Peter Booth – Board Director, Group Pestana
October 28, 2009 by The Forum · Leave a Comment
Peter Booth is an economics graduate from the University of Natal in South Africa. He joined Unilever, the consumer goods multi-national group, as a marketing trainee and rose to become Marketing Manager during a 5 year working period. Peter’s friendship with the Pestana family in South Africa resulted in him moving to Portugal and joining the family business in 1983.
Peter Booth is a Board Director of Group Pestana, the largest hotel group in Portugal with 90 hotels on four continents and is directly responsible for its timeshare, golf and real estate divisions. He launched Pestana’s first timeshare development in 1985 and today Pestana has 12 timeshare resorts with an owner base of 30,000 families. The real estate division in the Algarve gained strength with the acquisition of Carvoeiro Gold in 1996 and Peter has been responsible for the development, marketing and sales of 500 holiday homes. Also falling within his remit are 5 golf courses that Pestana own and manage in Portugal. Pestana will open a 218 room hotel in London in March 2010, and Pestana is marketing and selling 66 rooms using the condo hotel concept.
Peter has been the Honorary Consul of South Africa in Madeira, Portugal since 1995.
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Date: 9-10 December 2009
Venue: Sofitel London Heathrow Hotel
