Travel enterprises score well in transformation

OVER half of travel
enterprises with a B-BBEE
certificate are at level one
or two, while, on average,
travel enterprises have
40% black and 25% black
female ownership.
These are some of
the insights from a
study conducted by
Grant Thornton and
commissioned by Asata.
The study also found
that large enterprises
had achieved the Tourism
B-BBEE scorecard target
for black women across all
levels of management.
Achieving total
black participation,
according to the study,
particularly at middle
and senior management
levels, requires more
focus. However, the
proportionately high
percentage of black and
black female personnel at
junior management/travel
consultant level was seen
as a positive indicator for
the manager pipeline.
“We are extremely
encouraged by the report’s
findings that indicate that
travel enterprises have
largely achieved excellent
scores on their Tourism
B-BBEE scorecards. While
the positive results have
exceeded our expectations,
we recognise that
further transformation
is still required for the
travel industry to reflect
South Africa’s racial
demographics,” says Otto
de Vries, Asata ceo.