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.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
