New HWT gm
BIDTRAVEL’S non-corporate
brands have introduced
a number of changes for
2018.
Anneke Jordan has
been appointed gm of
the Harvey World Travel
consortium and will be
providing more handson
interaction with the
consortium’s franchisees.
Anneke brings over 10
years of experience in
retail to her new role,
having worked at Rennies
Travel, Travel with Flair,
Carlson Wagonlit London
and also having run her
own ITC for three years. At
Travelport she also worked
in the helpdesk and
sales office before being
appointed an account
manager and then regional
manager for Travelport in
Gauteng.
Lidia Folli, ceo of
BidTravel, explained that
Harvey World Travel had
always been run quite
independently of the other
BidTravel brands and that,
for the first time, the group
would focus on sharing
innovations, technologies
and best practices with
the Harvey franchisees,
which had worked so
well for BidTravel’s larger
consortiums.
While Marco Cristofoli
will focus 80% of his
time on running BCD
Travel in his role as ceo,
he will also continue
as BidTravel Leisure
brand coo. A number of
further developments are
expected to be rolled out
in the leisure division
soon, including product
expansion in existing
businesses such as Bush
Breaks and World Travel
as well as a handful of
possible new acquisitions.
Growing BCD locally
Thenjiwe Morule has been
appointed head of sales
and marketing for BCD
Travel. The role, which
has been vacant for a
number of years, has been
rekindled with the intention
of growing the international
travel brand’s presence in
South Africa.
Lidia says, while the
BCD brand is well known
internationally, with 60%
of its South African
revenue originating from its
corporate global business
accounts, they believe
the group has a lot of
potential for local growth
too. “We are focused
on entrenching the BCD
brand – which is presently
the less well known of our
corporate brands – more
firmly in the local market.
As a business that is more
than 50% black owned, we
believe we are well placed
to grow the business
further in South Africa.”
Thenjiwe began her
career as a graduate at
BMW South Africa, where
she worked for six years
before moving across to
Rennies Travel as a sales
executive. Within six
months she was promoted
to national sales manager
for the group, with a
team of sales executives
from around the country
reporting to her. She also
spent eight years at Avis
as regional sales manager
for Gauteng before moving
across to BCD Travel.
