Unveiling Thapelo

A Dynamic Force Behind Bravo Hospitality's Front-Of-House, Housekeeping, and Warehouse Excellence

Hi all, allow us to introduce Thapelo Moraba, who with his vast international hospitality experience joined our Human Resource team last year to Coordinate and Manage our Front-Of-House, Housekeeping, and Warehouse logistics staff at Bravo Hospitality.

FOH, Housekeeping and Warehouse Logistics Manager & Coordinator

Hailing from South Africa, Thapelo has built his strong hospitality career centred around providing exceptional service to both clients and staff alike. His career started at Forever Resorts, one of the top tourism and hotel groups in South Africa as a Conference Coordinator but soon after was promoted to Assistant Food & Beverage Manager.

Seeking new challenges and international exposure, Thapelo moved to the United States, joining the renowned Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company and years later, Chatham Bars Inn Resort and Spa located just minutes from Boston, honing his skills in luxury hospitality settings.

Having gained valuable experience in the United States, Thapelo set his sights on New Zealand for his next adventure. He initially joined Sofitel, at the Viaduct in Auckland before transitioning to the role of Assistant Restaurant Manager at Kauri Cliffs Lodge in Northland. Sometime later he received an enticing opportunity from St. Moritz in Queenstown.

At a pivotal point in his personal life, Thapelo made the decision to relocate to Auckland to be closer to his family. He continued his career in the hospitality industry by joining Naumi Hotel, a MIQ facility and as the world eventually found respite from the grips of Covid-19, he transitioned to the role of Restaurant Manager at Harbourside, showcasing his exceptional leadership abilities.

Currently, with over 13 years of experience in the hospitality industry, he brings a wealth of knowledge, expertise, and a commitment to excellence to his role at Bravo, understanding client's needs, matching the right skilled person for the job, whether this is a cocktail bartender for a private dinner at home, FOH staff for your catering company or Experienced Housekeepers/Cleaners to help with your Airbnb, rental or premium hotel.

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For tailored staffing solutions for your business or special event, email him at temp@bravogroup.co.nz or click the below button in orange.

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Bravo Hospitality launched Bravo Cleaning

Pivoting from hospitality staffing and recruitment to cleaning has been a great move for Lutz Weissman of Bravo Group, providing many more opportunities to keep staff employed and give the business new income.

When the COVID-19 lockdown occurred Bravo Hospitality owner Lutz Weissmann and his Team sped up his plan to diversify into cleaning and launched Bravo Cleaning once the first lockdown eased.

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Cross-training staff from hospitality to residential and commercial cleaning has been a great way to offer consistent employment for staff during the uncertainty of lockdowns, says Lutz, who has got housekeepers, waiters and kitchen workers also now cleaning.

“It is a great way to have a flexible workforce and maximise staff hours. This makes consistent employment for staff, rather than just doing a few hours here and there, whilst a lot of cleaning companies struggle to maintain staff due to the lack of hours offered in just cleaning,” he explains. Dedicated cleaning professionals have also been added to ensure professional know-how across all client requirements.

The move has greatly paid off – Bravo Cleaning already has quite a number of new clients needing cleaning services.

“As a hospitality staffing and recruitment company, we have always done housekeeping and cleaning for hospitality anyway. Then with Covid19 diversification was necessary into residential, commercial and office cleaning.”

Over his 27 years in business, Lutz has employed over 5000 staff working in all types of industry operations from a little café to a 5-star hotel. He says Bravo Cleaning’s point of difference is that it is privately owned and all staff are employed by him – no franchisees – which ensures performance, accountability and consistency.

“Also we do not believe in just paying minimum wage to get every possible job on the books. We pay our staff higher hourly rates to ensure quality and let’s face it... cleaning is really hard work, so pay low you get low performance. Quality is important so we are not cheaply priced and do not provide low-cost services.”

Bravo Group has been in Beresford Square for five years and loves the accessibility of the office to the rest of the city. “Karangahape Road is centrally located, easy to get to, offers diverse businesses and is ideally suited to a hospitality agency like us. We love it as we don’t need the stale corporate downtown environment we were in before.”

Thank you for reading our first blog, if you know anyone that needs residential, commercial or office cleaning… please send them our way. Depending on the referral, we provide rewards/incentives to say a “big thank you” for supporting Bravo.

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