{"id":5579,"date":"2024-03-19T09:35:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T07:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/?p=5579"},"modified":"2024-03-19T09:35:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T07:35:36","slug":"boardwalk-hotel-and-casino-appoints-new-duty-managers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/boardwalk-hotel-and-casino-appoints-new-duty-managers\/","title":{"rendered":"Boardwalk Hotel and Casino appoints new duty managers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nelson Mandela\u2019s Playground, Boardwalk Hotel and Casino, has appointed two new hotel duty managers to keep the four-star Sun International beachfront hotel in top shape.<\/p>\n

Lubabalo Gxaleka and Busisiwe Vellem are responsible for front office operations, managing the cleaning contractor, staff morale and performance to keep the hotel functioning at optimum levels. The two alternate shifts to ensure the hotel is covered by a duty manager 12 hours a day.<\/p>\n

When Gxaleka grew up in the Transkei, the idea of hospitality as a career did not enter his thoughts. \u201cAfter school I started working in IT and got into hospitality by chance. I gave a friend my CV and I started as a barman at a hotel,\u201d he said. A few years later he studied a Bachelor of Commerce in Hospitality Management and project management in Hotel Opening at NHL Stenden University. He also holds a Certification in Hotel Industry Analytics from the American Hotel and Lodging Association. \u201cHospitality is my passion, even though I knew nothing about it when I started. I have fallen in love with helping people and it was a blessing in disguise because there are many opportunities,\u201d Gxaleka said.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old has returned to Gqeberha after 14 years and is adjusting to life in Nelson Mandela Bay. \u201cI am currently studying management at Regent Business School so I don\u2019t have much leisure time, except to visit my nine-year-old daughter Siyolise in Port Alfred.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vellem, who joined Boardwalk in 2012, has worked her way up from the housekeeping department to the front desk, and now, works with Gxaleka managing a team of 13. \u201cI had aspirations after school to become a nurse, but financial constraints led me to get a bursary to complete a Marketing Management certificate from Buffalo City College.\u201d The Qonce-born mother of two said she fell into hospitality by accident after moving to Nelson Mandela Bay. \u201cI completed a housekeeping learnership programme through SETA, then become a desk clerk, housekeeping supervisor and assistant housekeeper. I also did my in-service training at reception, and I have learnt so much in the past 12 years. You never get bored.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Lubabalo<\/a>
Lubabalo Gxaleka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Busisiwe<\/a>
Busisiwe Vellem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nelson Mandela\u2019s Playground, Boardwalk Hotel and Casino, has appointed two new hotel duty managers to keep the four-star Sun International beachfront hotel in top shape. Lubabalo Gxaleka and Busisiwe Vellem are responsible for front office operations, managing the cleaning contractor, staff morale and performance to keep the hotel functioning at optimum levels. The two alternate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[540],"tags":[603],"class_list":["post-5579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business-news","tag-boardwalk","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5582,"href":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5579\/revisions\/5582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}