Representation and consultancy company, Preferred Travel Group, has announced a promotion and two new appointments within its expanding African team.
Owned and operated by the Ueberroth Family, Preferred Travel Group is the parent company of Preferred Hotels & Resorts, Beyond Green, Historic Hotels of America, Historic Hotels Worldwide, PTG Consulting, and Beyond Green Travel, representing more than 1 000 hotels, resorts, and residences across 90 countries, in addition to a global portfolio of destination-marketing organisations and tourist boards.
Celeste Vogel has been promoted to Account Director, Kimon de Zeeuw has been appointed Manager, Hotel Revenue Optimisation and Francois Joubert has joined the Global Sales team as Senior Manager, Sales for Africa and Saudi Arabia.
“We are delighted to strengthen our team in Africa with the recent promotion of Celeste Vogel and the addition of Kimon de Zeeuw and Francois Joubert to the Preferred family,” said Saurabh Rai, Executive Vice President of South Asia, Middle East and Africa for Preferred Travel Group.
Vogel and De Zeeuw are based in Cape Town and Joubert is based in Johannesburg.
With more than 300 seasoned travel professionals situated across 35 locations worldwide, the company connects independent hotels, hospitality companies, and destinations to key markets worldwide through strategic branding, sales, integrated marketing, revenue management, distribution services, and other consultancy services.
