Village & Life Central Reservations

+ 27 21 437 9700 res@villageandlife.com

Carla October
Hotel Reservations Manager
(The Bay Hotel, Camps Bay Retreat and The Farmhouse Hotel)
res2@vlife.co.za

Carla matriculated at Ned Doman Senior Secondary School. She enjoys meeting people from all over the world and spend some time in Australia in 2008. Carla joined Village & Life in 2004 as a receptionist and moved to reservations in 2006. She enjoys going to the movies, watching sport and socialising with friends and family. She lives in Crawford, Cape Town

Craig Trilivas
Online Reservations Consultant
online@vlife.co.za

Grew up in Durban attending Glenwood Boys High School until moving to Cape Town in 1996. Craig started his studies in A+ computer architecture and thereafter travelled to the UK and worked for an online agency. After missing the great weather, the surf as well as friends & family he came back home and started studing marketing at Varsity College for three years and obtained an IMM Diploma in Marketing from the IMM GSM. Craig joined Village & Life in February 2010. He lives in Tamboerskloof with his girlfriend and cat. He enjoy's soccer, bodyboarding (compete at WP level and is an executive committee member heading the development division), photography, art, music, sports and classic cars.

Valencia Santi
Senior Reservations Consultant - Serviced Apartments
res10@vlife.co.za

Valencia grew up in Cape Town and attended Heideveld Senior Secondary School. After matric she studied child care through Grassroots towards a qualification as an educare teacher. In 1998 she moved to Heidelberg and started her career in the tourism industry. She worked as Food and Beverage Supervisor and in 2002 moved back to Cape Town where she worked as Front Office manager for the same company. Valencia joined Village & Life in 2008 as reservationist. She enjoys the outdoor life and family outings with her children.

Reservations Consultants

Leanda Beukes
res9@vlife.co.za

Leanda went to school and matriculated at Dr. Böhmer school in Bloemfontein. She attended Bloemfontein College after school, and also spent two years working and travelling abroad, in the UK, where she worked in some top notch hotels and lived in the famous Nottinghill. She has been with Village & Life since October 2008, and lives in Oranjezicht, and loves lazing in front of movies or being creative in the kitchen

Kirsten Hayes
res17@vlife.co.za

Kirstin grew up in the friendly city of Port Elizabeth where she matriculated from Collegiate Girls High School in 2001. After matric, she decided to move down to Cape Town with her fiancé where she attended the Cape Technikon Hotel School in Granger Bay. Since graduating in 2005, she has worked for some amazing properties and establishments, one being The Collection by Liz McGrath. Kirstin decided to join the Village & Life team in 2009. Kirstin enjoys spending her free time with her fiancé, family and friends relaxing and enjoying life. However, most of all she enjoys the time she gets to go back to the family home on the river and spend time with everyone.

Helga Langeveldt
res6@vlife.co.za

Helga lives in Greenhaven and matriculated at Rhodes High School in 2001. After completing a Travel & Tourism course, she went on to work at a guesthouse for 5 years. In 2007 Helga spent some time in Canada, but her passion for the Hospitality industry has brought her to Village & Life in November 2009 as a reservationist. She enjoys spending time with her family and meeting new people.

Lindsay Marthinus
res5@vlife.co.za

Lindsay grew up in Athlone and attended Garlandale Senior Secondary where she matriculated in 2006. Thereafter, she went on to complete a course in Entrepreneurial Development at the UCT Business School in the V&A Waterfront. Linday has traveled throughout the country visiting a few of our world-famous game lodges. She joined Village & Life in September 2009. Lindsay currently lives with her mom and brother. She loves spending time with her boyfriend, watching controversial documentaries and stand up comedies.

William Moller
res4@vlife.co.za

William grew in Namibia and attended Delta Secondary School in Windhoek. There after he moved to Cape Town where he enrolled for Hospitality Management at Granger Bay. During his studies he worked at Salt Restaurant in Bantry Bay and Paulanar Brauhaus at the Waterfront. After completing his national diploma he moved to London for a year, where he worked for Radisson Edwardian’s Hampshire and Leicester Square hotel on Leicester Square for a year. William joined Village and Life in October 2009 and is currently completing his BTECH in Hospitality Management. He lives is Brackenfell and enjoys reading books. His favorite quote in life is, “If your dream does not scare you, then it is not big enough.”

Natalie Benson
res10@vlife.co.za

Natalie was born and raised in Port Elizabeth where she attended Alexander Road High School. She matriculated in 2002 and enrolled at the Nelson Mandela Metropole University (NMMU) where she pursued an education in Tourism Management, she graduated in 2005 with a National Diploma. Natalie then furthered her education at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), where she received her B-Tech in Tourism Management in 2006/7. Natalie joined Village & life in April 2010 as a Reservations Consultant. Natalie lives in Gardens, she enjoys social events and is an avid reader and movie-goer.