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Successful Bidders for Restaurants and Retail Facilities

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:05 pm
by Toko

Re: Successful bidders for Restaurants and Retail facilities

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:52 pm
by iNdlovu
Unless I read it all wrong, I don't see any changes to the restaurants in places like Skuks and others that have been terrible for a long time. -O-

Re: Successful bidders for Restaurants and Retail facilities

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 7:24 pm
by Toko
I think, the PPP agreements for the other restaurant operators are not expired, so no tender process :-?

The Compass Group is the operator running most of the restaurants in Kruger and this agreement expires 31 March 2022.

Re: Successful bidders for Restaurants and Retail facilities

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 8:07 pm
by Richprins
Ja, the interesting is now SP are making every tender public! \O

Somebody's watching...

But I suspect other stuff may come to light, hence the good behaviour! O:V

Re: Successful Bidders for Restaurants and Retail Facilities

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 6:27 pm
by Penga Ndlovu
Sanparks has announced that Tourvest have been awarded the tender for shops and I think, restaurants in Kruger. 51.3% Shareholder is Robert Gumede who is a major financial backer of ANC. Helps to have friends in high places ?

Re: Successful Bidders for Restaurants and Retail Facilities

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 6:50 pm
by Toko
-O- But Tourvest is not a new operator, running restaurants in Mountain Zebra, Addo and Tsitsikamma and the The Tigers Eye shops.

And I think, Tourvest is South Africa’s largest black-owned tourism group. :-)

Re: Successful Bidders for Restaurants and Retail Facilities

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:21 pm
by iNdlovu
The question is, do they know how to run good restaurants or do we accept second rate because of the political connections.

Re: Successful Bidders for Restaurants and Retail Facilities

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:33 pm
by Toko
I would say, avoid any Compass Group restaurant in SANParks, but nothing wrong with the Tourvest ones from my experience :-)

Re: Successful Bidders for Restaurants and Retail Facilities

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 9:03 pm
by iNdlovu
Good to hear \O

Re: Successful Bidders for Restaurants and Retail Facilities

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 10:47 pm
by Lisbeth
Toko wrote: -O- But Tourvest is not a new operator, running restaurants in Mountain Zebra, Addo and Tsitsikamma and the The Tigers Eye shops.

And I think, Tourvest is South Africa’s largest black-owned tourism group. :-)
Have they changed at Tsitsikamma since 2011 (January)? When we were at Storms River Mouth it was terrible :shock: At Addo they had just changed the manager and it was excellent.... :-?