Appointments

 Shareen
Akoodie has
been appointed
the new sales
manager for
Delta Air Lines
in Southern
Africa. She
will be responsible for all
the airline’s sales and
reservations activities.
Having previously worked as
Air France KLM’s regional
sales manager for Southern
Africa and district sales
manager for Qatar Airways,
Shareen brings extensive
airline experience to her
new role at Delta.
 The
Collection by Liz
McGrath has
appointed Nicky
Heinrich as its
new business
development
manager. In her
new role, Nicky will oversee
the sales and marketing
division, increase local
and international brand
exposure, manage new
business partnerships and
focus on increasing sales
from existing accounts.
Nicky’s previous roles
include sales executive
and key accounts manager
at the Three Cities Hotel
Group, heading up the Cape
Town regional sales team
of Signature Life Hospitality,
trade sales manager
for Village & Life, and
commercial sales manager
at the Taj Cape Town.
 Werner Beddies has
stepped down as gm of
Private Safaris’ Namibian
operation. Werner joined
the company in 2014 as
the sales and marketing
manager for Namibia and
went on to become gm in
April this year. In the interim,
Bettina van den Hurk will
assume the responsibilities
of gm.
 Legacy Hotels & Resorts
has announced three new
appointments to its team.
Robert Hodson, current gm
at the DAVINCI Hotel and
Suites on Nelson Mandela
Square, will move into the
role of gm of sales and
marketing for the hotel
group. Andrew Van Hasselt,
current gm of Centurion
Lake Hotel, will take over
Robert’s position at the
DAVINCI, while Raymond
Kodisang will step into
Andrew’s position – moving
from assistant gm at
Windhoek Country Club
Resort.
 The board of South
African Tourism welcomes
the following new members
to the Tourism Grading
Council of South Africa’s
Awards Committee.
Nombeko Rwaxa, owner of
Zizwe Guest House;
Hapiloe Sello, managing
executive of tourism
development and marketing
at SanParks; Tshifhiwa
Tshivhengwa, ceo of
Fedhasa; Rosemarie Van
Staden, owner and md of
The Angel's Place Boutique
Hotel; Lindiwe SangweniSiddo,
divisional director
for operations of City Lodge
Hotel Group; and Enver
Duminy, ceo of Cape Town
Tourism. Returning members
to the committee are
Graham Wood, chairperson
of TGCSA, Ravi Nadasen,
director of operations
at Tsogo Sun; Lindiwe
Rakharebe, ceo of Durban
ICC; Amor Malan, member
of the SA Tourism board;
Mmaditonki Setwaba,
member of the SA Tourism
board; Jegie Padmanathan,
group hotel operations and
development executive of
Peermont; Wendy Alberts,
ceo of the Restaurant
Association of South Africa;
and Johanna Mukoki, group
ceo of Travel with Flair.
 Exclusive Serenity has
been appointed to represent
Adaaran Resorts Maldives
in the South African market.