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Dragonfly, considered one of Southern Africa’s leading destination management companies is on its annual sales mission to Australia calling on event and adventure companies to thank them for their support over the past year.
The company is visiting Sydney and Melbourne and last night hosted a function at the stylish Blue Hotel in Sydney’s Wooloomooloo where it told the industry that it has never been a better time to come to South Africa.
“With 8 Rand to one Aussie dollar, it’s now 15% more affordable that it was a year ago”, said Yolanda Woeke-Jacobs, Dragonfly’s Director of Sales & Marketing.
“We started almost 30 years ago in the FIT and Leisure area and now we are able to offer a one-stop-shop for anyone booking events or holidays in southern Africa. And, with our head office in Johannesburg and an office in Capetown, we’re able to keep a close eye on hotels and restaurants to ensure than our clients receive top quality service. We pride ourselves in making tailor-made tours and are able to set up conferences in the heart of a nature reserve, giving delegates the opportunity to get down to business and go on safaris,” added Woeke-Jacobs.
She said that Australia is Dragonfly’s 2nd biggest market, but it hasn’t grown as strong as before due to the high Aussie $, “but we’re now seeing it coming back and the rest of this year and 2014 is thankfully, looking stronger,” she added.
Pictured: Tim Clyde-Smith, Country Manager, Australasia South African Airways
Yolanda Woeke-Jacobs, Dragonfly
Leila Fiedler, md DMS Destination Marketing Services
Lalie Ngozi, gm South African Tourism
Marissa Fernandez, gm DMS Sydney |