Appointments

 Leon
Pretorius has
been appointed
Thompsons
Holidays regional
manager in the
Western Cape.
Leon joined Thompsons in
Johannesburg in 2014 and
has been the international
team leader in the
reservations department for
the past two years.
 Satsa has
appointed
Hannelie Du
Toit as the
association’s new
coo. Hannelie
joined the Satsa
team two years ago and has
played an instrumental role
in steering various important
projects, including opensafari-vehicle
permitting,
transformation and operating
licences, says Satsa.
 Michelle
Hollis has been
appointed sales
manager of
marketing portfolio
company Seolo
Africa. Michelle previously
worked at Isibindi Africa.
 The Etihad Aviation Group
board of directors announced
that James Hogan will step
down as president and ceo.
H.E. Mohamed Mubarak
Fadhel Al Mazrouei, chairman
of the board of the Etihad
Aviation Group said: “We are
very grateful to James. In just
ten years, he has overseen
the growth of the company
from a 22-plane regional
carrier into a 120-aircraft
global airline and aviation
group, with seven airline
equity partnerships which
together serve more than
120 million guests every
year.”
 Gys Joubert has been
appointed new md of
Gondwana Collection
Namibia. Gys holds two
Masters degrees in law,
has 10 years’ experience in
the banking world, and has
served on Gondwana’s board
of directors for the past year.
 Kees Heuveling has been
appointed the new gm of Villa
Rosa Kempinski, replacing
Manish Nambiar, who has
moved to the Kempinski Hotel
Gold Coast Accra, Ghana.
Kees has over 30 years’
experience working with hotel
brands across Europe, Asia
and Africa.
 Nicholas
Solomon has
been appointed
One&Only Cape
Town’s new resort
manager.
“I am absolutely
delighted to welcome Nick
to the One&Only Cape Town
team,” said One&Only Cape
Town gm, Richard Lyon. “His
extensive experience in South
Africa and abroad makes him
a great addition to the team
and I am looking forward to
working with him.”
 Raul de
Lima has been
appointed gm of
Sun International’s
Sun City Resort.
Prior to joining Sun
International in 2014, Raul
was involved in the food and
hospitality industry for about
25 years. Raul plans to focus
on engaging and building an
effective and united food and
beverage community.