The City Lodge Hotel Group has announced several staff appointments:
Clifford von Richter has been appointed General Manager of Road Lodge Kimberley. He was previously Assistant General Manager at City Lodge Hotel Sandton, Katherine Street in Johannesburg. He joined CLHG as Assistant GM at Road Lodge Cape Town International Airport in 2009 and was promoted to Assistant GM at Town Lodge Midrand. He recently successfully completed a stretch assignment assisting with pre-opening processes at the City Lodge Hotel Maputo.
Wentzel von Wielligh has been appointed GM of City Lodge Hotel V&A Waterfront, after just under a year at City Lodge Hotel Pinelands. In 2000, he completed a cultural representative programme at Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando in the US and joined CLHG as a receptionist in 2002. During the past 17 years he has held various positions within the group and furthered his studies. He obtained a City & Guilds Diploma in Accommodation Services in 2015 and qualified as a Certified Hotel Administrator through the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute in 2017.
Etienne Grobler has been appointed GM of City Lodge Hotel Pinelands. He has over 20 years’ experience in the hospitality industry, joining CLHG in December 1998 as receptionist and night auditor at Town Lodge Bellville and having held various management positions in Town Lodge Bellville, City Lodge Hotel GrandWest and City Lodge Hotel V&A Waterfront since then. He was promoted to GM of Road Lodge Cape Town International Airport in September 2014 and completed two stretch assignments at Town Lodge Bellville as GM in 2017 and from 2018-2019.
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