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ISSUE 6 – VOLUME 2 – WINTER 2012
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We’d like to congratulate our managing director Alan O’Leary, who celebrates 10 years at the helm of Kievits Kroon this year.Mr O’Leary joined the hotel in April 2002 at the age of 27, when it was a struggling 70 room property and has turned it into a successful, award-winning hotel.Today the hotel is known for its outstanding amenities and excellent service from a team of dedicated staff.O’Leary recalls that one of the highlights of his tenureship was the addition of 42 rooms to the hotel to accommodate the 2010 World Cup Soccer referees for six weeks.“As a result we can now compete with the bigger accommodation establishments in Gauteng,“ he says.“Kievits Kroon has become a successful, well known brand that we can build on. We have a number of exciting projects in the pipeline which will definitely keep me busy for the foreseeable future.”O’Leary was born and educated in Ireland. In 1996 he obtained his diploma in Hotel Management from the Shannon College of Hotel Management. He is currently doing his MBA through the British-based Henley Management College and aims to complete it this year.He started in the hospitality industry with Forte Hotels, moving on to the DeVere Hotel in Blackpool as food and beverage manager, then moved to Fuller Smith & Turner as hotel manager.After five years he quit his job, took a two month break and came to Africa to climb Mt Kilimanjaro.“I’ve always been extremely fond of South Africa, having spent a number of holidays in Cape Town. So when the opportunity to join Kievits Kroon presented itself, I grabbed it with both hands.”O’Leary is a keen sportsman and has a passion for mountain climbing. He has successfully summitted Kilimanjaro (2002), Mt Elbrus in the Caucasus mountains, Russia (2005), Guagua Pichincha and Mt Cotopaxi in the Andes (2007), and Mt Cayambe in Ecuador in the Andes (2008).In 2011 he attempted to climb Mt Aconcagua in order to raise funds for Leeuwfontein Primary School, Kievits Kroon’s nominated charity. It is the highest mountain in South America and the southern hemisphere. The attempt was not successful but O’Leary raised R150,000 from various sponsors for the charity.
Granita’s Winter Gourmet Menu is a mouth-watering six-course menu designed by Head Chef SammyMashile and his team, and paired with specially selected wines from Stellenbosch and Darling.
Earlier this year we welcomed Trish Lawrence to Kievits Kroon as the new Sales & Marketing Manager.Thirty-five year old Trish joined the Travel and Hospitality sector 14 years ago as a Reservations Agent and progressed consistently over the years within different organisations. She has a passion for service management, and admits to being a team player who understands the value of relationship building.Her illustrious career includes two years as Director of Sales & Marketing for the Rezidor Hotel Group. She has also worked for Protea Hotels and Carlson Hotels. She brings with her a wealth of knowledge and experience in the industry and we are delighted that she is now part of the Kievits Kroon team.Salesh Sewnarain also joined Kievits Kroon in April as our new Finance Director. Born in KwaZulu-Natal, Salesh has a CIS Diploma in Accounting, a Diploma from the Chartered Institute of Secretariats and Administrators, and extensive experience as a financial controller in the hospitality and tourism industries. He has worked for Extrabold Hotel Management, Emperors Palace and uShaka Marine World.He is currently doing his MBA through Henley Management College and expects to complete it in 2015.His responsibilities at Kievits Kroon include overseeing the financial performance of the company and ensuring sound corporate governance as well as ensuring that our BBBEE targets are achieved. He is also responsible for financial strategy and risk management.In his free time he spends time with his wife Chantal, daughter Teraia (15) and son Jason (12), plays golf and does charity work.
Kieivts Kroon Country Estate in August.The exhibition, entitled “Between Storms” is a collaboration between two Pretoria art galleries, Platform on 18th and Front Room Art.Kievits Kroon has, for the past couple of years, exhibited art from these galleries in its 41 Library Bar and Granita Signature Restaurant. This will be the estate’s first fully curated exhibition and is the first collaboration between the two galleries.Jennifer Snyman of Front Room Art said that the artists were selected because their styles and techniques complement and enhance each other. They are Diek Grobler, Retha Buitendach, Louise Barnard, Wayne Vivier and Karin Smith.Christo Harvey of Platform on 18th said the brief is based on a saying in the African American churches which says: “We are always either leaving a storm, heading into a storm or in the middle of a storm.”He believes most people will be able to relate to this theme. “We all know what it’s like to deal with adversity, or face ‘storms’”, he said.The exhibition opens on Sunday 5 August and will run for three weeks.
assist them to find a worthy community project.Lani introduced them to Leeuwfontein Primary, one of our CSI programmes, where she has been running the Ithuta Art Project for several years.Falcorp decided to start a veggie garden there, and a team was dispatched to prepare garden beds and plant seedlings donated by PlantForum. They also supplied a lunch of hotdogs, chips and cool drinks to the pupils.Kievits Kroon’s CSI programmes support the development of underprivileged and disadvantaged children in our community.You can help us to help them by making a donation to the Kievits Kroon Trust. Please contact Lani on 012 808 0150 or email 
