by admin | Jun 17, 2014 | Featured, Hospitality Opinion Blog, News
I have just completed a one month Dryathalon. I won’t tell you exactly why I took a month off booze. Your imagination will never quite match the actual incident and I would rather not mention my lively dance moves, the rising horror on my wife’s face and the bill...
by admin | Oct 31, 2013 | Featured, Hospitality Opinion Blog, News
By Stephen Hickmore – South Africans are a self-critical bunch. We have a lot to say about how poor our customer service is and imagine that there is this unattainable service level somewhere in Australia, Europe or the States. Whilst we grumble and moan, just...
by admin | Oct 2, 2013 | Featured, Hospitality Opinion Blog, News
By Stephen Hickmore – I am sure that you had the same career advice as me. Some jaded teacher at high school stared at you over his battered spectacles didn’t he? Then he dropped the bombshell, if you choose a career as a chef, it was akin to a life of slavery...
by admin | Aug 16, 2013 | Hospitality Opinion Blog, News
Often candidates tell me that they do not want to work in Africa. Well, the answer I always give is “But, you do” Some South African hoteliers think that we live on a separate continent. But the good news is, billions of years ago, when the land was known as Pangaea,...
by admin | Aug 16, 2013 | Hospitality Opinion Blog, News, Uncategorized
Don’t you love that magic moment when you light the braai on a lazy Saturday afternoon? Mates round for the rugby and a couple of brews on ice. The coals glow scarlet anticipating the hiss of the first tjop hitting the flames. You hungrily inhale the smoky aroma, you...
