Clevenard to Honour Hlengiwe Dube, Senior Manager: Tourism Services at Durban Tourism, at the 2026 Clevenard Open Project and Clevenard Global Awards in Alicante, Spain

Alicante, Spain — Clevenard SL is delighted to announce that Hlengiwe Dube, Senior Manager: Tourism Services at Durban Tourism (eThekwini Municipality), South Africa, will be honoured with a prestigious Clevenard Honorary Award at the Clevenard Open Project 2026 – 5th Edition, taking place from 27–30 August 2026 at the renowned Palacio de Congresos Alicante, Spain.

The distinguished recognition will be formally presented during the Clevenard Global Awards – 3rd Edition 2026, the flagship awards ceremony of the Clevenard Open Project, on Sunday, 30 August 2026. Held alongside the highly anticipated International Fashion Runway, the awards celebrate exceptional global leaders, innovators, and changemakers whose work continues to create meaningful impact across industries, communities, and nations.

Recognising Excellence in Tourism Leadership

Hlengiwe Dube is a highly accomplished tourism executive and destination management professional with more than fifteen years of experience driving tourism development, visitor experience excellence, stakeholder engagement, and destination competitiveness within South Africa's tourism sector.

As Senior Manager: Tourism Services at Durban Tourism, she provides strategic leadership for visitor services, destination operations, tourism information management, and municipal tourism programmes that support Durban's position as one of Africa's leading tourism, leisure, cruise, and business events destinations.

Her leadership portfolio spans tourism service delivery, destination activation, tourism information services, stakeholder engagement, community tourism development, cruise tourism support, governance oversight, and visitor experience enhancement. Throughout her career, she has successfully led and coordinated tourism initiatives linked to major international and national events, including Africa's Travel Indaba, the Hollywoodbets Durban July, international cruise tourism programmes, high-profile conferences, and preparations supporting major multilateral engagements such as G20 meetings, regional summits, and international business events.

Ms. Dube played a strategic role in Durban's successful effort to retain the hosting rights for Africa's Travel Indaba for an additional five-year period, coordinating destination readiness initiatives, municipal stakeholder engagement, operational planning, and destination showcasing activities.

She is widely respected for her collaborative leadership style and her ability to build strong partnerships across government, destination marketing organisations, industry associations, tourism enterprises, community organisations, and private-sector stakeholders. Her work has consistently focused on strengthening Durban's tourism competitiveness, enhancing visitor experiences, improving tourism governance, and creating opportunities for inclusive economic growth.

A passionate advocate for community-based tourism, she has championed initiatives supporting township tourism, cultural tourism, heritage tourism, tourism transformation, and the development of local tourism enterprises. She has also provided strategic oversight and governance support to Community Tourism Organisations across Durban's tourism regions, helping to strengthen governance standards, compliance, organisational capacity, and collaborative destination marketing.

Her contribution to Durban's growing cruise tourism sector has been particularly noteworthy. Through the successful coordination of cruise welcome programmes, visitor servicing initiatives, stakeholder collaboration, and destination activations, she has helped position Durban as a leading cruise gateway on the African continent.

Ms. Dube has further contributed to strengthening Durban's reputation as a premier Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) destination through conference attraction initiatives, delegate engagement programmes, familiarisation visits, investment missions, and strategic tourism promotion activities.

Recognised for her ability to transform tourism strategy into measurable outcomes, she has led the development of executive reports, strategic presentations, performance frameworks, and operational improvement initiatives that support informed decision-making and alignment with municipal, provincial, and national tourism priorities.

Her professional expertise spans destination management, tourism services, tourism governance, tourism product development, stakeholder relations, business events tourism, cruise tourism, community tourism, strategic planning, organisational leadership, and tourism policy implementation.

A Well-Deserved International Recognition

The Clevenard Honorary Award recognises leaders whose vision, dedication, and professional achievements have significantly contributed to economic development, destination growth, community empowerment, and international collaboration.

By honouring Hlengiwe Dube, Clevenard celebrates a tourism leader whose work continues to strengthen Durban's global tourism profile while advancing inclusive and sustainable tourism development that creates lasting benefits for communities and future generations.

About the Clevenard Open Project 2026

The Clevenard Open Project 2026 – 5th Edition is a four-day international flagship forum themed:

"A Global Celebration of Business, Culture, Creativity and Human Connection"

The event will bring together global leaders, policymakers, diplomats, investors, entrepreneurs, academics, creatives, media professionals, and development practitioners from Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and beyond to promote dialogue, partnerships, innovation, cultural exchange, and sustainable development.

Event Programme

• Day 1 – 27 August 2026

Global Authors' Recognition & Education Summit

• Day 2 – 28 August 2026

Global Economy, Trade, Solid Minerals, Agriculture & Investment Summit

• Day 3 – 29 August 2026

Global Tourism & International Film Celebration

• Day 4 – 30 August 2026

Clevenard Global Awards – 3rd Edition 2026 & International Fashion Runway

Event Details

Dates: 27–30 August 2026

Venue: Palacio de Congresos Alicante, Avinguda de Dénia 47–49 03013 Alicante, Spain

Media & Event Enquiries

• Phone: +34 631 279 811 +34 672 93 12 16
• Website: www.clevenard.com
• Organiser: Clevenard SL
• NIF: B75809574

About Clevenard

Clevenard is a global platform dedicated to connecting people, cultures, businesses, and opportunities worldwide. Through media, technology, international events, and strategic partnerships, Clevenard amplifies voices, builds bridges, and promotes cultural, social, and economic development across continents.

Mission: To connect the world, amplify voices, and create opportunities that transform lives.

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Écrit par:

Tolu Osindero

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