Properties, people and lessons from Stephane Meunier's career running hotels across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and beyond — and how it shapes the way we recruit today.
From a Restaurant Manager role in Ireland to General Manager postings across Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Réunion Island and Nepal — how thirty years of hands-on hotel operations became the foundation for a recruitment practice built on real experience, not job descriptions.
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Leading an 85-key, 5-star property with 162 staff, four F&B outlets and five banquet venues in Dhaka, Bangladesh — and what that scale of operation teaches about hiring the right F&B leadership team.
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Reporting to Jin Jiang Hotels Shanghai, building a 65-person team and a new finger-food F&B concept from the ground up in Da Nang, Vietnam — one of the openings Stephane looks back on with the most pride.
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From Con Dao to Réunion Island, Riyadh to Kathmandu — a career spent opening and turning around properties across every region builds a very different kind of network than a traditional recruitment agency. Here's why that matters for your next hire.
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Complaint-handling training, an in-house language course, Employee of the Month recognition and team building — the quieter side of hospitality leadership that keeps a team together long after the opening buzz fades.
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