Growing together with...Key relationships
Stakeholder
GUESTS
OUR PEOPLE
GOVERNMENT
SHAREHOLDERS
SUPPLIERS
COMMUNITIES
MEDIA
GUESTS
How we engage
- Direct guest engagement with hotel management and employees
- Client liaison with corporate and travel industry customers
- Market trends and pricing research
- Guest satisfaction questionnaires
What is important to them?
- Health and safety in the face of Covid-19
- Quality product offering
- Loyalty programmes
- Efficiency and convenience
- Consistent service delivery
- Value for money
- Listening to their needs
How we respond
- Direct messaging platform available to guests on their own devices before and during their stay
- Online check-in, and contactless ordering and information sharing available to guests
- Loyalty rewards programme
- Individual preferences noted for regular guests
- Complete accommodation, and food and beverage offering at all brands
OUR PEOPLE
How we engage
- Labour trends and salary research
- Employee meetings
- Employment equity forums
- Labour union meetings
What is important to them?
- Health and safety at the workplace
- Job security
- Fair remuneration
- Performance management
- Engagement
- Opportunities for career development
- On-the-job coaching and training
How we respond
- Formal and informal training programmes, including on-the-job practical skills development
- Regular assessment and maintenance of Occupational Health and Safety Standards
- Performance appraisals and feedback sessions
- WOW – employee recognition programme
- Communication through multiple platforms including the intranet, CLHG facebook group and the quarterly newsletter
GOVERNMENT
How we engage
- Industry forums
- Commenting on proposed legislation
- Input to national legislative consultation processes
- Participation by the COO as Chair of the Transformation Tourism Council of South Africa (TTCSA) and board member of South African Tourism. Members of the group’s exco also participate in other industry forums.
What is important to them?
- Tax revenues
- Compliance with legislation
- Advancing transformation
- Job creation
- Investment in the country
- Supporting communities
- Reducing consumption of natural resources
How we respond
- Honouring annual tax obligations and full disclosure of annual financial statements
- Monitoring and reduction of natural resource consumption
- Maintaining effective compliance controls throughout the group
- B-BBEE employment initiatives forming a key strategic outcome
- In-house Youth Employment Scheme with 36 participants
SHAREHOLDERS
How we engage
- In-depth feasibility studies for investment decisions
- Engagement through investor roadshows, one-on-one meetings, and the AGM
What is important to them?
- Corporate governance and ethical leadership
- Growth and expansion opportunities
- Level of gearing
- Return on investment
- Dividends
- ESG and sustainability
How we respond
- Operating and reporting according to the highest corporate governance standards
- Capital efficiency
- Consistently generating sustainable profits
- Establishing a long-term ESG strategy with targets and milestones
SUPPLIERS
How we engage
- Building lasting relationships
- Engaging openly
- Supplier requirements tied into ESG
What is important to them?
- Consistent demand and timely payment
- Fair treatment
How we respond
- Maintaining regular payments within agreed terms
- Keeping open lines of communication in respect of changes in requirements
COMMUNITIES
How we engage
- Active citizenship
- Participation in community forums
What is important to them?
- Sponsorships
- Bursaries and leadership
- Investment in disadvantaged communities
- Volunteer days
- Responsible consumption
How we respond
- Maintaining policies for responsible consumption and ethical practices
- Supporting community projects and sponsorship
MEDIA
How we engage
- Regular press releases and industry commentary
- Providing access to organisational leadership
- Public relations to facilitate and monitor media activities
What is important to them?
- Honest, transparent communication
How we respond
- SENS announcements containing trading statements released every six months
- Comment requests have historically been granted by our CEO, CFO and COO