Appoint ments

■ Nic Vlok, gm of operations
at Mango, has been appointed
acting ceo of the airline as
of August 1. This follows
the resignation of founding
ceo, Nico Bezuidenhout,
who joined fastjet at the end
of July. Nic was Mango’s
acting ceo during Nico
Bezuidenhout’s secondment
to SAA in 2014/15.The board
would commence its search
for a new chief executive
shortly, Mango said in a
statement.
■ Michéll Fourie, has left
her post at Air Namibia as
commercial services South
Africa: manager sales and
marketing. Michéll will be
pursuing a career at Voyagers
Travel in Zambia.
■ The Travel Corporation
has appointed Puleng Putu
in the position of TTC Sales
Support: Gauteng. Puleng
began her career with The
Travel Corporation in August
2014 as a consultant in
the company’s Follow The
Sun department, providing
support and sales to the
global clients for all TTC’s
brands. In January 2016
Puleng was promoted to
reservations consultant. The
position of Sales Support is
a new one for TTC and key
responsibilities include regular
brand product training across
all TTC brands, building and
maintaining client/business
relationships and new
business opportunities within
the industry.
■ Jackie Williams joined the
Minor Hotels regional team in
Johannesburg on July 1.
Jackie has joined in the
capacity of regional director
of sales and marketing and
will be reporting directly to
Sir Richard Hawkins, regional
director hotel operations
Africa. Jackie previously
worked with the Tsogo Sun
Group with her most recent
position at the group as
director of sales: hotels, which
she held until October 2015.
■ Bomi Bukali has
been appointed the new
communications co-ordinator
at Tsogo Sun head office,
reporting to the gm of
communications for the group,
Priya Naidoo.
■ Private Safaris in Southern
Africa, DMC and subsidiary of
Kuoni Global Travel Services,
has appointed Monika Iuel
as ceo, effective August 15.
Monika will be based in the
Cape Town office, reporting
to Rolf Schafroth, ceo of
Kuoni Global Travel Services.
She will be in charge of the
Namibian and South African
branches of Private Safaris.