PREMIER Hotel Group has increased their sales team with the appointment of three new sales executives.
Leigh Myles-Rohroff joins Premier from Rennies Travel where she excelled in new business sales and, to be based in Port Elizabeth, Leigh excels in identifying target market and closing deals as well as maintaining and building existing customer relationships.

Sibongile Madikane has been appointed at Sales Exec in the Western Cape and joins Premier from Connext Travel where she was responsible for new business generation. Before that she worked as sales and marketing executive for a Cape Town hotel. Sibongile will be based at the Premier Hotel Cape Manor in Sea Point, Cape Town.

Francois Joubert, meanwhile, will be based at the group’s new flagship hotel, Premier Hotel OR Tambo in Johannesburg and joins the group from Sheraton Hotel in Pretoria where he was responsible for leisure and MICE accounts.

“The appointment of a professional group of innovative and highly results-driven sales executives is indicative of the significant steps Premier is taking in its growth curve, from business generation to systems creation,” says Premier Hotel Group MD Samuel Nassimov.
Along with 10 hotels and conference venues in the mainstream of regional business and travel destinations in South Africa, Premier also manages the state-of-the-art East London International Convention Centre.

City.Mobi

Also in South Africa today, City.Mobi is celebrating the success of its new guide to Cape Town.

City.Mobi offers the most comprehensive mobile travel guides available, with over 800 cities in 200 countries listed. Each is developed by the City.Mobi team to combine into a single global travel directory.

However, each city retains its own mobile identity via a dedicated domain. Already on offer are Brussels.Mobi, Paris.Mobi, Sanfrancisco.Mobi and Sydney.Mobi.

CapeTown.mobi is the latest in this illustrious line up, offering click to call functionality – which means no scribbling down telephone numbers.

Most entries are also linked to websites where users can quickly access more detailed information if needed.

Other key features include information on accommodation, restaurants, attractions, entertainment, nightlife, shopping, and transport.

City.Mobi guides include user reviews and traveller utilities such as a translation guide, currency converter, news and local weather guide.