to the continent and generates a new enthusiasm in those within and outside it, our 2014 tribe explain their future hopes for Brand Africa – and why travellers need to come and experience it for themselves.
Video highlights of the inaugural We Are Africa Innovation Awards. To complement our festival of excellence in African travel, we revealed the leaders of African innovation with a lavish celebration on Tuesday 6 May 2014 at the official We Are Africa Innovation Awards ceremony, brought to you by South African Tourism and hosted by Gold.
A video recap of We Are Africa 2014’s Opening Conference at The Bay Hotel in Camps Bay, which addressed The Socio-Economic Future of Africa, The Opportunity to Rebrand The Continent and The Wonder of Africa with a line-up of only the most visionary specialists from across the African continent.
The story of modern Africa is one of a continent in ascendance. In the first of our miniseries of two videos, we asked our 2014 tribe their thoughts on how the opportunities and challenges that come with hosting the world’s fastest growing economies are impacting African travel.
South Africa’s gastronomic genius Peter Tempelhoff, is an executive chef for The Collection by Liz McGrath, was recently awarded the Grand Chef title, and was the talk of We Are Africa’s inaugural show with his exquisite dishes for the Welcome Lunch and Relais & Châteaux bar