ZIMBABWE’S SANGANAI FAIR 2015 – EVENTS SCHEDULE RELEASED
(Posted 15th June 2015)
Zimbabwe’s primary international tourism trade show, the Sanganai Hlanganani World Tourism Expo, is set to kick off on Wednesday this week with the main press conference ahead of the formal exhibition launch. The media will have the opportunity to meet the organizers and staff of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority between 10 am and noon at the Harare International Conference Centre in CR5. Later that day will a meeting of ‘buyers’, also at the HICC, be held between 18.30 hrs and 22.00 hrs, also in Conference Room 5.
Business will start on the 18th of June and the Sanganai Culinary Expo will run throughout the trade fair at the HICC from 09.00 hrs on Thursday until Saturday 20th of June at 16.00 hrs.
Other key events on the opening day are a dedicated ICT Workshop from 09.00 hrs until noon at the HICC CR6 and the afternoon Ministerial Round Table in the main auditorium of the conference centre from 14.00 hrs to 16.00 hrs.
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority will that evening also host a combined Buyers and Media Dinner, set at the HICC’s Jacaranda Room.
Young graduates and school leavers seeking a career in the tourism industry will then have a chance learn about the sector on the 19th of June at the HICC’s VIP Lounge where a day long career guidance workshop will be held.
The official opening will be performed on the evening of the 19th from 16.30 hrs until 18.30 hrs in the main auditorium of the HICC and the closing of the annual event is scheduled for the evening of the 20th of June with the Award Ceremony for best exhibitors in various categories.
The Sanganai Hlanganani Tourism Expo is the successor of Shanyai/Vakatshani, the Zimbabwe International Travel Expo (ZITE) which was first held annually since 1982 at the Harare International Conference Centre. While ZITE started as a small expo 23 years ago it grew over the years to become one of Africa’s leading tourism trade shows. In 2007 the event changed names and the past seven editions of Sanganai/ Hlanganani attracted some of the leading African destinations and major world tourism source markets such as South Africa, Botswana, Malaysia, China, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Indonesia, India, Italy and many others. The editions have seen the world of tourism converging in Zimbabwe in the form of high calibre international buyers as well as exhibitors. The 2015 edition will be held in the capital city, Harare and is expected to build on the successes gained by the previous editions and will again see several national tourism boards and tourism ministries, international airlines and hotel chains, tour and safari operators and suppliers of a variety of services to the tourism and hospitality industry in attendance.
For added information write to sanganai or click on www.zimbabwetourism.net
