Hotel openings are like planting a seed and watching it grow

This story begins when I moved to Melbourne to work for the Radisson Flagstaff Gardens Hotel, a four and half star Hotel locate adjacent to the Queen Victoria Markets. I was working for a General Manager I had worked for previously in Adelaide. Not long into the contract the GM told me of an opportunity of an opening at the Radisson Resort Denarau in Fiji a five star hotel located on Denarau Island near Nadi as the Executive Chef. I learnt something... Read More

Hotelier Vision 2020 – Hotels of the Future defined by Hotel Guests

It is the year 2020. The past twelve years have been a flurry of development in the areas of design, nanotechnology, robotics, medicine, the internet, security and law. Contrary to popular opinion, the hotel industry has not been slow on the uptake. It’s been the decade of hospitality renaissance. A coming of age, an evolution of service as it should be…and a tribute to true personalization. Here’s a look at the hotel guest experience in the... Read More

Hotelier Idol Exposé: The hidden hotel industry casting crisis takes centre-stage!

Hotelier Idol points the spotlight at the robust hotel development pipeline and the underlying challenges presented in terms of recruitment, training and retention. Case Study: The United Arab Emirates, specifically Dubai and Abu Dhabi If one was to look at the global inventory in the pipelines and view it as a “city state” Dubai has officially the largest Construction Pipeline of any other Metropolitan area in the entire world, even greater... Read More