Daniel Taljaard

I believe one should have a positive outlook on life and always have an ‘I want to learn’ attitude. I believe one should learn from ones mistakes and in doing so attain valuable life experience.

I have a passion for guest satisfaction and that’s why I have chosen to study Hospitality Management which is also accredited by the Management Institute of Australia .

My drive in the hospitality industry is to create memorable guest experiences. I have gained the ability to anticipate guest’s needs which would allow me to make enchanting memories for guests and clients alike.

• Pre- event, post event management of weddings, setting up of venues, wedding team management for weddings.
• I have personally done and managed 75 weddings to date. The wedding season is still ongoing.
• I personally do marketing activities for weddings. I personally attend two weddings trade shows per year.
• Wedding coordinating which includes management of setups, completion of function sheets and management of hotel team.
• My team consists of two duty managers, Food and Beverage team, Reception team, Kitchen team, Maintenance Team, Housekeeping Team.
• Preparing and proposing the annual budgets for the Hotel Team needs and activities
• Work with the hotel team leaders, ensuring that COS, REVPAR, GOP and EBITDA objectives are realised or surpassed
• I personally manage all food and beverage stock with an average GP for beverage of 66% and Wine of 50%.
• Monitoring the usage of equipment and consumption of stock
• Working with finance and purchasing, ensures inventory and par stock levels are appropriate to ensure consistent levels of quality service
• Monitoring par stock levels across departments

Diploma Hospitality Management

BTech Degree Hospitality Management