South African born, Catherine brings with her a reputable if not enviable nine-year track record, developed in prestigious, luxury destinations throughout the world. Her contagious enthusiasm for people, hospitality and travel paved the way for recurrent success within the public relations sector a far a field as London, the Channel Islands, the Maldives, Mallorca and Athens. Through her extensive experience, Catherine has utilized the opportunity to fine-tune her career thus positioning herself alongside premier hospitality and lifestyle elite worldwide.
Highlighted amid her accomplishments is undoubtedly the highly successful 2002 opening of the multi award winning Taj Exotica Resort & Spa, Maldives. This five star boutique hotel on the island of Emboodhu Finolhu continues to create benchmarks within its category as a member of the "Leading Small Hotels of the World". As winner of "Best Hotel Resort 2002" by Harpers & Queen - UK, the Taj Exotica was next awarded "Asia Pacific's Leading Spa Resort 2002", voted by World Travel Agents. Listed in the top 50 Hot Hotels of 2003 by Condé Nast Traveller - UK the hotel was also rated with 5+ by the notorious Gallivanters Guide 2003 - the highest score in Maldives!
Most recently Catherine joined heads with a leading European sport marketing company, to publicize the city of Berlin's athletes at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. In turn the "Berlin Boat", a fifty-one meter long barquentine sailing ship was inaugurated as the official home of Berlin for the duration of the games. The boat was sailed from Ibiza, through the Balearic Islands, around the boot of southern Italy and through the canal Corinth to Athens and surrounding islands with a prime selection of Berlin's top athletes, media and celebrities onboard.
