Club Leisure Group is a leader in its field, operating across five continents. We birthed our philosophy on the fundamental importance and value of constantly developing and strengthening lifetime relationships with our members, developers, marketers and all industry partners to maximise success and opportunity for each. The Group creates, designs, finances and administers a host of worldwide vacation clubs, holiday resorts and hotels, providing a variety of related services including property development, resort management, membership and
vacation property sales, holiday and travel reservations as well as financial services and asset management. The Group employs over 2 000 personnel worldwide, providing most services in 11 different languages to over 200 000 vacation property and club members. Members have direct access to vacation opportunities including luxury
hotels, holiday resorts, cruises and a variety of other travel-related products and services.
1. Founded in 1994 2. Employs over 2 000 people
3. Has 28 branches in South Africa 4. A leader in its
field 5. Holds a market share of 40%
STATISTICS/ DEMOGRAPHICS/ HISTORY
Year founded: 1994
Approximate market share: 40%
Holding company: Club Leisure Holdings (Pty) Ltd
Subsidiaries: Club Leisure Group (Pty) Ltd,
Club Leisure Sales (Pty) Ltd, Club Leisure Management
(Pty) Ltd, First Resorts Management (Pty) Ltd,
Club Leisure Development (Pty) Ltd,
Club Leisure Administration (Pty) Ltd
Bank: Absa, First National Bank, Standard Bank
Current customer base: 200 000
CONTRACTS AND AWARDS
ISO rating: completion 2007 (ISO 9002/2000)
Joint ventures: SA Army Foundation for members
of the South African Defence Force (Rainbow Holiday
Club); Development Trust for members of the SAPS
(Offbeat Holiday Club); Edu Club.
EMPOWERMENT STATUS
executive directors
>5%-25%
non-executive
directors:
>5%-25%
total staff
>75.3%
NATURE OF BUSINESS
Description of activity/Products/services offered:
Engaged in the leisure industry, property development,
vacation club management, resort and hotel
management, sales, marketing, reservations, financing
and asset management. Offering: central reservations;
club, resort and hotel management; information
technology; property development and acquisitions;
developer and marketing agency support; financing
and collections; communication; marketing and sales;
registered credit provider
Export activity: International call centre services
TRAINING AND CSI
Training programmes: Provides opportunities to
school-leavers by designing and conducting an in-house
educational programme on the tourism sectors; offers
sales and management courses
CSI initiatives: Assists local underprivileged
communities; Aids orphanages; environmental
preservation, Christel House.
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