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Event Recap: Cape Town Travel Massive Our LGBTQ inspired journey down the Rabbit Hole at Grand Daddy Boutique Hotel

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A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us for Cape Town Travel Massive with Queer Eye Tours on Thursday, June 27 to experience the Rabbit Hole — a new cocktail bar at the Grand Daddy Boutique Hotel.

🍸 Here’s a few highlights from the evening:

  • The Grand Daddy Boutique Hotel showcased their cocktail bar, “Rabbit Hole”, as the main venue for the event. The Alice Restaurant was on display with their performance stage, as well as their themed conference venue.

  • We heard from Nazeem, founder of talent management agency The Drag Cartel, about their journey bringing on seventeen artists on their roster and achieving their 1-year milestone — congrats!

  • Queer Eye Tours also shared their vision for creating unique experiences for travellers in Cape Town, and their plans to relaunch their brand and website to make Queer Travel more accessible in South Africa.

  • Cape Town Travel Massive co-leader Fuad Peters shared the story of how Travel Massive started and the history of the Cape Town chapter. Cape Town ranks in the Top 5 global chapters in the community!

  • The highlight of the evening was the electrifying performance by BB Valhour - an amazing Drag Artist known for shows at Lounge & Club Zer021 and events like Pride Mardi Gras.

💗 Thank you to our sponsors:

  • AB Creations, led by owner Chef Alroy Bailey, provided delicious snacks for attendees.
  • Pink Valley Wines provided a complimentary welcome drink.
  • Jess from Afrogem provided two prizes, including an extremely valuable Tanzanite pendant.
  • Bonny from Shark Explorers brought the adrenaline rush with a shark cage diving experience!
  • Stacey-Jane of African Secret provided a sports and deep tissue oil and aromatherapy sanitizing spray.

Congratulations to our lucky prize winners — Martin van Oordt, Annalie Janse van Rensburg, Roxanne Frizlar and Bonny Swanson. And, thanks to Juan for doing an excellent job as the MC for the evening!

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Director, I Am Cape Town

We're grateful to everyone who made this event possible and to the Cape Town community for turning out to support our meetup!

We’re always looking to grow and collaborate. If you’re interested in sponsorship opportunities or co-hosting future events, email me at howzit@iamcapetown.co.za

4 months ago (edited)
Ian
Founder, Travel Massive

Looked like a great event with lots of support from the community and sponsors. Thanks for the wrap up, Fuad!

4 months ago
Chef, AB Creations

This as amazing event and I am blessed to be a sponsor for this event. Thank you for the opportunity.

4 months ago
Administrator, Slojo Designer Beverage

Brillaint article and brilliant event, led by awesome individuals

4 months ago
Founder, Destination Hout Bay, Hout Bay Car Hire and Hout Bay Tourism.com

Sorry I was unable to attend this excellent event. Well done Fuad

4 months ago
Sales Executive, A|Brand consulting

A definite winter warmer! Thank you for always offering a fantastic, professional well organised collaboration. A great synergy, networking platform. As a TEAM we can achieve great summits.
Ashleigh

4 months ago
Marketing, Media and Accessible Tourism, I Am Cape Town

What an electrifying event! Thank you to everyone who made it possible! And most important thank you to our Travel Massive Cape Town Community for showing up and making the event a positive success!

4 months ago
Travel Blogger and Content Creator, Accidental Ambrosia

Thank you for arranging this amazing event! We thoroughly enjoyed it!

4 months ago
Blogger, Vlogger & Content Creator, Accidental Ambrosia and Rox Starr Diaries

Thank you so much to the event organisers and sponsors for arranging this event. The food, provided by Chef Alroy was phenomenal and I was blown away by the performance by the Drag Cartel. Thank you to the Cape Town Travel Massive team for another amazing event and networking opportunity. I can't wait to go shark cage diving this summer! Thank you for the prize!

4 months ago
Travel Writer, The Jax Blog

Looks like a FAB Event!! So bummed I missed out on this one.

4 months ago
CEO & Founder, Queer Eye Tours

We look forward to seeing you in September 💯😉

12 days later
Travel Agent, The Urban Traveler/Expedia

This looks like it was a great time for the chapter! Congrats!

4 months ago
Tour/Safari Guide, Joe Wanderlust RW

Great event

4 months ago
CEO & Founder, Queer Eye Tours

Absolutely Grateful for all who turned up and Showed Out for our 2nd quarterly LGBTQIA + Connectors Event for 2024.

As the Diversity Chapter Leader for Travel Massive Cape Town, I look to encourage these kind of connections and provide opportunities for queer owned establishments with allies alike.

Watch this space for September and feel free to contact me or connect with any ideas or assistance you may need in connecting you with our Beautiful community 💯🙏🇿🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

juan@queereyetours.com

3 months ago
Work-integrated Learning Coordinator, CPUT

This event was so much fun :). My students enjoyed participating and gaining exposure to an industry-related event.

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Event Recap: Cape Town Travel Massive was posted by Fuad Peters in Article , Cape Town , South Africa , Diversity , Travel Massive . Updated on Jul 29, 2024 (3 months ago). Event Recap: Cape Town Travel Massive is rated 5/5 ★ by 9 members.
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