Southern Africa 360 Managing Director, Collin Thaver said: “We are looking forward to working with the team at Global Destinations and seeing this partnership as our endorsement of growing our B2B market share and offerings to the greater Indian market wanting to visit not only South Africa but the Southern Africa region.”

Global Destinations Founder, Pranav Kapadia said: “We are excited to be partnering with Southern Africa 360 and that Global Destinations have been seeking to find the correct partner to represent this region for a while. He is also excited to be adding this region to their portfolio of destination offerings and together with his team they are looking forward to the start of this new business venture.”

Global Destinations are one of India’s leading representation & marketing companies in the Indian travel, tourism and hospitality sector. Global Destinations Head Office is based in Mumbai with four additional Branch Offices and Resident Managers  across India that you will be able to contact, these offices are based in Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Kolkata & Delhi. You can find contact details for Global Destinations here.  

Christina Aitiwadekar based at Global Destinations Head Office in Mumbai, will be taking over as Southern Africa 360’s new Product Head, she will be working closely with our reservations and marketing team to coordinate all aspects of our sales efforts and marketing activities related to the destinations we sell within Southern Africa to the Indian market. She is excited work directly with you.

Here is what she has to say about her experience of travelling and representing Southern Africa:

“I love to travel because not only is it the ultimate adventure but it also exposes you to new types of people, different ways of living, and opens up your mind. Africa is a world of its own. A lot of travellers only think about visiting Kenya and/or South Africa when they think about the continent, but there’s so many different countries, cultures, traditions and history to discover. As such Southern Africa has more than just safari to offer, for one its natural beauty that you can’t believe until you see it. There’s an array of adventure waiting for travelers all over the Southern Africa region. The beaches are idyllic, the drives along the countryside are breathtaking and unspoiled wilderness. For me to be selling Southern Africa is a dream come true and what better than begin able to help people to explore this awesome once in a lifetime destination.”

We are excited to welcome Christina and Global Destinations to our team and are looking forward to working closely with them. This new partnership between Southern Africa 360 and Global Destinations is showing promosing results even at this early stage! With both forces joining into this new challenge and with the ambition of addressing a broader range of clients with specific packages, both companies hold the key to promoting Southern Africa in the Indian market and offering travellers something new and fresh.

If you would like to find out more about us, what we offer or how we can help you to sell more holidays to Southern Africa, please contact us or you can contact Christina directly.

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Our MD, Collin Thaver MD had the following to say about Paul joining the team “Paul Sandford holds solid expertise in the travel industry, both as a buyer and a seller. Having the knowledge of the French market, he can accurately identify the best commercial outlet for the given products we are wanting to promote. He also understands the importance of connecting a DMC with the right tour operator or travel agent and thus is the perfect fit for us and our business module”.

Thaver went on to state that this new partnership between Southern Africa 360 and Blue Sand Travel Solutions has already shown results, generating promising sales with a small number of identified wholesalers. With both forces joining into this new challenge, and with the ambition of addressing a broader range of clients with specific packages, both companies hold the key to promoting South Africa in the French market and offering these travellers something new and fresh.

Background: We  are a South African destination management company owned and run by husband and wife team Nikki and Collin Thaver. Renowned for designing luxury packages and holidays into the Southern Africa region, and with our own fleet of small luxury vehicles, the business operates 2 dedicated divisions: Luxury Holidays and Exclusive Tours. Our newly appointed team of French consultants will be led by a dedicated Product Manager addressing the specific needs of the French traveller, thereby providing client and market focused services. Southern Africa 360 offers a very competitive edge when it comes to meeting or matching their clients’ budgets.

Blue Sand Travel Solutions is a dedicated B2B partner run by Paul Sandford, connecting worldwide destination management companies and hotels to top tour operators and travel distributors. With a special focus on the French distribution channel, Blue Sand Travel Solutions offers both a gateway to hotels and DMCs wishing to reach out to domestic travel markets, and an extensive source of travel products, whether hotels or experiences, to the tour operators and travel agencies wishing to distribute these products in the most efficient way.

Welcome to the team Paul, we look forward to growing the new partnership with Blue Sand Travel Solutions!

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With Southern Africa 360’s recent expansion they have appointed two new staff members to join their growing team! Taryn Myburgh has joined the team as their Marketing Administrator and Pascale Melissen has joined as an additional Inbound Travel Consultant.

The new Marketing Administrator, Taryn Myburgh, joined the Southern Africa 360 team in September 2018 as a Digital Marketing Intern to gain valuable experience in the industry and has since been promoted to Marketing Administrator. In June 2018 Taryn completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing Management after previously completing a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Marketing Management through the IMM Graduate School of Marketing.

Taryn has a passion for travel and exploring new countries. She has been fortunate to travel extensively abroad as well as within in Africa. She will be responsible for all things Marketing related at Southern Africa 360 and is looking forward to growing with the Southern Africa 360 team and creating engaging and informative online content across social media platforms and on the website.

The newest Inbound Travel Consultant, Pascale Melissen, is the team’s Namibian and Responsible Tourism expert specialising in the Dutch and our growing Europe market. Pascale was born in Amsterdam and moved to South Africa 16 years ago. She has been working in the tourism industry since 1990 and has been working with Dutch agents for many years as an Inbound Travel Consultant. Pascale believes Southern Africa is the most beautiful area in the world. She is looking forward to working at Southern Africa 360 and providing excellent service and expert advice. Pascale will also be working to create innovative new Namibian and Responsible Tour packages into Southern Africa to add to the current packages offered. Pascale supports responsible and sustainable tourism and feels it is our responsibility to save the footprint we have in South Africa for future generations and creating jobs for locals in tourism to empower them. Her motto is: “Once you get African sand in your shoes you will always want to come back!”

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