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South African Airways brings Africa to North American travel specialist

Contact:      Camille Imbert, South African Airways,

+1-954-769-5120
camilleimbert@flysaa.com

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS BRINGS AFRICA TO NORTH AMERICAN TRAVEL SPECIALISTS

Educational travel show visits Los Angeles, Dallas, Boston and Toronto

Fort Lauderdale, FL (September 23, 2015) – South African Airways (SAA), the national flag carrier of South Africa and Africa’s most awarded airline, will start its 2015 Africa Showcase in Los Angeles, CA, on September 29th. The annual educational travel trade show will then visit Dallas, TX, on October 1st, Boston, MA, on October 5th, and Toronto, Canada, for the first time on October 7th.  
In its seventh year, the Africa Showcase is the largest travel trade event in North America featuring exclusively African suppliers that represent hotels, safari lodges, destination tourism organizations and other attractions that are popular with North American travelers. The show brings Africa travel specialists the latest trends on the region’s products and services, enabling those who participate to boost their sales to the increasingly popular destinations throughout Africa.
“Every year, travel specialists really look forward to our Africa Showcase, which is both a highly productive seminar and a great networking opportunity,” said Stroebel Bekker, Vice President of Sales in North America for South African Airways. “This year, we are well supported by a phenomenal line up of suppliers and we are pleased to have representation and product experiences from more than 12 African countries. South African Airways’ goal in hosting the Southern Africa Showcase is to provide our partners with the knowledge and tools that will help their businesses when selling Africa.”

Detailed schedule is as follows in each city:

September 29th:  Los Angeles, at the Westin Bonaventure Downtown (register here) 

10:30 – 13:30      VIP Buyer Encounter
13:00 – 14:00      Destination Presentations
13:30 – 14:00      Registration and Break
14:00 – 18:00      Trade Event

October 1st: Dallas, at the Intercontinental Dallas (register here)

14:00 – 17:00      VIP Buyer Encounter
16:00 – 17:00      Destination Presentation
17:00 – 18:00      Registration and Cocktail Reception
18:00 – 21:00      Trade Event

October 5th: Boston, at the Taj Hotel (register here)
14:00 – 17:00      VIP Buyer Encounter
16:00 – 17:00      Destination Presentation
17:00 – 18:00      Registration and Cocktail Reception
18:00 – 21:00      Trade Event

October 7th: Toronto, at the Hyatt Regency (register here)
14:00 – 17:00      VIP Buyer Encounter
16:00 – 17:00      Destination Presentation
17:00 – 18:00      Registration and Cocktail Reception
18:00 – 21:00      Trade Event

This year, the VIP Buyer Encounter participants will be:
•    African Sun Hotels
•    Airlink
•    An African Anthology
•    Cresta Hotels
•    Gooderson Leisure
•    Isibindi Africa Lodges
•    Newmark Hotels, Reserves and Lodges
•    One & Only Cape Town
•    Peermont Hotels and Casinos
•    Rainbow Tourism Group

For more information about the Africa Showcase, contact insidesalesna@flysaa.com. For reservations and information, customers should visit www.flysaa.com or contact South African Airways’ North America Reservations Center at 1-(800) 722-9675.

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About South African Airways
South African Airways (SAA), South Africa’s national flag carrier and the continent’s most awarded airline, serves 67 destinations worldwide in partnership with SA Express, Airlink and its low cost carrier Mango. In North America, SAA operates daily nonstop flights from New York-JFK and direct flights from Washington D.C.-IAD (via Accra, Ghana and Dakar, Senegal) to Johannesburg. SAA has codes share agreements with United Airlines, Air Canada and JetBlue Airways, which offer convenient connections from more than 30 cities to SAA’s flights. SAA is a Star Alliance member and the recipient of the Skytrax 4-Star rating for 13 consecutive years.

 

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