About
Good people. Good thinking. Good feeling
About Us
Good People. Good Thinking. Good Feeling
BON Hotels is more than an African hotel management company. Assisting owners with every aspect of management, operations and administration, we are also game changers who have redefined the industry.
Upholding value delivery and nurturing owner partnerships, our strategic, back-to-basics operational approach adds brand management to the mix.
At the heart of everything we have owners, guests and staff, and ultimately, our aim is for all the establishments in our portfolio to realise their full potential.
We are also turnaround specialists with extensive experience and an impressive track record.
From hiring and working with “good people” to applying “good thinking” by being agile and tech-forward, the net result is creating a sense of “good feeling” with our stakeholders and within our own company.
Our Mission
To take hotels that could be managed, marketed and administrated better and then to manage, market and administer them better.
Our Vision
To be recognised by our stakeholders as the mid-market hotel, resort, and lodge group of choice.
Our Leadership
Committing to a focus and delivering on set goals gives our business integrity and direction. Our corporate behaviour is based on self-respect, balanced by respect for the rights of staff, guest, business partners, hotel owners and the community.
Guy Stehlik
Founder & CEO
With an innate enthusiasm and dedication to the hotel industry, Guy’s innovative and creative approach has ensured a successful and impressive career spanning many years as a hotelier, hotel owner and founder of BON Hotels.
Pieter van Eck
Chief Operating Officer
No stranger to the hospitality industry, Pieter’s excellent operational management skills have allowed him to manage multiple properties with ease. His easy-going nature, coupled with instinctive rational thinking, means he is a natural leader driven to ‘get things done’.
Dawid de la Guerre
Group Financial Director
Dawid hails from Cape Town where he matriculated from President High School. Displaying a knack for numbers he went on to achieve a BCom in Financial Management and began his career as a trainee accountant. Twelve years on he brings a wealth of experience in accounting and financial management to BON Hotels. We value his honesty and reliability and figure we made a good choice!
BON Hotels International West Africa
Commercial interest in West Africa and particularly Nigeria has not gone unnoticed as the business community from all corners of the world is literally ‘scrambling for Africa’. We believe that now is the time to support the country that has given us decades of success and we will continue to add value to the local hospitality industry, our guests, our staff, suppliers, the communities in which we serve, and of course our owners.
The West African arm is spearheaded by a formidable team:
Bernard Cassar
Executive Chairman
With a career in the industry that spans some 35 years, Bernard is regarded as one of the most successful hotel industry pioneers in the African market. He is passionate about changing lives, adding value, living life to the fullest, making significant change and having fun doing it all.
Paul Umoh
Managing Director
Paul is a prominent member of the Nigerian community and brings a wealth of knowledge, understanding and expertise to the table. He joined BON Hotels International West Africa as Executive Financial Director in 2015, following some 13 years of experience in the hospitality industry as Group Financial Manager. Paul is committed to the group’s expansion plans for the region and his vision is to grow a culture of Nigerian General Managers in line with international standards.
Guy Stehlik
Executive Director
With an innate enthusiasm and dedication to the hotel industry, Guy’s innovative and creative approach has ensured a successful and impressive career spanning many years as a hotelier, hotel owner and founder of BON Hotels.
