Committee Members

Member			Details
Tessa Bott			Event Organiser Tsessabe info@tsessabe.com www.tsessabe.com Tessa has over 25 years' experience working with the Africa Travel Industry. She was born and raised in South Africa and she worked in the travel and hospitality industry in South Africa and in Botswana until she moved to the UK in 2000. 15 years later and Tessa is still in the UK and started her own marketing and representation company TSESSABE 8 years ago.
Dawn Wilson			Chair Botswana Tourism Board dwilson@botswanatourism.org.uk www.botswanatourism.org.uk Dawn has been working with the Botswana Government since 2001, initially looking after Communications in the UK covering a wide range of issues from human/wildlife conflict, HIV/AIDS, diamond developments and eco tourism. Taking on the tourism brief in 2007, Dawn now works directly for the Tourism Board promoting the destination to consumers and providing a training resource for the trade. She is responsible for Botswana's Tourism activities in the UK, Ireland, Spain and Portugal.
Samantha Leeding			Treasurer Four Seasons Samantha.leeding@fourseasons.com http://fourseasons.com/Mauritius

Brad Bennetts			Committee Member Kuoni brad.bennetts@kuoni.co.uk www.kuoni.co.uk
Sheena Dovey			Committee member Planet Destinations sheena@planetdestinations.com www.planetdestinations.com Sheena started her Africa journey nearly 20 years ago when she was the product manager at a large tour operator after earning her stripes in the retail travel agency world. Upon opening her hotel curtains on her first day in Cape Town - she was confronted with Table Mountain...needless to say she was sold and never looked back. Sheena started her represenation company, Planet Destinations, some 10 years ago covering DMC's, hotels and safari lodges. With four on the team covering Africa, Middle East, Indian Ocean and India - they have all travelled through each destination and love to bring their own twist to the travel industry.

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