Hotelier Middle East 30 Under 30: The Most talented Young Hoteliers in the Region
The brightest young hoteliers in the Middle East aged 30 or under, as nominated by their colleagues Storm Gretton, 29 Food & beverage manager, Al Jaddaf Rotana Dubai Storm Gretton, Graduate of Stenden South Africa, began his amazing journey in 2014 when he enrolled in an internship at [...]
Stenden Receives Appreciation Certificate
On the 4th of May our Executive Dean accepted a letter of appreciation from the National Sea Rescue Institute Station 11 for their support of the 2020 NSRI Golf Day.We pride ourselves in working closely with our local NSRI who in turn provide our Disaster Relief Management students with invaluable [...]
4IR Lecture by Dr Makaziwe Makamba
Stenden South Africa is devoted to ensuring its students are exposed to partners in the industry. One of the ways this is achieved is through guest lectures. On Friday the 19th March 2021, students in the Change and Innovation minor will receive a lecture by Dr Makaziwe Makamba, an [...]
Paying it forward
Philanthropy and giving back to the community is a prominent link between all Stenden campuses around the world. Willem Bakker, from the NHL Stenden campus in the Netherlands, is an admirable example of this humanitarianism and expressed his desire to donate his retirement bonus of R20 000 to an educational [...]
New Dean of Disaster Management School
As we welcome our students and staff back to campus for the 2021 academic year, we extend an additional welcome to Dr Des Pyle, the newly appointed Dean of the School of Disaster Management. Dr Pyle is a well-known figure in the disaster management and academic sectors and will unreservedly [...]
Stenden South Africa partners with Flywire
As we are increasing our footprint in recruiting students from the African countries and in international student recruitment, Stenden South Africa is pleased to announce that we have partnered with Flywire to enable ease of payment. Here is the link for international students to make payments: https://stendensouthafrica.flywire.com/
Rotary E-Club of South Africa one, Does it Again!
On Monday, 26th October 2020, Stenden South Africa was proud to attend the Rotary handover of ten new computers to the Robert Veenstra Entrepreneurship Center in the Nemato Township. After a request was sent out earlier in the year to raise money for additional computers for the center Rotary [...]
Mantis breathes new life into Centre
Earlier this year the Robert Veenstra Entrepreneurship Center in the Nemato Township received a facelift thanks to a generous donation made by the Mantis Collection hotel group. Funds were used to revamp and extend the Centre, which has been operating for the last 12 years. The revamp comprised new tiling, [...]
A Graduation under the Trees
On the 7th of October 2020, Stenden South Africa hosted a graduation ceremony under the trees for twenty working class youths from Helenvale, Port Elizabeth. The ‘students’ had the opportunity to complete the following courses and improve their lifeskills: Advanced Cooking Course Driver’s License Testing Windows Office Suite Training Outdoor [...]
Stenden South Africa’s Model United Nations Club (SMUNC) debuted their inaugural Internal Conference
On Saturday the 26th September 2020, Stenden South Africa’s Model United Nations Club (SMUNC) debuted their inaugural Internal Conference, allowing the members to showcase the effort they have put in throughout the module. The event, hosted over Microsoft Teams, was an incredible success that enabled spectators, peers and adjudicators [...]
How can the hospitality industry be more sustainable?
Sustainability is a topic that is very important to me personally. My dream is for future generations to have the same, if not better, opportunities and experiences than I would have had. This dream can only be reached if every individual, and more importantly, every industry does their part [...]
Eric Ricaurte from Greenview, talks Sustainability
For many hotels around the world, earth day is every day. Sustainability in hotels is becoming a lot more important to hotels due to rising sea levels, higher CO2 levels and the overuse of plastic bottles. Hotels around the world, have decided to increase their efforts to try and be [...]
Stenden makes a difference at Pumelela Special School in Bathurst
Last Friday the 21 August 2020 Mzameli Dikeni, the Community Development Manager at Stenden South Africa made his way to the Pumelela Special School in Bathurst. He handed over a donation of a gas stove, gas cylinder, kitchen pots, carpets, a gas cage and some educational materials. This donation [...]
Step into my office
To a guest, a cruise ship is a holiday resort at sea. To me it is my office and home away from home. I have been working on-board cruise ships for 5 years and this year, the notorious 2020, would have been my 6th year as a seafarer. I [...]
SNAG HOTELIERS
The coronavirus pandemic may have led to disruption in hospitality; but the students of Stenden South Africa have shown great resilience and continue to expand their experience and knowledge, despite this adversity. One of the more popular ways has seen Stenden South Africa students getting involved with Snag Hoteliers; [...]
Stenden students continue to support people in need!
On Monday the 15th of June, five of our Grand Tour students from the Netherlands in collaboration with Universities Fighting World Hunger hosted a ‘Good Food, Good Mood’, online event. The aim was to raise funds as well as awareness related to the hunger situation in Port Alfred. We are [...]