Gerardus Dirks - General Manager, Turn Around Manager, Startup Manager, Development Manager

My main experience is 25+ years hospitality industry and 7 years on-line Management/ marketing/ Sales Business, the last 25 years in Europe, Turkey, Latin America and the Caribbean.

I am open for a

General Management
Turn-Around Management
Start-up Management
Development Management
Area/ Region Management
Multi-unit and group Management

I have entries to funds to support developments.
( Skype: dirksgerardo) consult.gerardo@gmail.com

Project Development- New Hotels
Brokerage - Acquisition & Disposition of Hotels, Branding, Marketing, Financing/Structuring Hotel Transactions through Preferred Lenders

Allround hands-on hotelier with extensive experience in Europe, Caribbean, South and Central Americas

It is my capacity for turn around management and thinking outside the box, that I could made projects survive in harsh times.
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Completed several opening and change management projects as well as development and refurbishment projects.
Profiling projects
Multi-unit experience

Fluent in Dutch, English, German, Spanish is good and French was good.

Owner of LinkedIn groups;

Hotel, Resort Hospitality Professionals and owners Latin America and the Caribbean.
Project / Hotel funding connections

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Experiences

DayStar Properties is a condominium development and management company in Jaco Beach, Costa Rica.
We made 3 resorts operational in one year, 3 others were in construction and 1 resort was in the planning. These 7 projects have a total of 700 condominiums which is a part from the 2000 ready planned condominiums total.
Having 700 condominiums means having 900 owners, this involves handling of their interests and communications and all communication with the guests on 4 star hotel level.
My Philosophy is creating an effective consumer centric organization, I am a strong believer of this and my experience is every time that it's effective and profitable.
My main responsibilities were setting up a good operation, we installed a communication structure with customers, staff and owners, On the marketing, the rental and sales part; we created new sophisticated websites with a company design. We connected Reservations, marketing/ Sales, IT as one team with perfect communications to create ideas and make them very effective. We brought HR to international standards.
The IT department; new communication systems, WIFI network over the town from project to project and a change from outsourcing to in-house jobs which saved a lot of money. CS; we created a very motivated and knowledgeable team, which created very good relations with owners and guests, Constructions; I had the final control on construction of all projects, solve problems with the constructor and made changes for cost effective maintenance for the future. On the eco side we created developments with complete private waste water recycling systems and clean water systems. Rainwater basins for the gardens, power saving systems.

Here a view on a part of the projects
http://daystar-properties.com/projects.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW-rQDm7YzI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gW0dpVQqro

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General Manager