Consult Renee

03/08/2026

🎓 I'm delighted to share that I've started a new role as Dean of Faculty: Hospitality and Tourism at Rosebank International South Africa including Capsicum Culinary Studio.

🗺️ I'm incredibly grateful for this opportunity and excited to contribute, learn, and collaborate with such a talented team, under the leadership of Adrian Garden.

🙏 Grateful for the support and encouragement that made this milestone possible. More importantly, may it serve as a stepping stone toward creating meaningful opportunities, inspiring lifelong learning, and making a lasting impact in education.

🌍 Here's to embracing new challenges, continuous growth, and making a meaningful impact in the exciting world of hospitality, tourism and culinary arts.

👏 My sincere thanks to the inspirational Linda Meyer and Moloko Chepape for the opportunity to join your team. I look forward to the journey ahead.

🌊 To my highly enthusiastic, experienced and knowledgeable team members ~ Roxanne Haupt, Elsu Gericke and Etresia Booysen ~ let's make waves together!

08/06/2026

🚀 Launch your career through our network of CTH Gold Employers: cthawards.com/about-us/cth-gold-employers/

05/06/2026

Stop managing systems. Start managing outcomes.

AMAVA brings your operations, performance data, guest data and experience into one powerful platform - giving you the visibility and control needed to run your lodge at its best.

Less complexity. More clarity. Better operations.

Discover more at amava.ai

03/06/2026

Are you a SCHOOL offering Tourism and Hospitality Studies?

Join the World Leaders Foundation - Directorate of Tourism and Hospitality Online Career Expo and explore exciting career pathways in the Tourism & Hospitality Industry!

This interactive online event is designed to help learners with:

• Career mapping and future planning
• Understanding tourism and hospitality career opportunities
• Guidance on subject choices and study pathways
• Insights into industry trends and future careers
• Advice from tertiary education institutions and industry professionals

Leading tertiary institutions will be joining us to provide valuable career advice, answer your questions, and help you make informed decisions about your future studies and career journey.

Whether you dream of working in hotels, tourism management, events, aviation, culinary arts, wellness tourism or entrepreneurship — this expo is for you!

Register your school today to secure your learners' participation.

• Where: Online – Microsoft Teams link will be shared after registration
• When: 22 July 2026
• Time: 11-12h30
• Cost: Free

🔗 Registration link:

https://forms.gle/967p1zdp4XpEc7LD9

Take the first step towards your future career today! Lets build the future of our industry together!

19/05/2026

Guests don’t fly 14 hours to experience paperwork.
They fly to experience the wild.

Yet at many lodges, the first thing handed to guests on arrival is still a clipboard and a multi-page indemnity form.

The guest experience starts long before the first game drive.
Every moment of friction chips away at the sense of arrival, excitement, and hospitality.

The world’s best lodges understand this:
→ The arrival experience is the product promise.
→ First impressions are formed in the first few minutes.
→ Seamless technology isn’t just operational efficiency - it’s hospitality.

The future of luxury safari isn’t more admin. It’s less friction.

05/05/2026

Digitise your whiteboard.

Guest arrivals. Activities. Room assignments.
All scrawled in marker.

One change, one mistake - and you’re stuck fixing it for hours.
This is how 90% of safari lodges still run their daily operations.

Our scheduler is integrated directly to our CRM.
Share live day sheets with your entire team on WhatsApp, and keep everyone aligned.
Plan weeks or months ahead with complete clarity.

No mistakes. No confusion. Just smooth operations.

If you’re looking to modernise your lodge operations, book a demo at amava.ai

29/04/2026

We built Amava to give safari lodges the intelligent operations layer they’ve always needed - and never had.

Meet the platform changing how lodges run, from bush to boardroom. One system. Every module. Zero compromise.

To book a demo → amava.ai

21/04/2026

Your guests remember everything about their stay. Does your lodge remember everything about your guests?

Amava is the first AI-powered Guest CRM built specifically for the safari lodge industry - turning every visit into insight, every insight into revenue, and every interaction into a personalised experience.

Less admin. More connection. Smarter growth.

See it in action → amava.ai

21/04/2026

15/04/2026

Great guest experiences don’t happen by accident.

They’re built every single day - starting with the team.
In the lodge environment, alignment is everything.

From guides to housekeeping, every detail matters.
But too often, briefings rely on scattered information, manual processes, or yesterday’s data.

That’s where we come in.

Amava brings AI-powered insights into your daily operations - so your team is informed, aligned, and empowered to deliver exceptional guest experiences, every time.

Smarter insights. Better decisions. Happier guests.

Discover what your lodge could look like with the right tools in place:
🌍 amava.ai