Colosseum, Island Club
and Crystal Towers
All that was missing was Austin Powers
The service was great, the food was divine
Thanks to Budget we arrived on time
The 50th congress of ASATA was underway
As all delegates gathered for the start of the day
Our President, not the country’s welcomed all to the event
And assured us that there was money to be spent
Mmatšatši was a breath of fresh air
As she hosted each day with elegant flair
This “darky” was a barrel of fun
As she showed us how the disky was done
Hop-a-long Robyn with an ever ready smile
Assured us the congress would be worthwhile
She thanked and welcomed all who had come
Especially her team for all they had done
Mr Chaplin, that’s Kevin, not the Charlie we know
Began the first day with an inspiring show
The soccer, the energy and excitement was real
Positivety not negativity was the real deal
Justice Malala didn’t think it quite fair
That Kevin could speak about balls in the air
Zumanomics and Malema it just wasn’t fit
That he had to speak about Julius’
It’s just all noise he assured all of us
There really isn’t anything just media fuss Zorgvliet wine really made the mood flow
As a picturesque sunset on the pool deck did show
We networked and chatted and drank a bit more
And soon two fingers were looking like four
The narrator began, Justin’s his name
Motivational speaking his claim to fame
Tales to tell about cavemen and all
How stories began with pictures on a wall
Tell a live story not a dead one
That way business becomes more fun
The way to go is environmentally green
As Wayne of Avis shared with us his money saving scheme
Not only saving money but doing so much more
For global warming and their carbon footprint score
Kevin James let us know that you can be carbon free
Just exchange your travel carbon and buy a tree
Moyo at Spiers in Avis buses we descended
With face painting and dining we surrendered
To the sound of the drums, singing and more
As we watched Scot do disky on the dance floor
Google, Expedia you know what they claim
One of these days we won’t need your brain
The computer and technology is well in advance
So enjoy your own thinking while you have a chance
An incident happened on the 6th floor
Involving a bucket….need I say more?
We can hear Justin saying “there’s a story tell,
About a traveler improvising when things don’t go well”
The ASATA constellation, like the Milky Way
Is our gateway to business in travel today
Congratulations to all ASATA awards won
As we partied at Pigalle’s with Three Tons of Fun
To the old Board members and new, from me
I’m proud to be part of the travel industry
Thanks must go to American Express
Who enabled an evening to de-stress
To our sponsors SAA,City Lodge, Europcar
To Bbagzz, Diners Club, Travelport and
Qatar
Thanks to you the Amadeus team
My pen to paper is on your computer screen.
ASATA CONFERENCE FEEDBACK
We would like to sincerely thank ASATA for the donation of R22
500-00 towards the Amy Biehl Foundation programmes. We are
extremely grateful for your support and you are helping us to make
a difference in the lives of so many children...
read the letter from the Amy Biehl Foundation
I wish to thank you for the invitation to join you, your team,
your members and all associates at the very successful 2010 ASATA
Congress held in Cape Town during March 2010. As usual, you chose
a fantastic new venue which I was certainly not aware of before
arriving at the hotel. Congratulations on a great Congress, with
great organization, wonderful hospitality and quality
presentations which I thoroughly enjoyed. Many thanks once again
and I look forward to building on the great working relationship
between our two Associations.
- Chris Zweigenthal, Airlines Association of
Southern Africa
This is just to say a really big THANK YOU to
you and your team for a wonderful Conference. As always, the content was
interesting and informative. And of course, despite any hiccups you encountered
– very smoothly run. Hats off to all of you for a fabulous event !!
- Nicolette Nurse, XL Howick Travel
Thank you so much for organising such a superb
conference! I thoroughly enjoyed it! The venue, food, events,
drinks & of course the speakers were of the highest calibre! I
particularly enjoyed Justin Cohen! Well done!
- Miles Willis, Sure Tours
Congratulations and thank you for a great
conference! It was wonderful to get to know so many of you,
especially with us being such new members. Your kind assistance,
your friendliness and professionalism is testament to a great
team. Thank you for all the special things you arranged for us
that made us feel spoilt and special. Thank you also for all the
effort that was put into the arrangements, as someone who attends
and arranges numerous conferences, I know what it takes to put
together something of value and you exceeded the norm! We look
forward to a long and prosperous relationship with ASATA as
together we grow the industry.
- Melinda Stark, Heads on
Beds
A big THANK YOU to all of you for a super Congress.
I know what a huge task it was to put it together and you pulled
it off superbly.
- Rung Button, International Travel & Tours
Please could you relay a very big Thank You for an
excellent conference this weekend. Thank you for all your hard
work and a lovely weekend.
- Charlene Freiman, Sure
Travel Innovations
A quick note to congratulate you on a fantastic
50th Birthday ASATA Conference, you certainly raise the bar every
year, SAVRALA is honoured to be associated with ASATA, our
sponsorship of the car rental award this year was also great. The
venue was first class, with most of the speaker’s top class, I
particularly enjoyed Justice and Justin they were superb! I
realise that our industry have a long way to go when it comes to
embracing the global warming issues and understanding the concept
of a greener environment...
- Val van den Bergh, SAVRALA
A very big thanks for an amazing conference, this
was my first conference and definitely not my last I really did
learn a lot from this conference. The Crystal Towers hotel the
service and the food were excellent. The speakers were
outstanding, my favorite being Justin Cohen and Justice Malala and
I got to spend some great time with friends in our industry. One
could certainly see the Time and hard work that went into the
conference, as it was so well organized. Thank you for my
beautiful gift I love it and of course my award which I am so
proud of.
- Enid Maullin, Beachcomber
Tours
I just wanted to thank you very much for making my
time at the conference so seamless and easy. The conference was
fantastic and you ladies deserve a standing ovation for how well
everything flowed.
- Manfred Noriskin-Ender,
Adzoo Consultancy
I would like to thank you for all your hard work.
From the first time I say you till the last time (behind THAT
camera) you always had a smile on your face. That is a major task
in its self. Thank-you for all your hard work.
- Winona, Sure Millway
Travel
Thank you for all your efforts to make Conference
2010 such a great experience. I am proud to be associated with
such an excellent bunch of people as you all are as well as such
an awesome Association.
- Christopher Coetzee,
Travel with Flair
Just to let you know that your congress was
excellent! The balance between the subject matter, the quality of
the speakers, the themes addressed. All contributed to a very
successful 50th Congress of ASATA... I salute you all for a job
well done!
- Johann Beukes, Sure
Etnique Travel
Congratulations on hosting and organizing a
fantastic and inspirational Conference. I am already looking
forward to 2011.
- George Novis, Travel
Insurance Consultants
WELL DONE on another great congress. It is so
awesome for me to see all these big players in the travel industry
coming together. The evenings were fun and of course everything
was so professional from ASATA and so well organized... Thanks for
all those awards we are over the moon here at Beachcomber. The
whole evening was spectacular and the music awesome. Keep up the
good work.
- Terry Munro, Beachcomber
Tours
