JOHANNESBURG – SATSA, the Voice of Inbound Tourism, welcomes the appointment of the brand new South African Tourism Board and CEO to provide impetus to the organisation in delivering on its […]
JOHANNESBURG – SATSA, the Voice of Inbound Tourism, welcomes the appointment of the brand new South African Tourism Board and CEO to provide impetus to the organisation in delivering on its mandate of selling South Africa as a most well-liked international vacationer vacation spot.
This new management part marks a pivotal second for inbound tourism to South Africa, says SATSA CEO David Frost, who recommended Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille and the previous Interim SA Tourism Board chaired by Tim Harris on the appointment course of, which has been collaborative and thorough.
Frost additional thanked Minister de Lille and the Interim Board for his or her efforts in laying the groundwork for the unprecedented degree of cooperation and dialogue between the personal and public sector that has flourished underneath their stewardship to showcase the perfect South Africa has to supply the world.
“We additionally stay up for working carefully with Chairperson Makhosazana Khanyile, new CEO Nombulelo Guliwe and the remainder of the expert board to showcase the immense alternatives for tourism inside South Africa. Our mutual aim is to considerably enhance customer numbers, spend and size of stick with a view to realising the Tourism sector’s total contribution to the nation’s financial progress and job creation. With sturdy management and an aligned technique between personal and public sector, we consider this may be achieved,” says Frost.
Among the many new board appointees are Ikaneng (Oupa) Ephraim Pilane, additionally SATSA’s chairperson, and Maija de Rijk-Uys, MD of Go2Africa, a member of SATSA.
“Each Oupa and Maija deliver a wealth of expertise and insights from the tourism trade to their roles. This might be essential as personal sector works carefully with South African Tourism to raise the nation’s profile on the worldwide stage,” Frost provides.
SATSA believes this newly appointed board and CEO, with its range and experience, will take the entity from power to power as we develop the tourism trade to change into a fair larger
contributor to South Africa’s GDP and employment.
Reaffirming SATSA’s dedication to working carefully with the newly appointed board and CEO, Frost concluded: “That is our probability to implement methods that may drive sustainable progress,
enhance the customer expertise, and be certain that the advantages of tourism are broadly distributed throughout our communities. We want all of them the most effective as they get all the way down to the duty forward.”
Vicky is the co-founder of TravelDailyNews Media Community the place she is the Editor-in Chief. She can be chargeable for the each day operation and the monetary coverage. She holds a Bachelor’s diploma in Tourism Enterprise Administration from the Technical College of Athens and a Grasp in Enterprise Administration (MBA) from the College of Wales.
She has a few years of each educational and industrial expertise inside the journey trade. She has written/edited quite a few articles in varied tourism magazines.
