MICE Destination

Gaborone

Botswana

Gaborone is the capital city of Botswana. It’s known for the Gaborone Game Reserve, sheltering native animals like wildebeest and impala, plus resident and migratory birds. To the city’s southwest, rhinos and giraffes inhabit the Mokolodi Nature Reserve. Footpaths lead to city views at the summit of Kgale Hill. In the city center, the National Museum and Art Gallery displays art and cultural artifacts.

Gaborone, Botswana hosts several MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) events, including the Africa Tourism Leadership Forum (ATLF) and the World MICE Awards. The Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) is a popular venue for these events

Delegates endorse Botswana as MICE destination

Botswana is ready to be a Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) destination. That was an endorsement by delegates and business leaders who attended the 15th US-Africa Business Summit that was held at the Royal Aria in Tlokweng July 11-14. Speaking at the just-ended summit, English and Portuguese interpreter and translator from South Africa, Ms Nadia Atanassova said without a doubt Botswana was ready to host even bigger conferences.

Ms Atanassova said she had attended several such big conferences across the globe as an interpreter and what Botswana displayed in hosting the summit was world-class standard. “The conference facility was beautiful and spacious. The summit was well organised and gave a very good feeling to attend the conference and despite many people attending, they never felt short on any services, from transportation to refreshments. I really shouldn’t leave the fact that your lunches are well organised and the food is delicious.

Now, from our point of view there was enough rooms for all sessions, which were also well extremely attended and interesting,” she said. In addition, Ms Atanassova noted that all technical equipment worked well and there was nothing that could prevent a good discussion or debate. She said delegates networked in the outside spaces which were also beautifully assembled. “I think this is not only my opinion. I can tell even from the faces of the delegates, the people are very happy to be here and the good weather also helped a lot. I feel that Botswana is ready to host events of such magnitude,” she added. Another interpreter, Mr Carlos Pereira said over and above what Ms Atanassova had declared on the conference, they discovered that Batswana were generally a friendly and loving nation. Mr Pereira added that the country was well organised and clean. “There is no load shedding and there are no potholes. The roads are well-aligned and you can see where you are going,” he said. He said Botswana was ready to be a MICE destination, saying the country was an inspiration to many countries including South Africa.