Obituary
Sheralee Pretorius,
operations manager of
World Leisure Holidays,
died on November 8
after battling a long
illness. Sheralee had
been part of the World
Leisure Holidays family
for 12 years. She is
survived by her husband
and two children.
Apppointments
Air France KLM has
separated the role and
functions of the chairman and
ceo. Jean-Marc Janaillac has
been appointed chairman of
Air France and Franck Terner,
who was the executive vp
engineering and maintenance
of Air France KLM, has been
appointed ceo of Air France.
Frédéric Gagey is new cfo of
the Air France KLM Group,
replacing Pierre-François
Riolacci.
LUX* Resorts
& Hotels
welcomes new
sales manager
for the Western
Cape and
Namibia, Tanith
Oram (pictured).
Tanith previously worked on
niche brands in Mauritius and
replaces Natalie de Lange
who has left the company to
pursue her own interests in
the travel industry.
Aha Hotels & Lodges
has made a number of new
appointments.
Neil Bald is new
ceo of the hotel
group. Neil has
been the md of
the group for
the last four
years and has
28 years’ experience in the
hospitality industry.
Angeline Marokoane is
the group’s new pr and
copywriter within the marketing
department. Angeline was
previously news and pr
manager for East Rand Stereo.
Graeme
Edmond has
been promoted
from national
sales manager
to chief sales
and marketing
officer. He will
be responsible for increasing
revenues through the
management of the sales and
marketing department.
Previously the ceo of the
Hospitality Property Fund,
Andrew Rogers takes up his
new position as new business
development executive.
The group has appointed
Thabang Willie as the new
brand manager. Before arriving
at aha, she was the regional
marketing manager of Adapt IT.
Gerhard
Strydom joins
aha as its new
regional financial
manager and
will be based
in the Cape
Town office.
Previously, he was the group
financial controller at Newmark
Hotels.
After five years as the financial
controller at Tsogo Sun Group,
Anees Carrim has been
appointed regional finance
manager at aha’s Durban
office.
Bertus and Karien
Bezuidenhout are the new
management couple of aha
Ivory Tree Game Lodge in
the North West province.
Bertus and Karien previously
managed Madikwe River
Lodge.
For the record
Development Promotions has appointed Michelle Hunter as its new MICE manager. Previously she was gm
groups and incentives of World Leisure Holidays and not gm of World Leisure Holidays as was reported in
last week’s TNW. Ramesh Jeenarain is the gm of World Leisure Holidays. TNW apologises for the error.
For the record
In last week’s TNW the
following appointment should
have read: Kim Nixon is
the new md of Wilderness
Safaris Botswana. He started
his career as an overland
guide in Botswana in the
mid-1990s
