Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo
Chief Operating Officer
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City Lodge Hotel Group
South Africa
Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo has worked in hospitality since 1987. She studied at a renowned Swiss hospitality school and holds a BSc in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management from Penn State University. Her career began with Hyatt at the Grand Hyatt Washington, D.C., followed by Park Hyatt Rosebank where she rose to rooms director. After a year as chief director: tourism support at DEAT, she became GM of the InterContinental Sandton Towers, then founded Zuka African Tourism Investment Corporation, developing and operating the first Holiday Inn in Soweto (later the Soweto Hotel and Conference Centre). She led Birchwood Hotel & OR Tambo Conference Centre as MD and CEO before joining City Lodge Hotel Group in 2015; she was appointed COO and to the board in 2018. Lindiwe served on the SA Tourism board (2019–2022), chaired the Tourism Transformation Council (2019–2022) and sits on the Swiss Hotel School Academic Board. She is the author of The Syndicate of Twenty Two Natives (2024).
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