Hotel General Manager
Current• Responsible for complete day to day management of the hotel including management of cashflow andcreditors.• Negotiated commercial MIQ contract with MBIE and managed in conjunction with MIQ Manager• Increased Qualmark rating from 3.5 Bronze to 4 Star Silver business rating due to the improvementsmade to the public areas and rooms of the hotel as outlined below• Led an extensive hotel refurbishment program, including rooms, public areas and corridors to create amore modern interior. Also included replacing lifts to improve hotel presentation and increase speedand reliability. All aspects of this large-scale project were delivered on time and within budget.• Currently leading additional stage of hotel upgrade with the roll out of Smart TV technology to allrooms, delivering superior digital b viewing quality, enhanced TV options and apps.• Initiated part-time Sales Manager role resulting in the addition of 25 new corporate accounts in the first12 months and a 12.5% increase on corporate room nights, and a minimum increase of 7% annually ofcorporate/consortia and conference market segments in subsequent periods.• Successfully won a government tender for the 2020/2022 Fire and Emergency Volunteer Recruitbusiness which will deliver $450k in additional revenue and over 3,000 room nights per year over twoyears.• Replaced and upgraded the hotel website and booking engine and engaged a third party to partner onbuilding social media presence and promotional activities.• Brought payroll and account management in-house through the installation of IPayroll and Xero.Project managed the changeover of Property Management Systems from Choice Advantage toInfor HMS. The subsequent result of delivering HMS to the property was enhanced reporting,integration into back office platforms, greater engagement of customers via specific Infor ‘Tools’to drive return business and AI Market RM software. It also greatly assisted in specific alert levelswith online check-ins.