senior & culinary expert
HOTEL GENERAL MANAGER
SUMMARY
• 20 years of management in 3 continents and 6 nations
• 8 years hotel management in Africa (mostly in Tanzania)
• pre-opening assignments
• studies USA, Italy, Switzerland and master in Hotel Management
• writer of the world largest existing book on hospitality
• fluent English and Italian, good Russian, suff. French, good understanding of Portuguese, some Swahili
• culinary expert and extensive experience in restaurant business
• HACCP, hygiene and fire certifications (Italian)
• experienced staff trainer and motivator (even from scratch)
• revenue management and OTAs specialist (full management of Booking and Expedia without any channel manager)
• quality and guest centric, true passion for service excellence
• many documented references, immediately available Stefano Ciocca
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https://rb.gy/ttgnz9
Italian citizen
EXPERIENCE
OPENING GENERAL MANAGER - TANZANIA Sept/Nov 2024
K Hotel 4star-80 keys - Temporary assignment
*career gap due to family responsabilities (now ended) SALES GROUP CONSULTANT - ZANZIBAR Oct/ Dec 2023
Small US Company - Temporary assignment
*career gap due to family responsabilities
OPENING GENERAL MANAGER - ITALY Mar/May 2023
Eurohotel Nuoro – Nuoro, Sardinia Temp. ass.
MANAGING DIRECTOR - TANZANIA
Azure Boutique Resort – Dar es salaam Oct 2018/Dec 2022 GENERAL MANAGER - TANZANIA
Landmark Mbezi Beach Resort– Dar es salaam Oct 2016/Oct 2018 83 rooms and congress centre 2.000 sqm.
GENERAL MANAGER . RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Hotel Asia – Blogoveshensk Sep 2015/Sep 2016
260 rooms, 150 employees, 3 restaur- congress c.
GENERAL MANAGER - UZBEKISTAN
Avenue Parkhotel – Tashkent (Ciarvak Lake) Aug 2014/Sep 2015 47 keys, 4-stars, 60 employees – Spa,3 pools, park PROJECT MANAGER - COMOROS ISLANDS Feb/July 2014
RESORT MANAGER - EGYPT
Hauza Beach Resort 5 stars, 758 keys, 200 workers, 4 rest 2013 HOTEL MANAGER - ITALY
Park Hotel Roma Cassia – Sacrofano-Rome, Italy 2010/2012 4-stars, 100 rooms – 500 sqm Conference center..
LANGUAGES
ITALIAN native; ENGLISH fluent;
RUSSIAN good; FRENCH sufficient;
SWAHILI some; PORTUGUESE and
POLISH understanding level
EDUCATION
Master Hotel Management - Italy
Degree Business & Administration - Italy
Diploma US High School - Switzerland
(National Honour Society membership)
CERTIFICATES, PROFESS. TRAINING
TECHNICAL CONSULTANT Court of Rome, Italy
DIPLOMA MINISTRY OF EDUCAT. Russia
HOTEL DIRECTORS LIST REGISTR Italy
GAMBERO ROSSO COOK DIPLOMA Italy
INTERN.MARKETING & E-COMMERCE
IN THE HOTEL INDUSTRY Rome, Italy
FRONT & BACK OFFICE FIDELIO Italy
FRONT OFFICE MANAGER annual c. Italy
FIRE-PREVENTION Rome, Italy
HIGYENE & SECURITY ON WORK Italy
HACCP (2 certificates) Rome, Italy
F&B OPERATOR Rome, Italy
BOOKS PUBLISHED “The Hotel
Dictionary” 2200 pages, the most
extensive existing book on hospitality -
https://rb.gy/373rk9