South Africa Must Do More to Develop African General Managers for Hotel Industry

HVS | May 2, 2017

South Africa isn't doing enough to ensure that the hospitality and hotel industry is attractive to people as a long-term and sustainable career. Guy Stehlik, CEO and founder of BON Hotels and Director of BON Hotels International West Africa, speaking at a recent breakfast briefing hosted by global hotel consultancy, HVS, said the industry was "white owned, white managed and dominated by white faces, so we need to start doing a better marketing job to attract South Africans into the industry". HVS recently launched HVS Executive Search Africa to cater to rising demand for local senior management in the hotel industry. Managing partner of...