By: Onalenna Jantjie
When did you start your business?
Letona guesthouse was born in 2005 and
started operating in 2007.
Did you
build the building from scratch or did you buy it?
We bought a house as a home, but realizing
the potential in it, we decided to convert it into a guesthouse. We couldn’t let a business opportunity like
this to pass us by.
Since
your business is based in Kuruman, one would imagine that your clients are
mainly Northern Cape citizens. Would you
agree?
Our clients are from all over South Africa,
local and International tourist who want to enjoy the Kalahari experience. We have unique features in Kuruman and other
areas of the Northern Cape such as: Moffat Mission, the beautiful Namaqualand
flowers and The Eye of Kuruman. So we
stand out...
What
sets you apart from your competitors?
Our unique service sets us apart from our
competitors.
Each one of us is unique and I always use
people as an example to say we all have unique features e.g. nose, lips e.t.c.
Every time when you describe somebody you will distinguish them by their
features. Therefore, all establishments
are unique in their own right. Our
unique features are the Theatre, the Gym, the General outlook of the
Guesthouse, paying attention to detail and the excellence service; we have
received an award to that effect. Not
forgetting the efficiency and friendliness of our staff.
Tell
us about the lowlights and highlights of running a guesthouse?
We
have received four awards already within five years of operating. Our clientele has also increased
drastically. Off cause there will be
some lowlights in every business but I choose to concentrate on the highlights
as they give us hope and motivate us to achieve more. The one that we are
celebrating at the moment is being the finalist in the ETEYA (Emerging Tourism
Entrepreneur of the year award for 2011/12.
As our slogan says, “Elegance perfected,” we have perfected and improved
from being the Semi finalists in 2008 to being the provincial winner in
2011.
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