TDM announces strategic changes to management team

Recent internal changes, including former chief operating officer for Tourvest Destination Management Business and Sports Event division (B.A.S.E.) Bryan Coetzee's move to Cape Town as regional director for coastal TDM (B.A.S.E) covering both Cape Town and Durban offices, have contributed towards management looking within the organisation for its re-structure.

As a result, Sabine Blehle, current sales and marketing director of Welcome Tourism Services (WTS) has moved to TDM B.A.S.E. division as Chief Operating Officer from 1 September 2012. Blehle, who has a post graduate degree in Business Administration from the Gordon Institute of Business Science, is well placed to take the Tourvest Destination Management B.A.S.E. division to the next level following a successful career at Welcome Tourism Services.

After completing her apprenticeship in tourism and gaining seven year's work experience in the industry in Germany, Blehle moved to South Africa and joined Welcome Tourism Services in 1998. She started as a consultant in the groups department, handled special projects, and thereafter moved into sales, serving as Welcome Tourism Services' sales and marketing director since 2008.

Peter Dros, former sales and marketing director at Sanctuary Retreats - Abercrombie and Kent's lodge and camp portfolio - steps into Blehle's shoes as Welcome Tourism Services' new sales and marketing director. He joins the Welcome Tourvest Services with a wealth of experience and industry knowledge, having started his career in tourism at MalaMala Game Reserve in 1995.