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| Buccament Bay Resort - Management Team |
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Mark Sawkins, General Manager, is a professional hotelier with over 20 years experience at 5 star properties including The Viceroy Hotel and Resort Anguilla; The Palazzo Hotel, South Africa; many properties with 5 Star Southern Sun Hotels, South Africa; and The Marine Hermanus, member of Relais and Chateau, where as General Manager he led the hotel to be voted as number one HOTEL IN THE World 2001 by American Express for the deluxe hotel category. Mark was also responsible for leading the 5 star Sante Winelands Hotel, a Southern Suns Hotel in South Africa, to be awarded one of the 10 best HOTEL’s and SPA’s IN THE WORLD, by Conde Nast Traveler. |
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Vianel Filpo, Resort Manager at Buccament Bay, is a hospitality room’s professional coming to us with 5 Star experience most recently with Gansevoort Resorts, Turks and Caicos Islands. His high level background includes Nikki Beach Resort, Turks and Caicos; St. Regis Resort, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (opening team) ; and Mandarin Oriental New York, when he also opened the landmark Hong Kong Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Vianel’s expertise in opening hotels also includes the Ian Schrager Hotels Hudson Hotel in New York and the Shore Club Hotel in South Beach, Miami Florida. |
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Michael Ibrahim, Director Food and Beverage, is a hospitality professional with over 20 years of broad based management experience in hotels and resorts, casinos, cruise ship, and airline in-flight service operations, both domestically and internationally. With international experience in the USA, Caribbean, Middle East, South East Asia, Africa and Europe; Michael’s experience includes Corporate Food and Beverage Management and Executive Operating Management roles in premier organizations including Caesars Entertainment, Ritz–Carlton, Hyatt, Radisson, Accor, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Lines. |
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Megan Maguire, Guest Service Manager, comes to us from Gansevoort Resort Turks and Caicos, a Five Star Luxury Property. With years of experience Guest Services, Meghan honed her skills in innovative training and incentive programs. Meghan was a vital part of the pre-opening team of Nikki Beach Resort, which came to be one of the Caribbean’s Best Destinations as voted by Travel Channel. Opening resorts became her passion; being there at the inception, putting a signature of excellence on the location and instilling pride and passion through example and training. Prior to life in Caribbean Resorts, Meghan was a part of the Westin Diplomat in Hollywood frequently recognized for excellence in service and guest satisfaction. |
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Eris Francisco, Director of Housekeeping, comes to us from Mandarin Oriental New York, a 5-star 5-Diamond luxury property. Eris ‘s leadership contributed toward training and development, leading the Housekeeping team to deliver the highest standard in service, awarded by Mobile and AAA ratings. Eris brings us extensive Housekeeping 5 Star expertise working previously at the Hudson and Helmsley Hotels in New York City. |
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Mario Larese, Executive Chef, has until recently been Head Chef at Nikki Beach Resort. He was born and raised in Austria, where, at 14, he enrolled in a five year comprehensive Hotel & Tourism Management Course, doing practical training in Austria, Switzerland, Portugal and France. He has gained experience across the world, from a vintage Austrian restaurant in Vienna toThe Mariner’s Club in Bermuda. He undertook an international training program at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida working in six different restaurants orchestrating banquets for 5000 to fine dining for 60, and since then, has worked at The Water’s Edge in Ireland and for Graces Cottage in Provo. |
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Kirit Aubeeluck, Quality Assurance Manager, joined the company from Le Touessrok Resort, a five star resort in Mauritius. Holding a degree in Tourism Management, he started his career in F&B at Le Touessrok and then moved to Quality Assurance. Having worked with in a One&Only Resorts, he is also bringing in his experience in setting up and managing in Quality Systems like the ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 22000:2005. Kirit has worked with the Leading Hotels of the World at Le Touessrok Resort where they got accreditation of Leading Spa of the World as well as the award of Leading Hotels of the World for Commitment to Quality for the Middle East & Africa region for 2009. Kirit will be looking after guest satisfaction, safety & health aspect of the resort as well as certifications and accreditations. |
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