September celebrates Heritage Day and it is Tourism month, so let’s gather inspiration from a tourism icon in our town, Liz Biden. She is the owner and founder of The Royal Portfolio, a collection of luxury hotels in iconic destinations across South Africa which began in 1999 with the opening of Royal Malewane. Liz started her career as a teacher, ran a medical debt-collecting business when her children were young, and ran a fashion retail business before turning their holiday home into a guest lodge. She then converted two more holiday homes into exclusive hotels, and is currently planning to open their fourth property at the end of 2016. This family business sees Liz setting the stage for guests to have a perfect experience (as she says, all the fun stuff!) and her husband and son running the financial side of the business. Liz had no formal training in hospitality, but always loved travelling, and over the years developed an instinct and eye for attention to detail whilst working in the field of fashion retail.  I was keen to find out which is her favourite property – bush, beach or winelands. Liz loves them like she loves her children – […]