{"id":43441,"date":"2021-05-04T09:42:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T09:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/planitswiss-africa-appoints-new-managing-director\/"},"modified":"2021-05-04T10:02:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T10:02:44","slug":"planitswiss-africa-appoints-new-managing-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/planitswiss-africa-appoints-new-managing-director\/","title":{"rendered":"planitswiss Africa appoints new Managing Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a statement released today, the new appointment is the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the rapidly expanding event management company.<\/p>\n<p>planitswiss is a global exclusive event designer and producer headquartered in Switzerland with regional offices in Singapore, France, Rwanda, and China. <\/p>\n<p>planitswiss is part of a global group providing innovative and trendsetting services in events. <\/p>\n<p>Kagara Isaac brings local knowledge and experience with a proven track record in the Meeting Incentive Conference &#038; Events (MICE) sector. Previously, Kagara, oversaw sales at the Rwanda Convention Bureau (RCB) to market Rwanda as Africa\u2019s top MICE destination. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management.<\/p>\n<p>With Kagara based in Kigali, the new appointment is expected to position planitswiss even stronger in the market and support its ambitious growth plans in the region. <\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 has majorly impacted the global economy and the MICE industry, planitswiss has however grown worldwide, offering its virtual and hybrid event solutions to international and local customers. <\/p>\n<p>Kagara is expected to deliver successful tailor-made corporate, public, and exclusive events in the region, leveraging the group\u2019s experience in hybrid and virtual events.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-38400 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/isaac_photo.jpg\" alt=\"Kagara Isaac has been appointed the new Managing Director of planitswiss Africa. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{planitswiss Africa has appointed Kagara Isaac as the new Managing Director. Based in Kigali, Rwanda; Kagara will be managing planitswiss business operations and the company development in the region.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-43441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43441"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=43441"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=43441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}