Ngosi ihe ngosi Reed MD na-ewetara ụlọ ọrụ njem nlegharị anya nke Africa

Carol Weaving, Managing Director of Reed Exhibitions South Africa, has joined the African Tourism Board (ATB). She will serve on the Board of Private Sector Tourism Leaders, South Africa, and the Steering Committee, UK.

In November 2013, Reed Exhibitions, the world’s largest and most respected exhibition company and part of the RELX Group, signed a joint venture agreement with the Thebe Tourism Group and Carol to acquire a majority share in Thebe Exhibitions & Projects Group (TEPG). TEPG was renamed Thebe Reed Exhibitions and was owned 60% by Reed Exhibitions, 30% by Thebe Tourism Group, with Carol Weaving retaining 10% as Managing Director.

Three years later and a desire for accelerated growth, Reed bought out Thebe’s shares and now Thebe Reed is Carol Weaving.

New board members have been joining ATB before the upcoming soft launch of the association taking place on Monday, November 5, at 1400 hours during World Travel Market in London.

Ndị isi njem nlegharị anya 200, gụnyere ndị ozi sitere na ọtụtụ mba Africa, yana Dr. Taleb Rifai, onye bụbu. UNWTO Odeakwụkwọ General, akwadoro ịga mmemme na WTM.

pịa ebe a ka ịmatakwu gbasara ọgbakọ Tourism Board nke Africa na November 5 na idebanye aha.

Carol brings to Reed Exhibitions, a diverse working background in the business, tourism, and events industry. For over 30 years, Carol’s career has expanded through many sectors within the industry, and her knowledge and expertise spans across marketing, exhibition management, events, and conferences as well as venue and facility management.

After growing up in the United Kingdom and working as the Marketing Manager for a radio station, Carol pursued her dream of living in South Africa and became the youngest Director (age 29) of the Automobile Association at the Kyalami Racetrack which equipped her with the skillset she would soon need to start her own company, International Exhibition Consultants. Carol later sold a majority share of this company to Dutch exhibition company RAI, and then proceeded to head up RAI in South Africa.

As the South African economy grew and expanded over her time at RAI, she realized a need to team up with an empowerment partner and proceeded to facilitate a buy-out of RAI’s shares to the Thebe Tourism group in 2004, a subsidiary of South Africa’s first Black Empowerment Company, Thebe Investment Corporation.

Thanks to Carol’s continued passion, hard work, dedication, and management, Reed Exhibitions is one of the largest and most successful exhibition and venue management companies in Southern Africa and is now in a position to grow its footprint across the African continent with many new ventures in the pipeline.

The group owns major exhibition titles such as Africa Travel Week – International Luxury Travel Market Africa (ILTM Africa); Incentives, Business Travel & Meetings Africa (ibtm Africa); World Travel Market Africa (WTM Africa); Sports and Events Tourism Exchange; Africa Automation Fair; Connected Industries; #Buy a Business Expo; Decorex Joburg; Cape Town and Durban; 100% Design South Africa; Mediatech Africa; Small Business Expo; International Sourcing Fair; Value Added Agriculture West Africa; SMART Factories; FIBO Business Summit; Fire & Feast Meat Festival; and Comic Con Africa. The group also offers strategic venue management solutions and its contract to manage the award-winning Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg, on behalf of its owners – the Sasol Pension Fund, stretches until 2024.

Carol is the past Chairperson of the Exhibition Association of Southern Africa (EXSA) and current Chairperson of the Association of African Exhibition Organizers (AAXO). She also served on the International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE) committee.

MAKA NDỊ Nlegharị anya AFRICAN

Tọrọ ntọala na 2018, African Tourism Board (ATB) bụ otu mba ụwa na-asọpụrụ maka ịrụ ọrụ dị ka ihe na-akwalite mmepe nke njem na njem nlegharị anya na mpaghara Africa. Ụlọ ọrụ njem nlegharị anya Africa bụ akụkụ nke Njikọ Aka nke Ndị Njem Nlegharị Anya nke Mba Nile (ICTP).

Ndị otu ahụ na-enye ndị otu ya nkwado akwadoro, nyocha nghọta, na mmemme ọhụrụ.

Na mmekorita ya na ndị otu onwe na nke ọha, ATB na-akwalite uto, uru na ịdị mma nke njem na njem nlegharị anya na, site na na n'ime Africa. Ndị otu ahụ na-enye nduzi na ndụmọdụ n'otu n'otu na mkpokọta ndị otu ya. ATB na-agbasa ohere ngwa ngwa maka ịre ahịa, mmekọrịta ọha na eze, itinye ego, ịdepụta aha, ịkwalite, na guzobe ahịa niche.

Maka ozi ndị ọzọ na Board Tourism Board, pịa ebe a. Iji sonye ATB, pịa ebe a.