Stephen Kelly Email and Phone Number

Experienced management consultant to hospitality industry through 40+years of experience in management and consulting. Management experience includes operational and senior executive management roles in hotels, motels, fast food, restaurants and resorts. Included in some 32 years of consulting, has been a wealth of experience in strategic, operational and financial advisory, design and project management/specialist consulting. This has included venue catering, food service, hotel F&B advice, hotel, resort & venue feasibility, tourism, and operational consulting assignments. Hospitality sectors and venues that have benefited from this advice include sports venues, hotels, convention and meeting centres, racing venues, casinos and theme parks, performing arts centres, museums, galleries, restaurants, bars, clubs, cafes, the education sector, local and State Government venues and institutions,Stephen's specialties include, but are not limited to: • operational reviews of existing hospitality & venue facilities• reviews of hospitality/catering company performance• development of hotel & venue options & related feasibility including design specification & briefing of architects and designers• review of strategic options, tendering and negotiation of hospitality contracts, ticketing tenders & supply rights• review of hospitality facilities, plans, development of specifications for designers & architectural briefings• development of benchmarking and key performance indicators for contract performance management* expert witness and specialist mediation, negotiation expert* operations support and mentoring to hospitality owners and venue management/boards, management of caterers, hotel operators and restaurateurs for venues and owners under Retained Services for Management Services Agreements.