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Regional Manager at Ethiopian Airlines.

Andrew Stark is the managing director: MEA for Flight Centre Travel Group..

As general manager for Southern Africa, Andrew (Andy) Hedley oversees Amadeus' commercial and operational strategies. He has a wealth of commercial, travel and online experience and is well versed in international management.

Avukile Mabombo is the group marketing manager of Protea Hotels by Marriott..

A chartered accountant by profession, Brent Dickson is a director of Dream Hotels & Resorts - a family business that includes components of timeshare and traditional hotel and resort accommodation..

Brian Berkman can be contacted on 083-441-8765 or email ..

Cari Coetzee is a contributor to Bizcommunity Tourism, Agriculture and Lifestyle..

Cathy Huyghe is wine columnist for Forbes and Inc, focusing on business and entrepreneurship within the industry. She is the co-founder and CEO of Enolytics, a big data company for wine, and she is the author of the award-winning book, Hungry for Wine: Seeing the World through the Lens of a Wine Glass..

Daniel Levy is a co-founder of Flow, a proptech company which is revolutionising how people rent and live..

Dawn Jorgensen is The IncidentalTourist..

Enver Duminy is the CEO at Cape Town Tourism.

Eran Feinstein is the CEO of Direct Pay Online, a global e-commerce and online payments solutions provider for the travel and related industries. With over 14 years of experience leading technology, sales, marketing and operation teams, Feinstein is an authority in the East African e-commerce and payments arena..

Euan McNeil is the GM South Africa at FCM Travel Solutions, a global brand operating out of 82 countries which forms part of the Flight Centre Travel Group. He is responsible for the overall strategic direction and results of the brand..

Gavin Tollman has over 20 years of experience in the travel and tourism industry and currently serves as the CEO of Trafalgar..

As VP Strategy for Travel Channels at Amadeus, Gilles is in charge of leading strategy, business development and transformation initiatives for the Travel Channels division. He comes from a consulting background with experiences across industries and continents at Boston Consulting Group..

Gillian Saunders is the head of advisory services at Grant Thornton South Africa and global leader for travel, tourism and leisure for Grant Thornton International..

Chef Janine Fourie is the head chef at Big Easy Winebar & Grill in Durban..

Jannine Adams is the senior marketing manager at Amadeus Southern Africa, with over 20 years' experience in the travel industry. What drives Adams is being able to bring creative, innovative and forward-thinking solutions to the 10 Southern African countries she oversees..

Jess is Marketing & Media Editor at Bizcommunity.com. She is also a contributing writer.

Joseph Neusu is a digital marketer with extensive experience in digital strategy and execution, including social media. He has a great passion for understanding human behaviour and is an expert in neuroscience marketing.

Josephine Wawira is a consultant in communication and public relations with over six years of progressive writing and broadcast experience. She is currently a writer for Africa's online hotel booking portal, Jumia Travel, focusing in the areas of travel, tourism, and hospitality as it relates to Africa..

Kelly Jackson is the General Manager of Contiki in South Africa and recently celebrated nine years with the brand. Jackson has almost 20 years of experience within the travel and tourism industry - having studied travel and tourism, and working her way through various sectors of the industry ranging from a junior domestic travel consultant, wholesale sales representative, business development manager, and senior contracting manager, before settling into the world of sales and marketing with Contiki..

Kelvin Jonck is the MD of YouKnow Digital. The company helps brands and agencies across Africa to efficiently use marketing technology platforms - spanning social media analytics and insights, social media management and business optimisation - to scale their marketing, customer service and research operations with ease..

Kerry Hayes is the Editor of Tourism Update, a tourism news publication reporting on tourism-related news across southern and East Africa. She has worked in the publishing industry for over a decade, with editorial experience in the décor and design, food and wine, motoring, marketing and social media, and travel and tourism industries.

Leon Meyer is the General Manager of luxury city centre hotel, The Westin Cape Town. Meyer formerly held senior positions at local hotel groups, including Sun International and African Pride Hotels.

Tourism Manager at Vinpro.

Michelé de Witt is the director of Horwath HTL South Africa. Horwath HTL is a global leader in hospitality consulting.

Natalia Rosa is the director of Big Ambitions, a specialist Cape Town-based travel content marketing consultancy. Rosa is a passionate follower of online marketing, social media, retail travel, inbound tourism and publishing..

Olivier Hannaert is the MD of Club Med Southern Africa..

With a proven track record in business management and finance, Oz Desai heads up Flight Centre Travel Group's dynamic Corporate Traveller brand in South Africa. Having worked in a retail travel, management and finance environment within the Flight Centre group, Desai's first-hand experience brings great depth to the role of positioning Corporate Traveller as the preferred provider of travel solutions to corporate South Africa..

Pascalle Albrecht is the national travel and procurement manager at Nedbank. She's responsible for handling the travel and procurement portfolio for Nedbank Corporate Card Issuing through the provision of travel and procurement card payment solutions..

Pieter Engelbrecht is the business unit manager at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard enterprise company..

Ruth is the production manager at Bizcommunity, as well as a editor of the Lifestyle section. .

As Flight Centre Business Travel brand leader, Ryan Potgieter leads FCBT with passion and great guidance to ensure they deliver amazing travel experiences to every single customer..

Sharmila Ragunanan is a hospitality expert and group marketing manager for Dream Hotels & Resorts.

Simone Kuhn is based at Carlson Rezidor's Africa Development office in Cape Town, South Africa. Kuhn forms part of the team responsible for growing the company's dynamic portfolio of hotels and brands in Africa and the Indian Ocean..

Teresa Richardson is the Managing Director of The Travel Corporation (TTC) SA, a Group of Companies which include Trafalgar, Cost Saver, Insight Vacations, Luxury Gold, Contiki, Uniworld Boutique River Cruises, U by Uniworld as well as the brand, Busabout introduced to South Africa by Teresa..

Tim Smith is the managing partner of HVS Cape Town, a consulting firm specialising in providing services to the hospitality industry. He is responsible for work carried out throughout Africa.

Local representative at Airbnb.

General Manager: Southern African Region at Air France-KLM.