Ua koho ʻo Marriott International iā Richard Collins i Hope Pelekikena Area no Sub-Saharan Africa. Ma kēia kuleana hou, mālama ʻo Collins i nā hana hoʻokele a ka hui ma ka ʻāina a e hoʻokumu ʻia ma waho o ke keʻena o Cape Town o ka hui. Lawe ʻo ia i kāna kūlana hou ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka hoʻomaha ʻana o Volker Heiden, mai ka hopena o Malaki 2022.
"He alakaʻi akamai ʻo Richard me kahi moʻolelo i hōʻoia ʻia, a hauʻoli mākou i ka alakaʻi ʻana i kā mākou hana ʻApelika Haʻahonua, "wahi a Phil Andreopoulos, Luna Hoʻokele Nui, Sub-Saharan Africa, Marriott International. "Me kāna alakaʻi a me kāna ʻike nui, e hana nui ʻo Richard i ke kūkulu ʻana i kā mākou kūleʻa ma ka ʻāina."
Ua ʻoi aku ʻo Collins ma mua o 30 mau makahiki o ka hoʻokipa hoʻokipa a he 20 mau makahiki kahiko me ʻO Marriott International. He puka puka no ke kula ʻo Shannon College of Hotel Management ma kona ʻāina ʻĀina, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Collins i kāna ʻoihana me Marriott International ma Scotland ma ka Marriott Dalmahoy Hotel a me Country Club ma Edinburgh i 2001, ma mua o ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka Marriott Druids Glen Hotel a me Country Club kokoke i Dublin.
Ua neʻe ʻo Richard i United Arab Emirates ma 2013 kahi ʻo ia ka Luna Nui o ka Hotel JW Marriott mua ma Dubai. Ma hope o ka lanakila ʻana ma ka JW Marriott Hotel Dubai, ua lawe ʻo Richard i ka hoʻokele ma The Ritz Carlton, Dubai kahi i ʻike ai ka waiwai i ka kūleʻa mua ʻole e ulu ana i kāna ʻoihana, loaʻa kālā, hoʻopili pili, RevPAR index, a me nā helu leo malihini. .
I ka makahiki 2018, ua koho ʻia ʻo Collins i kāna ʻoihana multi-property mua ma ke ʻano he Luna Nui o ka Area o Abu Dhabi no Marriott International, i ka wā i hoʻokele ai ʻo ia i ka holomua kūleʻa o nā waiwai Starwood Legacy i ka pūnaewele Marriott.
Ma ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kāna koho ʻana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Collins, "ʻoliʻoli wau i ka lawe ʻana i kēia hana hou a lilo i ʻāpana o kēia ʻāina hoihoi. He kūlana lōʻihi ko Marriott International ma Sub-Saharan Africa a ke hoʻomau nei kēia māhele i kahi mākeke koʻikoʻi no nā hana o kēia manawa a me nā manawa ulu e hiki mai ana.
ʻO kā Marriott International portfolio i kēia manawa ma ka ʻāina ʻo Sub-Saharan Africa kahi i loaʻa ma kahi o 100 mau waiwai (mālama ʻia a hāʻawi kālā ʻia) a ma luna o 12,000 lumi ma waena o 16 mau mākeke.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- A graduate of the Shannon College of Hotel Management in his native Ireland, Collins started his career with Marriott International in Scotland at the Marriott Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club in Edinburgh in 2001, before leading the Marriott Druids Glen Hotel and Country Club near Dublin.
- I ka makahiki 2018, ua koho ʻia ʻo Collins i kāna ʻoihana multi-property mua ma ke ʻano he Luna Nui o ka Area o Abu Dhabi no Marriott International, i ka wā i hoʻokele ai ʻo ia i ka holomua kūleʻa o nā waiwai Starwood Legacy i ka pūnaewele Marriott.
- Following a successful period at the JW Marriott Hotel Dubai, Richard then took the helm at The Ritz Carlton, Dubai where within a three-year period the property saw unprecedented success growing its business, profit, associate engagement, RevPAR index, and guest voice scores.
