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WATCH: Hotel CEO weighs in on the state of the sector

1 Apr 2021
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Tsogo Sun CEO, Marcel von Aulock, discusses the state of the hospitality industry a year after lockdown was implemented.

Talking to Tourism Update journalist Sarah Robertson, he describes how the industry has fared both at home in South Africa and throughout Africa, and discusses how low demand is currently affecting hotel pricing.

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