Jacques Heath (pictured here) has been appointed as General Manager of the Sun Square Montecasino Hotel.
Robert Jasper has been appointed general manager of Southern Sun's new Montecasino hotel.
South African Tourism as announced the appointment of Mbali Mngomezulu to the position of Trade Relations Manager for the Southern Africa region. In her role as Trade Relations Manager: Southern Africa, Mngomezulu will be responsible for positive relationship building with travel trade in the SADC (Botswana and Mozambique) nations as well as in the Domestic market.
Sun International has announced the appointment of Judith Cuba as hotel manager of the Cascades Hotel at Sun City Resort. Judith is a graduate of the General Manager’s Development Programme with Southern Sun. Her first management posting was as deputy gm of the Newlands Hotel followed by postings to the Garden Court Hatfield and Southern Sun Katherine Street as gm.
Arabella Starwood Hotels & Resorts South Africa has appointed Philma Gomes director of sales and marketing, effective August 1. Philma joined the group in June 2006 as corporate sales manager. In her new position she will be responsible for the MICE, corporate and leisure sales strategies and with marketing, online and pr activities of both The Westin Grand Cape Town and the Arabella Western Cape Hotel & Spa. Philma was previously national sales manager for Hertz Rent a Car and has worked in the tourism industry since 1988. She succeeds Gary Plourde who has relocated to the US to pursue his own interests.
Dirk Elzinga, the managing director of the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), has retired after nearly ten years in this position. During his tenure the stature of the Centre has grown and today it enjoys an international reputation as one of the best Convention Centres globally. The centre has served as a catalyst for the growth and success of the meetings and exhibitions industry in Cape Town. The Cape Town & Western Cape Convention Bureau would like to take this opportunity to wish Dirk a very happy retirement and great success with his new positions as Chair of the Western Cape Chapter of FEDHASA and EXSA and with his new consulting company.
Rebecca Smith has recently been appointed Marketing Representative in Australia and New Zealand for Fairfield Meetings and Incentives Southern Africa. She is an astute travel and event professional with a diverse international career spanning 15 years. Her well-rounded understanding of the MICE industry has resulted in Rebecca becoming a well respected leader in this field.
Johann Nortje is the new Regional Sales and Revenue Manager at Southern Sun. He has a degree in Hotel and Tourism Management and completed an MBA in 2006. He is an industry veteran with 14 years’ experience. For two and a half years he was a General Manager with Southfern Sun. Prior to that he worked for 7 years with affiliated Starwood Hotels.
