Meet Paul van Frank, a seasoned hotelier with 30 years of expertise in luxurious resorts worldwide. Identified for his integrity, guest-centric strategy, and adeptness in operations and gross sales advertising
It’s laborious to imagine, that some 30 years have already elapsed since I first met Paul van Frank, on the time, when he was the Basic Supervisor of “The Plantation Membership Resort & On line casino” ( later rebranded because the “Kempinski Seychelles Resort” situated on the island of Mahe). Paul can finest be described, as an “Previous College Hotelier”, who values rules corresponding to “honesty, integrity, equity and loyalty”. He’s a seasoned, multi-lingual & undoubtedly, completed Hotelier, with a confirmed monitor report in Operations in addition to an in-depth experience in all facets of Gross sales Advertising.
Paul may be very “visitor centric” with a rare eye for element, who will go to nice size to realize optimum visitor satisfaction. Having many instances watched Paul in motion so to talk, he adopts a “hands-on strategy” and is clearly an inspirational chief, who believes in working intently together with his staff, to ship the very best requirements and obtain the specified monetary outcomes. Paul has a sound enterprise acumen with a deep understanding of the should be very “bottom-line pushed”. What I’ve at all times admired in Paul being his ardour for growing younger expertise resulting in be baled to create a bond together with his staff.
I begin this fashion to talk about a Workforce Member of the Hospitality Fraternity as a result of too usually it’s forgotten that behind each succesful Lodge & Resort sits a devoted hospitality skilled amassing a wealth of expertise and information. Who advantages from these years of information on the finish? Is the query many proceed to ask?
Paul van Frank, the hotelier, is a typical Belgian with an infectious sense of humour and a real love for the Culinary Artwork. By the identical token Paul has equally demonstrated time and time over his competence & proficiency with “pre-openings “, in addition to the “rebranding” and “repositioning” of 5-star Lodges.
Paul is a passionate and actually dedicated skilled, who has acquired a status for “getting the job executed” even when dealing with difficult & complicated conditions demanding a excessive degree of diplomacy, flexibility & sensitivity.
In all honesty, over the course of the previous 3 many years, I have to applaud Paul for his tenacity & unwavering dedication to persevere within the adversity, having survived the ‘tsunami” in Thailand, the bombing in Bali, severe earth quakes in Istanbul, a number of hurricanes and cyclones within the Indian ocean, but one way or the other at all times capable of stay calm, gather and nonetheless capable of preserve a constructive angle, while overcoming such surprising severe incidents.
Paul can solely be certified as an professional in having efficiently run a collection of 5 star ‘luxurious” Resorts in quite a lot of tropical locations, corresponding to “Como Shambhala Property” (previously often called “Begawan Giri Property” in Bali), the extremely acclaimed “Fregate Island Personal” within the Seychelles, the no 1 Vacation spot Spa within the World, being the muti award successful “Ananda within the Himalayas” in India, in addition to “Le Jadis Seaside Resort & Wellness Mauritius” ( a part of the portfolio of “Banyan Tree Lodges & Resots”).
As Paul and I hold sporadically assembly at completely different “ Worldwide Journey Commerce Gala’s”, in all sincerity, I hope that Paul van Frank will proceed his pursuit of excellence all over the world for a few years to come back.
Hospitality and Tourism as and Trade wants many extra years of the likes of Paul van Frank.
Alain St.Ange is the Seychelles former Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine who now heads his personal ‘Saint Ange Tourism Consultancy’.
Many Worldwide magazines and press have coated him when he was nonetheless in workplace because the Seychelles Minister accountable for Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine however the man, is now extra lively than ever with tourism consultancy work with Tourism Boards, Ministries of Tourism and the Personal Sector Commerce throughout our nice continent of Africa and likewise within the ASEAN Block who has even been contracted by the World Financial institution to work alongside Ministers of Tourism in Africa to help within the relook of their tourism trade.
Alain St.Ange is remembered for a lot of issues amongst which is the huge enhance in visibility for his Seychelles islands which he succeeded by growing a constructive relationship with the Worldwide Press and by turning the Seychelles right into a cultural events-based tourism vacation spot over and above showcasing its key USPs: – solar, sea and sand. He was profitable and that translated in recognition by the world of tourism and the press fraternity which in flip helped to ship elevated in customer arrival numbers. St.Ange and his Workforce in Seychelles by no means missed a chance in these days to spell out that success was visibility, visibility and visibility as a result of in any other case the vacation spot would merely fade away. He’s recognised for by no means leaving a stone unturned in that mission for Seychelles .
