I started my career in the hotel industry with Park Hyatt Johannesburg in 1998 as a sales executive. Working my way up the department I went on to become the Director of Sales for Hyatt Regency Almaty Kazakhstan five years later Spanning a rich, successful and respectably recognized career of more than 16 years, building corporate value through leading property & hotel operations across global regions including UAE, Pakistan & Kazakhstan. Specializing in communication skills, delegating and following-up Resourceful partner distinguished for surpassing set targets, driving huge surges in revenue earnings, propelling units to #1 in sales and market share, and building world-class multi-cultural teams, with clear direction consistently striving towards and exceeding expectations.Moreover, a skillful and persuasive communicator at all business levels, who develops productive working relationships with all levels of personnel, clients, departments, chefs, board members and centers of influence.Major achievements include: Successfully over achieved the budget in 2012 by AED 5,000,000 and exceeded the current budgets by AED 2,000,000,  Due to my success with Citymax Bur Dubai (691 bed, 7 F&B outlets), I was asked to take over Al Barsha (376 bed, 4 F&B outlets) as GM and manage the pre-opening and opening of two new hotels scheduled for 2016 (Al Barsha 120 bed and Business Bay 475 bed with F&B outlets) Successfully took a hotel producing 8% occupancy at AED 3,500 room revenue per day to an average of 58% occupancy at AED 45,000 room revenue per day within three months. After 6 months, the hotel was consistently achieving 65%.  Successfully increased the GOP from ( –) 10% to 14% in three months