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One Global Community Partner Event
by Brighter Events
Brighter Events worked with Concepts Collection to deliver a memorable
experience for delegates attending the inaugural One Global Community Partner
Event in South Africa, which included a life changing community engagement and
social responsibility project…
Brief
Launched in 2022, One Global Travel is a worldwide community of independent travel
management companies working together to deliver an all-in-one global travel solution
for clients.
One Global wanted to bring all its partners and suppliers together in person for the first time
after a whirlwind first 18 months of working together to build and strengthen relationships.
Clarity Business Travel is one of the two founding members of One Global, and its conference,
meetings, events, and venue-find arm Brighter Events was asked to deliver the organisation’s
inaugural Community Partner Event in South Africa in 2024.
Brighter chose to work with DMC Concepts Collection to help deliver the program.
The Solution
“The Retreat” at Boschendal Farm in the Cape winelands was the perfect venue for the
event, set amongst landscaped gardens and natural vegetation, with stunning views of the
surrounding mountains and vineyards.
The program featured curated group dinners with surprise entertainment, drumming circles
and blind wine tasting competitions to help foster the community building while activities like
mountain biking, hiking and walking tours highlighted the beauty of the winelands.
The overall highlight of the week however, for both the client and their delegates was the
social responsibility project at the Nondzame primary school, attended by local children from
disadvantaged communities. With the help of an agreed donation from One Global Travel,
the 50 delegates worked alongside 100 children improve the school facilities, repairing and
painting classrooms, bringing in new equipment and blackboards, updating the kitchen,
clearing areas for a playground with sports equipment and creating and planting a
vegetable garden.
After a morning of hard work, everyone joined together for a shared lunch which had
been funded by Brighter Events and prepared in the new kitchen by the school staff and
delegates.
Results
The event delivered on its objectives, says Kate Wolstenholme, head of marketing
and proposition at Brighter Events. “Business opportunities were most definitely
strengthened between our TMC partners and suppliers which has sparked new
opportunities. The spirit of community, social responsibility and sustainability
were key themes, we really wanted to create something special for
the delegates to remember and the community engagement day at
Nondzame school was an unforgettable day.”
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