IMarriott International iqeshe uRichard Collins njengoSekela Mongameli wayo weNgingqi kwi-Afrika ekwi-Sub-Sahara. Kule ndima intsha, uCollins wongamela imisebenzi elawulwa yinkampani kwingingqi kwaye uza kube ephuma kwiofisi yenkampani eKapa. Uthatha isikhundla sakhe esitsha emva kokubhengezwa kokuthatha umhlala-phantsi kukaVolker Heiden, ukususela ekupheleni kukaMatshi ka-2022.
“URichard yinkokeli enamava enerekhodi eqinisekisiweyo, kwaye siyakuvuyela ukuba naye akhokele imisebenzi yethu kulo lonke Afrika ephantsi kweSahara,” utshilo uPhil Andreopoulos, iGosa eliyiNtloko lezeMisebenzi, kwi-Afrika ekwi-Sub-Sahara, iMarriott International. "Ngobunkokeli bakhe kunye nolwazi olubanzi, uRichard uza kudlala indima ebalulekileyo ekwakheni impumelelo yethu kulo mmandla."
UCollins uneminyaka engaphezu kwama-30 yamava okwamkela iindwendwe kwaye ligqala leminyaka engama-20 Marriott International. Wathweswa isidanga kwiKholeji yaseShannon yoLawulo lweeHotele kwingingqi yakhe yaseIreland, uCollins waqala umsebenzi wakhe kunye neMarriott International eScotland eMarriott Dalmahoy Hotel kunye neCountry Club e-Edinburgh ngo-2001, ngaphambi kokukhokela iMarriott Druids Glen Hotel kunye neCountry Club kufutshane neDublin.
URichard wafudukela eUnited Arab Emirates ngo-2013 apho wayenguMphathi Jikelele weHotele yokuqala yaseDubai iJW Marriott. Ukulandela ixesha eliyimpumelelo kwi-JW Marriott Hotel eDubai, uRichard emva koko wathatha intambo e-Ritz Carlton, eDubai apho kwisithuba seminyaka emithathu le ndawo yabona impumelelo engazange ibonwe ngaphambili ekukhuliseni ishishini layo, inzuzo, ukuzibandakanya, isalathiso seRevPAR, kunye namanqaku elizwi leendwendwe. .
Ngo-2018, uCollins waqeshwa njengendima yakhe yokuqala yeepropathi ezininzi njengoMphathi Jikelele we-Abu Dhabi ye-Marriott International, ngexesha apho wayekwazi ukulawula ngempumelelo inguqulelo yazo zonke iipropathi zeLifa le-Starwood kwinethiwekhi ye-Marriott.
Ethetha ngokuqeshwa kwakhe, uCollins uthe, “Kuyandivuyisa ukuthatha le ndima nokuba yinxalenye yalo mmandla unika umdla. IMarriott International inexesha elide ubukho kwi-Afrika ekwi-Sub-Saharan kwaye lo mmandla usaqhubeka uyintengiso ebalulekileyo yokusebenza kwenkampani ngoku kunye namathuba okukhula kwixesha elizayo.”
Ipotfoliyo yangoku yeMarriott International kwingingqi ye-Afrika ekwi-Sub-Saharan ineepropati eziphantse zibe li-100 (ezilawulwayo nezikhutshiweyo) kunye namagumbi angaphezu kwe-12,000 kwiimarike ezili-16.