![]() I am excited about the team we are building and the people we are attracting. Today’s young people want to be part of the process, not simply memorizing the rules in a 200-page manual. I was recently talking to students at a top hotel school, and I asked them ‘You are the best and the brightest – what do I need to do so you will want to come work for us instead of the big guys?’ They said do what you are doing. Many people said it would be difficult to attract talent into a new organization. Marc Dardenne: I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I like flat organizations. The big companies have ten brands in the same market, and they are each slightly different but in truth competing for the same customer, so we think what we are offering owners is attractive.ĮT: What was it like coming aboard as employee Number One? Sometimes big organizations just get too big. The natural spots are Beijing, Shanghai, Hainan Island, Phuket, the Maldives, Indonesia and the Philippines. we would like five to ten hotels over the next ten years. It could be in New York or London but you need to walk before you run. Marc Dardenne: Patina is a global brand with a 60 percent urban, 40 percent resort mix. The idea is to create experiences other hotels can’t provide by tapping the knowledge of our entire team, not just one guy standing behind a desk in the lobby. Anything the guest wants to know, recommendations and so on. Johnny will come to the guest’s room and talk about calligraphy. Other previous roles include working as an F&B hospitality consultant. Johnny in the laundry department is also a calligrapher and knows about calligraphy. Prior to joining Patina, he was general manager of Soneva Jani, Maldives. Maybe a guest is interested in calligraphy. Evan Kwee, who is the vice chairman of Capella Hotel Group and head of hospitality and design for Pontiac Land, is an avowed fan of the Maldives, having visited since the 1990s. We want people on our team that are passionate about things that might interest our guests. For luxury real estate developer and hotel owner Pontiac Land, the solution lay in the establishment of Fari Islands, with Patina Maldives as its nexus. As we interview prospective employees, we are asking about their hobbies and interests. ![]() Marc Dardenne: We will introduce the concept of the 360-degree concierge, meaning that every employee is a host. It’s close to Raffles with a fantastic location for leisure or corporate. There will be four floors of retail, an 800-seat theater and 39 full serviced penthouse apartments for sale. ![]() It’s part of a mixed-use project with new build preserving a colonial façade with 157 keys. ![]() Marc Dardenne: It will open in Fourth Quarter 2014 in Singapore. Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management. ![]()
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