Southern Africa 360 Luxury Holidays has appointed Helen McCulloch as Product Developer and Key Account Marketing.

She has been brought on board to improve product development as well as sales and marketing.

McCulloch has over 17 years’ experience within the luxury travel industry and has travelled extensively throughout Africa and the Indian Ocean region. She will lead a dedicated team that will focus on developing new routes and itineraries to areas that are not normally sold on the international market, such as the Northern Cape and Greater Zimbabwe.

She spent a major part of her career living and working in Central London, selling and marketing experiences to clients, and comes with a wealth of knowledge and experience. McCulloch will be working out of the Cape Town offices, targeting key clients in the UK and Nordic regions.

Following Southern Africa 360’s success over the past two years from the Indian market, it has increased its footprint through Benchmark Travel Representatives with sales and marketing offices based in both Mumbai and Delhi.

The Mumbai offices are led by Savio Pereria and the Delhi offices by Meenu Bagai.

Southern Africa 360 has also appointed Heidi Botha, based in Cape Town as an Indian Consultant.

Botha has just over ten years’ experience in the tourism industry, joining the team from Thompsons Africa: India Department.

She has a passion for travel and cultures.

The Explorer Club Africa recently appointed Nawa Liswaniso as Reservations Manager.

Liswaniso will be responsible for overseeing the Reservation Team at the Victoria Falls Waterfront and Safpar, while assisting with VIP reservation enquiries at The David Livingstone Safari Lodge & Spa as well as The River Club.