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The Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI) is dedicated to maintaining and improving the standards of efficiency and professionalism for the conference and events industry in southern Africa. The Southern African conference industry is recognised around the world as a dynamic growth area.
SAACI is aware of the increasing importance of Southern Africa as an international conference destination and is endeavouring to ensure that the industry meets the required standards.
SAACI comprises over 1 250 members from a variety of sectors within the conference industry, including conference venues, conference and event organisers and a large variety of service providers such as audio visual, entertainment, decor, catering services and many more.
The need for an organisation of this kind was originally identified by SATOUR (now known as South African Tourism).
As a result, people involved in the South African conference industry came together to create a national organisation which could assist people in organising or providing facilities or services for conferences or meetings. The association was formally established in 1987.
SAACI is a Section 21 Organisation managed by a National Coordinating Council elected every two years. The council meets regularly and the members are representative of the broad spectrum of the conference industry. A constitution is in place which also includes by-laws for the running of the branches of the Association. Active committees are in place across four branches: KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Territories, Eastern Cape, and Western Cape. It has established three chapters (interest groups) i.e. the Venue, Conference and Events and Service Provider Chapters to deal with the interests of specific areas of the conference industry.
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