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of the business. It provides self-catering daily rental employer of choice. The head office’s location on the
holiday accommodation as well as upmarket hotel South Coast has created a great lifestyle opportunity for
rooms in various locations across South Africa. staff to work and live, and this is reflected in the Group’s
staff retention rates. The group now employs over 1000
iExchange is an innovative timeshare exchange staff countrywide and at the head office.
company which offers owners the flexibility to choose
from thousands of other holiday resorts locally The contribution that the staff make to the Group’s
and internationally. ability to provide a solid service is recognised through
an annual awards ceremony. The Group’s staff welfare
Vacation Management Services manages 33 holiday
resorts. This includes overseeing the day-to-day programmes endeavour to address their emotional,
nutritional, physical and social needs. Staff enjoy a
operations, such as guest services, maintenance
and housekeeping, and providing guests and variety of added benefits and services conveniently
owners with high standards of accommodation in a made available to them. These include wellness and
secure environment. recognition programmes, staff holiday incentives
and study benefits, to name a few. Employees are
Beekman Managed Portfolio allows investors oppor- empowered with knowledge and are encouraged
tunity to invest in one of its luxury properties: to continue to upskill themselves in order to grow
� San Martinho Beach Club in Bilene, Mozambique individually and to remain abreast of developments in
� The Kingdom Resort in the Pilanesberg Region, the industry. The company’s head office also boasts
North West a water-wise eco rooftop garden, and a café with a
� Cayley Mountain Resort in Central Drakensberg, professional chef, lounge and gaming console.
KwaZulu-Natal CUSTOMER-CENTRIC
� Monomotapa Village in the Waterberg Region, The Beekman Group is determined not to lose sight of
Limpopo its core focus, which is to provide customer-centric and
Body Bliss Day Spas are located in the Group’s selected professional holiday services. The various awards that
resorts across the country and offer a wide variety of the Group has received over the years bear testament
professional spa treatments designed to get their to this goal. Our Service Philosophy is centred on making
clients in the perfect holiday mood. sure that our members have the most remarkable,
memorable holiday experience every time. The Beekman
The Group also diversified in 2002 and boasts a W.A.Y. charter encourages attitudes, values and thinking
commercial, warehousing and factory portfolio of
R350 million. that direct how we ‘show up’ every day. This governs
how we treat our customers and each other.
EMPLOYER OF CHOICE Due to its achievements in the industry, the Group
The solid and caring nature of the management is confident about the future and looks forward to
team has resulted in the company’s recognition as an continued growth.

Full Name of Company: Beekman Group VISION
Nature of Business: Property Development, Leisure We strive to be exceptional in all aspects of our
Industry business. We strive to provide excellence to
Services / Products: Holiday Homes, Vacation both clients who purchase units at our property
Ownership, Leisure Services, Residential and developments and members of our Vacation
Commercial Properties Ownership Division. We endeavour to be industry
Date Established: leaders and have embarked on a mission both locally
� Beekman Brothers (1970) and internationally to achieve this.
� The Holiday Club (1993)
Subsidiaries: KEY PERSONNEL
� Vacation Management Services CEO: John Beekman
� Beekman Management Services Directors: Wayne Beekman, Cindy Allan and
� iExchange Neville Beekman
� Anytime Holidays Sales Director: Steve McCarroll
No. of Employees: 1007 staff as at 31/03/2019 CONTACT DETAILS
Auditors / Accountants: Marwick and Company Head Office Beekman House
Bankers: Nedbank / Investec Physical Address: 3 Daly Street, Port Shepstone
Advertising Agency: In house
Postal Address: Private Bag 702, Port Shepstone, 4240
OUR PURPOSE Tel: +27 (0)39 688 5000 Fax: +27 (0)39 688 5005
The overarching mission of The Beekman Group is to E-mail: enquiries@beekmangroup.com
ensure that our guests have the best experience possible. Website: www.beekmangroup.com
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