Thousand Fish Launches in South Africa
Great opportunity to be unlocked for South African real estate professionals
South Africa, 15/07/14 - Thousand Fish announces its launch in South Africa with the aim of creating a common space for local real estate professionals to connect, interact and work. This will also offer them a unique opportunity to collaborate closely with the global real estate industry, since Thousand Fish operates on an international, predominantly in the United Kingdom and Australia, as a social networking joint exclusively for property experts.
Thousand Fish has been constantly trying to break borders to make the real estate industry a close-knit world where professionals can learn, share and grow. With this aim in mind, their concept has been entering key markets such as South Africa and enhancing the scope of interaction between real estate professionals from diverse backgrounds. It offers the following benefits to its members:
- Cost-effective online marketing channel
- One-stop solution for communication, interaction and business transaction
- A medium of sharing success stories and other achievements
Following its aims to create a real estate industry without boundaries, Thousand Fish is slated to step into South Africa by mid-2014.
About Thousand Fish
Thousand Fish is a professional networking site specifically designed for the real estate professionals. Based in Australia, it not only gathers buyers and sellers under one roof but also gives its members the advantage of being heard, seen and spoken about in the global real estate industry.
Thousand Fish is driven by its mission to go beyond conventional ideas in building a platform that allows real estate professionals to showcase their achievements on a global scale. This reflects in its latest venture to penetrate the real estate market of South Africa.
For more information, visit: https://www.thousandfish.net/about-us
Contact details:
Samantha MacDonald
Tel: 21-200-9942
Thousand Fish
www.thousandfish.net
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Tonya Khoury resigns from DDI Africa, starts own company
Tonya Khoury, the former Managing Director of DDI Africa, announced that she has resigned from the company.
“The great news is that I will remain in the media monitoring space but this time with vastly innovative technology at my new company, ROi AFRICA (ROi). I have been privileged to secure the financial and administrative support of one of South Africa’s most exciting listed companies. I am building a media monitoring solution that promises to be the first of its kind in the world and for the first time, South Africa’s marketing and PR industry will have monitoring work for them,” she says enthusiastically.
They will achieve that by using:
- Smart Technology that learns and identifies trends across all media platforms.
- Specifically designed for Big Content Management and its measurement.
- Full media monitoring across global and local print, radio, television, online and social media.
- The largest social media pipe in the world – over 190 million social platforms.
- From high level to infinite detail in a click.
- Presented in an interactive and innovative platform.
- Manage your brand and make immediate, clever media decisions with foresight.
She continues, “ROi AFRICA will offer the clients access to editorial coverage across print, radio, television, social media and online in near real time but in addition to this the technology thinks ahead of the media and helps brand reputation management to react before the media peak.
The data set consists of:
- 190 million social networks (Global)
- 60 000 online newspapers (Global)
- Thousands of printed publications (South African and Rest of Africa)
- 40 radio and TV stations (South African)
Khoury says that ROi will be one of a select few media monitoring companies in the world to offer immediate analytics and sentiment. “My new company’s link to the listed company means I have BEE credentials, added to a global footprint and several African Offices” she adds proudly.
“To add, we will be continuing on the groundbreaking media statistics that I provided on big events like the Oscar Pistorius Trial, the 2014 Elections and the 2014 FIFA World Cup,” adds Tonya. Details on the market launch of ROi AFRICA will be released soon, but it is expected to take place in August.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Tonya Khoury 073 874 5377
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Twitter: @tonyaroi / @roiafrica
Facebook: Facebook.com/roiafrica
NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE O.R. TAMBO EMPTY HANDED
Travellers visiting South Africa’s principal aiport, O.R Tambo International (ORTIA) in Johannesburg, no longer have to find themselves leaving empty handed. By participating in the Don’t leave empty handed promotion they can now qualify to claim the perfect travel accessory, namely a genuine men’s or ladies’ wallet from the bespoke fashion and lifestyle brand POLO. This premium product is valued at R695 and is yours if you’ve spent R7500 or more in one day collectively at any store at O.R Tambo International Airport’s Duty Free Mall.
O.R. Tambo International Airport is the air transport hub of Southern Africa, catering for more than 17 million passengers each year. The airport boasts a world-class variety of amenities, business centres, retail centres, restaurants and bars, as well as a five-star hotel. The Duty Free Mall includes a wide selection of duty free retailers, offering you ample choices to make the perfect purchase or enjoy services tailored for your convenience. From favourite brands, to exclusive airport offers and products of the month, at O.R Tambo International Airport’s Duty Free Mall travellers can enjoy a world-class shopping experience and now with the Don’t leave empty handed promotion, also receive the perfect reward.
To enter, submit a fully completed entry form, including till slips adding up to the minimum spend of R7 500.00. Only original entries and proof of purchases will be accepted and excludes any purchases at jewellery stores. The offer is valid from 5 April to 30 June 2014, or until stocks last. T&C’s apply. http://www.saairports.com/or-tambo-international-airport/events
The promotion is run by Airports Company South Africa and the officially appointed advertising agency Kwenda Marketing.
For more information contact the Kwenda Marketing team on 011 921 6408. Visit Facebook www.facebook.com/ClickBuyFly or follow @ClickBuyFly on Twitter for upcoming competitions, promotions and events.
About www.saairports.co.za Discover a magical journey and indulge in the splendour that is Africa whilst you browse through the new website (www.saairports.co.za), the gateway to South Africa's premier airport shopping experience. Whether as a first-time traveller or seasoned globetrotter, be it for business or pleasure, visit the website before your next travel through South Africa's flagship airports in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban so that you can get the most out of your airport shopping experience and prepare for your next voyage.
About Airports Company South Africa Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) operates South Africa’s nine principal airports, providing airlines with world-class, secure infrastructure.Additional information can be found at www.saairports.com/about-acsa.
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Esquire pumps 600 PERCENT IN ONLINE SALES
Esquire Technologies, an international award winning company and one of the leading distributors in southern Africa of IT, mobility, digital and consumer lifestyle products from international vendors, has announced it has reached a milestone of 30 000 online orders place on its website to date.
This was confirmed by Mahomed Cassim, CEO of Esquire Technologies, who said the company commenced online sales four years ago. “In the first two years of starting this online drive we notched up only 5000 sales –but this figure has now jumped to 30 000, which is a 600% growth in two years. We are expecting this figure to rise significantly in the next few years. because many of our clients are now seeing the value of placing orders 24 x 7,” he said
Esquire is currently one of only a few distributors in South Africa which offers an online ordering facility for all the products they distribute.
“We are extremely bullish with our six-fold increase in online sales. All the hard work and sleepless nights THAT IT took to populate the website with content and information relevant for each product is starting to bear fruit with the growing amount of orders being placed online.
”Esquire has also developed and pioneered the world’s first Virtual Reseller Network (VRN), with its own subsidiary, ImproWeb, an e-commerce solutions company.
Currently over 500 resellers are plugged into the Esquire backend, which allows them to trade with their own e-commerce web-sites, using Esquire’s Infrastructure. Earlier this year the company’s VRN won an international award – the EMEA Channel Academy Multichannel Initiative of the Year Award for 2014. The EMEA Channel Academy 2014 Awards took place in Monaco in February- in conjunction with the regional event, DISTREE EMEA. Distributors, retailers and vendors operating in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region submitted application packs to enter the Multichannel Initiative award.
A VIP Jury of international channel experts met in Monaco to assess the submitted entries. The VIP Jury selected Esquire’s world first Virtual Reseller Network (VRN) as the winner of the 2014 Multichannel Initiative Award. “We are definitely seeing that people and companies are feeling much more comfortable – and eager – to buy online. Revenue from online sales is already sitting at 10% of our total revenue, with this expected to rise to 20% by 2016.” Commenting further, Cassim said that by joining the Esquire VRN resellers were provided with immediate access to the company’s entire stock holding without having to invest in stock.
“This is a totally different way of conducting business in the distribution channel. Our VRN resellers don’t have to HOLD any stock. They have immediate access to our stock – which is updated every few minutes. As we update our stock our resellers are given immediate access to this new stock as well. “This is going to make a significant impact on the e-commerce space in South Africa,” he said.
Time For Twitter Blanket Drive 2014
The Twitter Blanket Drive (TBD) is a uniquely South African, community-driven response to the needs of the poor during the winter months of the year. Initiated in 2010 by Founder, Melanie Minnaar, the Twitter Blanket Drive started with a single tweet:
What if each person on Twitter donated a blanket?
Since then, the Twitter Blanket Drive movement has grown exponentially, and thousands of blankets have been collected, and thereafter distributed to a range of social assistance organisations across the country. For 2014, events will be held across the country on 29 May. Through a well-coordinated and objectively managed process, collection points and events are created across the country. Various events are held and take the form of a “Tweetup”, whereby Twitter users tweet about donating their blankets and all enjoy a meal or drink at the collection point. Collection points have generally been restaurants or cafes.
The Twitter Blanket Drive has injected a true sense of community into the South African Twittersphere, as Twitter users across the country join in to help disadvantaged communities keep warm during the winter months.
Official #TBD2014 events will take place at:
Johannesburg – Protea Hotel, Fire and Ice - 22 Whitley Street, Melrose Precinct
Cape Town – Protea Hotel, Fire and Ice - New Church Street, Tamboerskloof
Durban – Protea Hotel, Umhlanga Ridge – 14 Palm Boulevard, Umhlanga
Drop off Venues Include
Spiga D’Oro (Morningside) Spiga D’Oro (Durban North) St Clement’s (Musgrave)
For people who are unable to attend the main event on 29 May, there are also a number of collection points across the cities – tweet @tbdafrica for a full list! For Durban, blanket collection boxes have been placed at: The Durban Twitter Blanket Drive will collect blankets for Grace Family Church. All blankets donated will be handed over to Grace Family Church, who will distribute them to a variety of social assistance organisations throughout KwaZulu-Natal.
ENDS For more information on events, blanket collection points and beneficiaries, please contact: Durban Twitter Blanket Drive Event Organiser – Fred Felton @fredfelton Johannesburg Twitter Blanket Drive Event Organiser – Serena Grobler @SerenaCG Cape Town Twitter Blanket Drive Event Organiser – Merentia van der Ven - @Merentia Follow the Twitter Blanket Drive on Twitter: #TBD2014 @tbdafrica
Eastgate Easter Bunny visits Elandspark School
In true Easter spirit, Eastgate Shopping Centre’s Easter Bunny visited Elandspark School on Friday, 25th April 2014 to hand out sweet surprises to pupils.
Hester Wasserfall, Eastgate Shopping Centre Centre Manager said, “We are proud to be a part of the Elandspark School incentive and interact with the learners on this special occasion. Eastgate Shopping Centre plans to continue the on-going support aligned with Liberty Properties’ strategy, as a socially responsible corporate brand, to promote education”.
Louise Duvenhage, Elandspark School Marketing Officer said: “The principal Mr Josua du Plessis gave this incentive to all our learners, as they performed well during the athletics season. We are very thankful that the Eastgate Easter Bunny entertained our learners and support provided by Eastgate Shopping Centre”. Elandspark School, situated in Bedfordview, Johannesburg, is a technical college where their aim is to equip their learners with practical skills via vocational training that they can use in ‘the real world’.
For Liberty Properties and Eastgate Shopping Centre Corporate Social Investment, see www.libertyproperties.co.za For more information contact the customer service desk on 011 479 6000. Visit Eastgate shops (Facebook fan page) or follow Eastgate on Twitter @Eastgateshops for the latest news on promotions and events.
About Eastgate Shopping Centre Eastgate Shopping Centre is the shopping and lifestyle hub of the Johannesburg eastern suburbs. The shopping centre is owned by Liberty Group Limited and is managed by Liberty Properties, one of South Africa’s top commercial real estate businesses. Eastgate Shopping Centre is known for having something for everyone and recently received a contemporary facelift and extension that saw the addition of an outdoor dining piazza. Eastgate is one of Liberty’s prime assets and boasts a tenant complement of over 270 shops.
Additional information can be found at www.libertyproperties.co.za or www.eastgateshops.co.za.
About Liberty Properties Liberty Properties is one of South Africa’s top property management businesses with a goal to be the leading property brand on the continent. The company operates within the broader Liberty Holdings Group with two core capabilities: property development and property management. Its prestigious property portfolio includes five premier super regional shopping centres, fourteen prime commercial properties and nine hotels. This prestigious list includes a number of leading brands with the flagship being Sandton City Shopping Centre with its adjoining Nelson Mandela Square, Eastgate Shopping Centre, Liberty Midlands Mall, Liberty Promenade Shopping Centre, Sandton City Office Tower and Eastgate Office Tower, amongst others. Additional information can be found at www.libertyproperties.co.za. Ends/
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