Appointments

Development
Promotions
has appointed
two new staff
members – Gayle
Bannantyne
(pictured) is the
sales executive
for DP in Cape Town and
Elisna Van Zyl was appointed
G Adventure sales executive in
Johannesburg.
 The Capital
Hotel Group has
appointed four
new general
managers to
its flagship
hotels. Former
Bushmanskloof, Cederberg
gm, Nelson Rodrigues, is now
the new gm of The Capital
Moloko in Sandton, after being
a part of the opening team
at The Westcliff Hotel. Adrian
Willmers, the new gm of The
Capital 20 West, has extensive
hospitality experience. New gm
of The Capital Villa and The
Capital Esprit, Julian Joubert,
comes with vast experience
from opening and managing
the Holiday Inn Express in
Pretoria-Sunnypark. Christine
Liebenberg (pictured here) is
the new gm for The Capital
Empire. She has more than
20 years’ experience in the
industry.
 Hilton Durban
has appointed
Ashley Smit
as front office
manager. He
was previously
assistant
front office manager at The
Michelangelo in Sandton. He
worked for a year as front
office supervisor at the Hyatt
Regency New Orleans in
the US and prior to that he
was with Champagne Sports
Resort and the Makaranga
Garden Lodge in KwaZulu
Natal.
 InterContinental Hotel
Group has appointed Sandie
Macfie as new
director of hotel
performance
support for
Africa. Based in
Johannesburg,
Sandie will lead
the operations
and performances of IHG’s 17
franchised hotels across six
countries in Africa, and joins
the group with 30 years of
extensive experience across
the hospitality, finance and
technology industries. Most
recently, she was the group
director of revenue at Tsogo
Sun Hotels and chairperson of
the South African Hospitality
Technology Forum.