Success Stories


(Listed by nationality)


American

Jeremy Ross Founder & Manager
J&J Services
Milan, Italy

Alexandra Townsend
Assistant Manager
The Swann Lounge & Café at
Four Seasons Hotel
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Beverly Bradford
Human Resources Generalist
Accenture
Atlanta, GA, USA

Argentinan

Pablo Bazze
General Manager
Los Cauquenes Resort and Spa
Ushuaia, Argentina

Australian Mark Dalton

Director of Finance
London Hilton Park Lane
L
ondon, UK

Sandra de Pury Winemaker
Yeringberg Winery
Yarra Valley, Australia

Brazilian Cristhina Lima Conference Manager
Le Mirador Kempinski Lake Geneva
Mont-Pèlerin, Switzerland

Daniel de Moura

Director of Guest Relations
Trump International Beach Resort
Miami Beach, Florida, USA

British Daniel Campbell

Chef de rang
Martin Wishart Restaurant
Edinburgh, Scotland

Bulgarian

Goran Yordanov

Banqueting and Conferences Supervisor
Hyatt Regency Paris, Charles de Gaulle
France

Chinese Jin Deng Office Manager
PRO Masters Group
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Max Mai

General Manager
Hotel La Garfield
Shanghai, China

Croatia

Kristina Dejanovic

Bar Attendant and waitress (internship)
Bahri Bar, at Jumeirah’s Mina Al Salam
Dubai, UAE

Rade Malobabic

General Manager
Hotel Bellevue
Dubrovnik, Croatia

German
Heinz Javier Colby

Area General Manager
Accor Asia Pacific and
Schwartz Family Hotels, Sydney Area
Canberra (ACT) and Melbourne
Australia

Heike Schnell

Managing Director
Wellicious
London, United Kingdom

Jens Thraenhart

Executive Director Marketing StrategyOverseeing e-marketing and customer relationship management for the Canadian Tourism Commission
Vancouver, Canada

Morris Tiedemann

Deputy General Manager
Haiyatt Garden Hotel
Dongguan City, China

Patrick Bingel

Front Desk Shift Leader
Hotel Aldon Kempinski
Berlin, Germany

Roland Dürr

Food & Beverage Manager
Burj al Arab Hotel
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Michaela Oppermann Associate Director of Sales
Hyatt International Hotels & Resorts
Mainz, Germany

Daniel Porzel Executive Manager
Fountain Resort
Shenzhen, China

Axel Klenert

Consultant, Hospitality & Leisure
TNS House
London, United Kingdom

Hong Kong

Raymond Lau

Food & Beverage Manager
IKEA
Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Indian
Neeraj Chadha General Manager, India Operations
Hilton Hotel Management
Harayana, India

Romel Ray

Management Trainee in F&B dept.
Manchester Grand Hyatt
San Diego, USA

Nitin Radhakrishan Conference & Events Manager
Marriott Bexleyheath
Bexleyheath, UK

Irfan Mirza Director Academic Relations – India
"César Ritz" Colleges Switzerland
Kerala, India

Teg Brar Director
Alpina International
Vancouver, Canada

Kutty Menon General Manager
Metropolitan Deira Hotel
Dubai, UAE

Roshni Prasad

Executive Assistant Manager
Coral Boutique Villas
Dubai, UAE

Italian Stefano Leone

General Manager
Bagni di Bormio Spa Resort
Valdidentro (So), Italy

Jordanian

Lubna Ali

Head of Marketing Communications Dept.
Grand Hyatt
Amman, Jordan

Razan Talhami

Sales Executive Conference and Banqueting
Burj Al Arab
Dubai, UAE

Mamoun Habib Allah

Researcher and Associated Lecturer in
Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU)
Manchester-UK

Azzam Fakhriddin
Chief Operating Officer
Alqasr Touristic Investment Company
Amman, Jordan

Mukhles Al-Ababneh

Lecturer for Tourism and Hotel Management
Department of Tourism and Hotel Management
Faculty of Archaeology
Al-Hussein Bin Talal University
Ma’an, Jordan

Kenyan

Caesar Waganagwa Operations Manager
Carnivore Restaurant
Nairobi, Kenya

Leonard Mwendwa Mudachi

Executive Director
Blanco's Holdings Limited
Nairobi, Kenya

Paul Nguyo

Sales and Marketing Executive
Outspan Hotel and Treetops Lodge
Nyeri, Kenya

Lebanese

Front Office Team Leader and Supervisor
Grand Hyatt Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Sabine Achkar

Training and Development Manager
Le Royal Hotel Beirut
Lebanon

Roland Semaan

Food & Beverage Manager
Hilton Times Square
New York, USA

Melkart Rouhana

Corporate Senior Manager of Global Learning
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company
Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA

Maya El-Mir

Executive Housekeeper
Four Point Sheraton Verdun
Beirut, Lebanon

Malaysian Frank Samuel Agong

Owner
Pasadena Resort
Malaysia

Connie Su

Co- founder / General Manager
Penang Village Group Of Restaurants
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Bensy Teo

General Manager
Royalton Hotel, Shanghai, China

Magdalina Chung

Rooms Division Manager
Mercure Waterfront Kota Kinabalu
Malaysia

Joy Khoo Cheng Kim

Owner
Kimmy Khoo’s Kitchen at Mt Frome Vineyard
Mudgee NSW, Australia

Mei Loh-Becker Realtor
Max Associates
Henderson, NV, USA

Netherlands

Peter Van Thiel

Corporate Mixologist
& Director of Catering Operations
Libre Management / Max and Me Catering
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Norwegian
Ole Petter Christensen

General Manager
Sultan Bey Hotel
El Gouna, Red Sea, Egypt

Ida Krohn Venås

Hotel Manager
Villa Utsikten
Geiranger, Norway

Morten Skumsrud General Manager
Marriott's Marbella Beach Resort
Marbella, Spain



Berit Nissen-Lie
Global Event Manager
Helly Hansen ASA
Norway

Russian

Olga Krougliak

Training and Development Manager
Swissotel Krasnye Holmy
Moscow, Russia

Alexandra Bondareva

Guest Relations Manager
Pattaya Sea Sand Sun Resort and Spa
Pattaya-City, Thailand

Singapore Preethi Venkatramani Client Relationship Manager
Jardine Smith International
Singapore

Slovenien Tine Brodnjak

General Manager, M Hotel
Ljubljana
Slovenia

South African Germari Pieterse Business Analyst
Ask Afrika Ltd
Pretoria, South Africa

Laura Barratt-Scanes Owner & Manager
Flavours Restaurant
KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Patrick Main Manager
The Pyramid Conference & Venue Centre
Johannesburg, South Africa

Michael Museler

Director of Catering and Events
Hilton Charlotte Center City
Charlotte, North Carolina
USA

South Korean Minkoo Whang

Senior Catering Sales Manager
Wilshire Grand Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Spanish Eva Codina Candelich

General Manager, AC Hotels
Arezzo, Tuscany
Italy

Swedish Kobra Afshar

Guest Relations and Duty Manager
Thislte Hotel
Brighton, UK

Karin Ådale

Front Office Manager
Rica Hotel
Gothenburg, Sweden

Johan Amneus

Director of Hotel Operations
Ocean Key Resort and Spa
Key West, FL, USA

Magdalena Dalsjö

Account Executive
Resort Condominiums International, Inc.
Orlando, FL, USA

Swiss André Hirschi

Assistant Head of Events
Hotel Allegro Kursaal
Bern, Switzerland

Katja Marshall

Assistant Food & Beverage Director
Fairmont Monte Carlo
Monaco

Alfred Kaelin

Innovation Support Consultant
Nestlé’s Product Technology Center
Orbe, Switzerland

Taiwanese Pony Shi-Wen Tung Manager, Marketing and Sales Department
China
Pacific Catering Services
Taiwan

Lynn Chen Inflight Service Manager
Cathay Pacific Airways
Toronto, Canada

Turkish Murat Alpay

Tea Sommelier, Lobby Lounge Supervisor
The Ritz-Carlton
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Ayhan Cöner Customer Service Manager
Gate Gourmet USAS
Istanbul, Turkey

Vietnamese

Son Xuan Nguyen

Sales Manager
Sofitel Metropole Hotel, Hanoi
Vietnam