7. HOTELS Tsogo Sun Hotels Protea Hospitality Group (Pty) Ltd City Lodge Hotels Group Three Cities Management Limited Legacy Hotels and Resorts (Pty) Ltd
Tsogo Sun Hotels finds itself in the lead this year with an impressive rand growth. Protea Hospitality Group was a close second with an exceptional turnover and second highest rand growth. City Lodge Hotels is also recognised for its turnover growth at 5.5 percent, the highest in the sector.
9. BROADCASTING CONTRACTORS
Thompson Corporate Travel
MultiChoice South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Club Travel South Africa (Pty) Ltd
South African Broadcasting Corporation Limited
Flight Centre South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Primedia Limited
HRG Rennies Travel (Pty) Ltd
African Media Entertainment Limited
South African Travel Centre
etv (Pty) Ltd
Thompson Corporate Travel takes the lead this year along with the highest turnover growth per employee. Other strong competitors within this sector include Sure Travel with an impressive turnover growth of 23.3 percent and Tourvest Holdings with the highest rand growth in the sector.
Since 1995, MultiChoice South Africa has been supplying the country with digital satellite broadcasting and has now expanded its reach from TV to mobiles and computers. Not only did the company claim number one spot in turnover, but also in the number of black employees at 82 percent. State broadcaster SABC took second place with the second highest turnover and retained the second highest amount of black employees at 79.2 percent, not too far off the sector’s champion.
10. MEDIA GROUPS
11. MEDIA AGENCIES
12. BRANDING AND DESIGN AGENCIES
Naspers Limited
Omnicom Media Group (Pty) Ltd
Exp SA (Pty) Ltd
Times Media Group Limited
Media Edge CIA (Pty) Ltd
The Switch Group (Pty) Ltd
Kagiso Media Limited
Initative Media (Pty) Ltd
Grid Worldwide Branding and Design (Pty) Ltd
Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers Limited
The MediaShop (Pty) Ltd
Thirtyfour Degrees South Marketing (Pty) Ltd
Primedia (Pty) Ltd
Network BBDO (Pty) Ltd
The Brand Union (Pty) Ltd
Remaining in the spotlight is media giant Naspers, claiming the title of best in the sector yet again. The company has one of the highest turnovers per employee out of the five. Claiming second is Times Media Group with a turnover growth of 12.3 percent and Kagiso Media at third, moving up a spot from last year.
Sector champion is marketing and corporate communications company Omnicom Media Group with one of the highest proportion of female employees. Media Edge CIA is awarded second place and has the highest turnover per employee. Following is Initiative Media with an outstanding turnover growth of 41.7 percent, the highest out of the five companies.
13. ADVERTISING
14. OUTDOOR MEDIA
Ogilvy & Mather South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Wideopen Platform (Pty) Ltd
TBWA Hunt Lascaris JHB (Pty) Ltd
Continental Outdoor Media (Pty) Ltd
J Walter Thompson SA (Pty) Ltd
Primedia Outdoor
Saatchi & Saatchi South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Outdoor Network Limited
Draftfcb South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Operating in 120 countries, Oglivy & Marther South Africa achieves top of the sector with a the highest turnover rate at 11.1 percent. With top advertisements like “Klein Kimmie” for Halls and “Tastes Like Home” for KFC, it does not come as a surprise that this company took first place. Saatchi & Saatchi South Africa comes in second with a turnover growth of 3.7 percent and TBWA Hunt Lascaris JHB following at 1.6 percent.
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8. TRAVEL AND TOURISM
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With an impressive turnover growth rate of 15.2 percent, as well as the highest turnover per employee, Wideopen Platform reigns supreme in the sector. Next to best is Continental Outdoor Media with the second highest turnover per employee. Third goes to Primedia Outdoor which moved down a position from last year.
EXP SA leads the pack with the highest turnover, and growth in turnover at 28.8 percent. The Switch Group has the second highest turnover with Grid Worldwide Branding and Design placing fourth overall, despite having the second highest turnover growth at 7.3 percent.
15. FOOD SERVICES Bidvest Food Services Air Chefs (Pty) Ltd Compass Group South Africa (Pty) Ltd Royalmnandi (Pty) Ltd Feedem Pitseng (Pty) Ltd
Best in the food services sector is broad line supplier Bidvest Food Services. Bidvest operates nationally and offers a range of brands, from Seafrost to Blue Marine frozen foods. To the skies, Air Chefs experienced a 9.7 percent increase in annual turnover with Compass Group South Africa taking third with a dip in annual turnover.