Durban’s ICC wins big at World MICE Awards 2024

Durban ICC is South Africa’s best convention centre

The Durban International Convention Centre (ICC) has taken home the award for South Africa’s best convention centre at the World Meeting Incentive Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) awards.

The 5th annual World MICE Awards Gala Ceremony took place in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam this past Wednesday, 4 September, where all things ‘MICE’ were honoured.

The World MICE Awards is the sister event to famous World Travel Awards, and serves to celebrate and reward excellence in MICE tourism.

As reported by IOL, the Durban ICC outperformed all other South African venues, including the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria, the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg as well as Cape Town’s ICC.

The award was received by the CEO of Durban ICC, Ms Lindiwe Rakharebe on behalf of the city and South Africa.

“While we have a track record for clinching MICE Awards, we decided we would not rest on our laurels and hence went all out to bring the shield again to Durban in 2024 for being South Africa’s Best Convention Centre.” Rakharebe said as per IOL.

“The latest award reinforces our claim as Africa’s leading space for hosting several types of events, ranging from corporate conferences to trade shows, academic symposiums, cultural events and more.” she added.

Other winners at the MICE awards

Durban’s ICC wasn’t the only South African winner at the World MICE awards. Cape Town was awarded Africa’s Best MICE Destination 2024, while the Sun City resort was awarded Africa’s Best MICE Hotel 2024.

In the ‘South Africa’ category, Sun City resort also walked away with South Africa’s Best MICE Hotel 2024 title.

South Africa’s Best Incentive Hotel 2024 was awarded to Fancourt in George, while South Africa’s Best MICE Organiser 2024 was taken by The DMC Southern Africa.