more appropriately a haven for groups who want to
build bonds through leisure, with a bit of golf, a safari
and time spent poolside.CONVENE IN CAPE TOWN
Cape Town is often first choice for planners looking
to host in South Africa; close to 250 venues are
on offer, with Cape Town ranked 41st on the 2014
ICCA cities list. The city’s premier venue is the Cape
Town International Convention Centre (CTICC),
currently in the throes of vigorous expansion. The
new development will increase the centre’s existing
exhibition space by 10,000 sqm, with hopes to
contribute US$137.4 million to national GDP by 2020.
Scheduled for completion in 2016, the expansion is
part of wider development within the area, which will
include 40,000 sqm committed to commercial and
hotel development.
A brand new addition to Cape Town’s venue scene
is Century City Conference Centre (CCCC) and
the adjoining 125-room hotel, which previewed at
Meetings Africa 2016 to strong international interest,
says co-CEO of the CCCC Glyn Taylor.“We have had
a lot of interest from Asian markets keen to book site
inspections at Meetings Africa,”he says.“Century
City’s new hotel and conference centre is the newest
state-of-the-art event facility in Cape Town – just 20
minutes’ drive from the V&A waterfront and Cape
Town’s main attractions.”CHOPPER RIDES AND WINE TASTING
Located on the V&A waterfront, Sport Helicopters
offers tours around the city’s bays, Table Mountain,
along the coastline to the region’s best shark cage
diving sites and the wine region surrounding Cape
Town. A popular tour is one that charts a course
from the waterfront to Cavalli Wine and Stud Farm,
an equine-themed winery on the Stellenbosch
Wine Route that offers 600 sqm of event space. It’s a
glamorous feeling being dropped off at a handsome
winery by helicopter, while onlookers scratch their
heads and wonder who you could be.
Sleek and modern in design, Cavalli is ideal for
a corporate day retreat thanks to its range of open
and airy event spaces, all boasting dramatic views of
Helderberg mountain. Attached to its own equine
facilities on 110 hectares of premium vineyards, the
Cavalli winery hosts tastings in the basement cellar,
where guests can sample a range of the estate’s
flagship wines. The scenery around the estate is
breathtaking, a USP that the estate promotes very
well through its outdoor venues. The restaurant’s
neighbouring terrace is enhanced by enormous fire
pits that allow for casual campfire-style sessions,
while more formal events benefit from a landscaped,
sunken garden that can seat 350, with clipped hedges
for privacy.Qbusinesstraveller.asia JUNE 2016
Meet in...South AfricaI 51One balloon can hold 10-15 people depending on
the weight of passengers. Once airborne, the balloon
bows gracefully to the whims of every gust and, helped
along by fiery bursts from the burner, bobs across the
horizon – sometimes low enough for passengers to
spot herds of wildebeest, white rhino poorly concealed
behind shrubbery, and giraffes in full canter.
Sun City’s four hotels offer 1,351 rooms, which
can be booked out in their entirety. Boasting palatial
stucco interiors and hand-painted murals, the resort is
modelled on an “African palace”, offering enormous
grounds navigable by private minibuses. Teambuilding
activities can be organised for groups, but Sun City is