Westin Grand Cape Town Arabella Quays
ArabellaStarwood enjoys an excellent relationship with Into Africa. All the staff are professional, well organised and clear in their communications and keep us well informed of developments. They are a pleasure to work with and we value them as an important business partner.
ArabellaStarwood always looks forward to working with Into Africa and strengthening our mutually beneficial relationship.
Esmare van Tonder
Sales Manager: Meetings, Conferences & Incentives
ArabellaStarwood Hotels & Resorts South Africa
International Fertiliser Industry Association
From the very early stages of our planning, we appreciated the ability of Into Africa's management team to listen to our requirements, advise us and provide clear costs.
Our aim was to secure welcome services for a group of 1300 high-level business executives from more than 75 countries, including tour activities for accompanying persons and tailor-made post tour options.
During the conference itself, your team impressed us with impeccable logistics, reliability and great dedication at all times. Our participants enjoyed the scheduled tours and we have received extremely favourable comments on the post tours and how individual requests were met.
An important point for us, as organisers, was your ability to synchronise with other partners involved in the conference and work very nicely with them, providing excellent logistical support.
Also very much appreciated was the clarity and details of our financial accounts and the fact that they closely matched your initial estimates.
Diana Sandalian Head
Conference Service
International Fertiliser Industry Association
Oriflame Cosmetics
We have just completed one of the most successful programmes in the history of our corporate incentives. All of our consultants and their invited guests have returned to their various home markets across the globe buzzing with excitement over their two week programme in Zambia and South Africa.
A large part of the programme success has to do with the incredible efforts that our contracting DMC partner, Into Africa, placed into the programme.
From the beginning stages of our contact, 3 years ago, the relationship has been one marked by an ease of communication, responsiveness, willingness to work with our programme and budgetary needs, and the effort to always go the extra step to work with our company. We have hosted many programmes in many countries and have a great deal of experience to speak from when we evaluate the skills of vendors.
Peter Kropp
International Conference and Events Manager
Oriflame Cosmetics
Sun International
Into Africa is currently one of Sun International's preferred "Platinum" partners. Into Africa have been contracted with Sun International for more than 10 years and we have always enjoyed an excellent business relationship with them.
As a Destination Management Company, Into Africa brings with them a wealth of experience in Southern Africa. The attention to detail, planning and operational expertise is always met well beyond expectations.
We would not hesitate in recommending this superb organisation to handle Events, Conferences or Incentives within Southern Africa.
Graham Wood
Divisional Director Resorts
Sun International
Young Presidents Association (YPO)
Madelein Norval from Into Africa did the most amazing job for our California Coast Chapter couples retreat that was held in South Africa. Her team handled all of the intricate details for us which was especially valuable as we are based in California and we had to depend on her and her team to be our on the ground resource for everything. Our group was blown away by the experience and Madelein made it all happen in a very calm way. She was always ahead of the curve in planning for unforeseeable circumstances without any panic or fuss whilst all along not looking for any credit for the success of our events. It was an absolute pleasure working with her and Into Africa and I'd do it again in a heart beat.
Larry Green
YPO
Business Travel Team
Business Travel Team Ltd have been organising Conferences and Incentives for 28 years and Into Africa have been known to us for the past decade and have never let us down. We have placed in excess of 10 groups with Into Africa and the co-ordination and negotiations have been second to none, whoever we speak to are aware of our requirements and response time is always immediate.
Clients of Business Travel Team Ltd have always commented on Into Africa's staffing of events and have been most impressed with the style and quality which is given.
Bob White
Chairman Business Travel Team
Incentive Travel & Corporate Meetings
The ITCM Magazine Familiarisation Trip to Cape Town and Sun City totally dazzled the members of our group, who were all highly experienced UK corporate travel specialists. It was not just that a complex itinerary went so smoothly and comfortably, but that Into Africa was able to bring into play so many fascinating and knowledgeable people to add great depth and understanding to everything we saw. We were also amazed and delighted at travelling in everything from a motor-cycle sidecar to a private plane.
We all came away from South Africa so much more informed about it's recent history, it's vigorous efforts to make progress, it's beautiful landscape and wildlife and it's dynamic people, as well, of course, about the superb hotels and conference facilities. We were very impressed with the country - and with Into Africa, that was able to inject so much into such a short space of time.
Sydney Paulden
Publisher of ITCM (Incentive Travel & Corporate Meetings)
Instinctif
On a slightly separate note I just want to say I HUGE thank you to everyone - Juliet, Vicky, Nick and the whole team for everything that you did for the event it was superb and we were truly very happy (and we all know how difficult it is make me happy!!!!) plus we had the debrief with the client yesterday and they could not think of ANYTHING to criticise - which is almost unheard of.
Jo Broadhead
Director of Production
Instinctif
