Dion Maes
Bis 2022, General Manager, HRG Hotels GmbH
Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
Werdegang
Berufserfahrung von Dion Maes
Bis heute 1 Jahr und 9 Monate, seit Okt. 2022
General Manager
The Social Hub Vienna
3 Monate, Aug. 2021 - Okt. 2021
Cluster General Manager (ad interim)
Courtyard by Marriott Düsseldorf Seestern4 Jahre und 2 Monate, Feb. 2016 - März 2020
General Manager
Holiday Inn Brussels Airport
5* - 19 floors, 257 rooms, 9 suites 12 meeting rooms, 18,622 sq ft of total meeting space 3 F&B outlets Mangosteen Catering Fitness In charge of: - Pro-active sales (DOS, 2 Sales Executives, 1 Sales & Marketing Coordinator) - Marketing (Marketing Executive) - Event Sales (Director of Convention Sales, 8 Event Sales Managers, 1 Event trainee) - External catering outlet 'Mangosteen Catering' (3 Catering Managers and 1 trainee) Priority hotel Marriott International - Division Europe
4 Jahre und 8 Monate, Dez. 2009 - Juli 2014
Director of Sales
Crowne Plaza Antwerpen
Largest hotel on the Antwerp market (4*, 262 guestrooms and 16 meeting rooms, Pool & Wellness centre, ANNA Living & Bar) Repositioning as the leading business hotel in Antwerp after entire renovation Successful launch of ‘Octopus, The Fascinating Event pool’ Achieving sales goals by supervising sales staff (7 FTE and 2 trainees) Sales – Reservations – Meeting & Events (Banqueting) – Marketing
7 Monate, Mai 2009 - Nov. 2009
Global Sales Manager Benelux, Germany & Switzerland
Dolce Hotels & Resorts
Additional responsibilities to previous position; New business development for Swiss and German markets Pre-opening support on German market for Dolce Munich (4 *,255 guestrooms, 20 meeting rooms and Dolce Ballhaus Forum) Key accounts Global Headquarters on markets mentioned; Novartis, Nestlé, Roche, Hewlett Packard, Bayer, Dupont Chemical, MCI, BCD etc. Internal promotion
Ausbildung von Dion Maes
1 Jahr, Jan. 2013 - Dez. 2013
Marketing the Hospitality Brand through New Media: Social, Mobile & Search
Cornell University
1 Jahr, Jan. 2013 - Dez. 2013
Executive Leadership
Cornell University
The coaching process and mindset for engaging and developing others Tactics and skills for negotiating Managing strategic change Executive decision making Leading through creativity
1 Jahr, Jan. 2013 - Dez. 2013
Revenue Management
Cornell University
Pricing Strategy and distribution channels Forecasting and availability controls Overbooking practices Non-traditional applications of hotel revenue management
1 Jahr, Jan. 2009 - Dez. 2009
Executive Master in Marketing & Advertising
Solvay Business School – University of Brussels
Part-time executive programme; Core content; advertising and media planning, marketing plan & practical skills, channel & sales systems Thesis; Marketing & Communication plan for launching a low-cost car on the Belgian market
3 Jahre und 10 Monate, Sep. 2000 - Juni 2004
Hospitality Management
Hotel Management School Maastricht
Hotel Management - Economics - Ethics - Sales & Marketing - Event Management- People Management - Law - Languages Thesis; Research for the feasibility of a non-smoking policy for the Dutch hospitality and catering industry
6 Jahre und 10 Monate, Sep. 1993 - Juni 2000
Latin/Economics - Modern Languages
H. Hartcollege Lanaken
Sprachen
Niederländisch
Muttersprache
Deutsch
Fließend
Französisch
Fließend
Englisch
Fließend
Spanisch
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