About us
Who are we?
at African Visitors
the Inbound division of Travel with Flair (Pty) Ltd.
Who are we?
Robert Wilke
Travel with Flair (Pty) Ltd
– CEO
Since 1996 Robert has been CEO and co-owner of Travel with Flair (Pty) Ltd. His approachable, friendly nature and ability to communicate with people from a wide range of backgrounds has enabled him to achieve outstanding results thoroghout his career.
Under her leadership, Travel with Flair won the prestigious South Africa Tourism Award for Best Travel Agency in 2007.
Robert earned a Cum Laude Bachelor of Commerce in Hotel and Tourism from the University of Pretoria (1993-1995) and a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing Management from the same univeristy in 1999.
His outstanding leadership and bold, courageous approach have propelled Travel with Flair to achieve significant milestones in the travel industry including its expansion into the United States, Dubai, Budapest.
Tibor Zsadányi
Travel with Flair (Pty) Ltd
Chief Operations Officer
Tibor is an experienced professional, fluent in English, Afrikaans, German, Hungarian, Serbian and French. He excelled in hotel and tourism management, graduating Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Pretoria in 1993 and with a Higher Honours degree in 1994.
Tibor’s career highlights include being named the youngest lecturer at the University of Pretoria, winning the prestigious Institute of Marketing Management Award for Excellence in Marketing in 1993 and co-authoring the acclaimed textbook “Management Tourism Services”.
He has held key leadership positions such as Chief Operating Officer of Travel with Flair since 1996 and Managing Director of the Gauteng Travel Academy since its inception in 2007.
Currently, Tibor is the operational director and co-owner of Travel with Flair, where he manages the day-to-day operations of the travel agency, and his strategic insight continues to make him one of the foremost authorities in the tourism business today.
Johanna Makgalemele
Travel with Flair (Pty) Ltd
– TWF Group CEO
Johanna is an accomplished entrepreneur and accounting professional, with a degree in Accounting from Rhodes University and a higher honours degree from the University of Natal. She completed her accounting internship with KPMG.
In 1996, as one of the co-owners of Travel with Flair (Pty) Ltd, she was involved in the formation of the company. As group CEO, she grew the business to a turnover of SA Rand 236 million – before Covid’s time – bringing the number of employees to 750 after opening several branch offices.
Johanna has received numerous awards and accolades, including “World’s Most Outstanding Business Leader ” and was named “Best Businesswoman of the Year” by the Businesswomen’s Association of South Africa in 2019. She serves on a number of boards, including the Board of Governors of Rhodes University and the Salvation Army, where she is Chair of the Board of Directors.
Tania Augustyn
Travel with Flair (Pty) Ltd
– Chief Officer MICE & Inbound
Since graduating with a degree in Tourism from the University of Pretoria, she has gained valuable knowledge, insight and skills in many aspects of the travel industry over the past 30 years. She started her early career as a junior travel consultant and had a constant desire to learn, engage in new experiences and pushed her boundaries to equip herself for every stage of her journey. This has led her to follow her footsteps from consultant to team leader, and to Travel with Flair and her current position as head of MICE & Inbound travel for African Visitors.
She started her exciting journey in MICE Travel 16 years ago. Although her roots are in South Africa and her mother tongue is Afrikaans, she has had the opportunity to travel extensively, learning about different markets, contacts, budgets, needs and requirements. Her passion is to show Africa to the world. Africa has so much to offer from its people and history to the breathtaking views of the natural environment!
Piroska M. Magyar
Travel with Flair (Pty) Ltd
– African Visitors, Marketing Specialist for South Africa and Southern Africa, Representative in BUDAPEST
Piroska arrived in South Africa from Budapest in 1980 for a one-month visit to see her relatives working in tourism. Soon she also became involved in the tourism industry. In 1992 she added a Bachelor of Commerce degree in economics and industrial – workplace – psychology from the University of South Africa, in Pretoria, and then completed her training as a court translator and interpreter of the High/Supreme Court of South Africa.
1993 she participated in the training of the famous American-English travel company Abercombi & Kent, its Johannesburg Office, which fundamentally determined all her future inbound tourism work and activities.
1994 she registered her own travel agency and since then she is using all her diverse experience in the travel industry for 30 years, including her work as a tourist guide, when she presented the country`s beautiful nature, its special “African atmosphere”, people of incredible love for life, the kindness and uniqueness of people – as she had been seeing all through her European “lens”.
Professionally, whenever possible, she studied and collaborated with her colleagues in Pretoria, the best DMC company, Travel with Flair (Pty) Ltd.
She occasionally taught Hungarian at the Diplomatic Academy, in Pretoria based on her Hungarian education.
She speaks English and German at a advanced high level and Spanish at an intermediate level.
After 35 years she returned to Budapest and continue her previous work in tourism, but this time as the Hungarian representative under the direction of Travel with Flair (Pty) Ltd.
She would like as many people as possible to see and experience South Africa and the unique attractions of the southern countries of the African continent. She is looking forward to welcoming interested passengers and colleagues alike!
Our awards and credentials
2020 – World Travel Awards
South Africa’s Leading Tour Operator Award
2019 – World Travel Awards
South Africa’s Leading Tour Operator Award
2018 – World Travel Awards
South Africa’s Leading Travel Management Award
2017 – World Travel Awards
South Africa’s Leading Tour Operator Award
2017 - Oliver Top Empowerment Awards
Best Business of the Year Award
2017 – ASATA
Diners Club Award: the travel industry’s most engaged business.
Some of our lovely pictures:
The world famous and popular Mr Nelson MANDELA our President, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Head of State of South Africa.
TWF
Since our founding in 1997, Travel with Flair has been the leading travel and tourism company for the leisure (LEISURE) and corporate travel (CORPORATE) markets in Southern Africa and Southern Africa.
Our heritage is deeply rooted in South Africa. We have proudly moved forward and expanded our services to include incentive (TWF MICE), wholesale (EARTHBOUND) and I n b o u n d travel (AFRICAN VISITORS). The diversified departments each have their own skills – but they all support each other – a true 360% solution. This ensures that our Inbound Travel Division, AFRICAN VISITORS has a lot of strength and resources.
Our clients just need to focus on enjoying this beautiful continent !
TWF
TWF accreditation includes
IATA
SAACI
ISO, Certified IS
ASATA
ASTA
The safety of travellers is our top priority.
With our trusted global network, we can provide safe and reliable world-class travel experiences.”