Gerardus Dirks

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

At the back ground we are working on a real sustainable Resort Development that will work in symbiosis with the surrounding indigenous communities and the Nature Reserves. More CV info about me https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerardodirks

Curious what I am doing now, please check at www.parrotresorts.com

We are servicing hotels/ resorts with deepening their concept, increasing profitability and management services, turn around or start-up.
We prepare (pre) business plans and financial projections and create new hotel/ resort concepts for new developments or existing resorts/ hotels.

Mission
We will succeed and bring or bring back the profitability and fun back in your resort
Description
Consulting Services
We offer specialized consulting which delivers a complete end-to-end service for developers and resorts and an international approach to their sales and marketing.

We help our clients to create a better concept a wowww concept that is unique in the business and will deliver international sales. Once the concept structure has been established, we will support you manage each succeeding stage.
Where necessary, for some bigger resorts, we will appoint professionals with the required expertise and experience you need, and will manage their work to ensure they comply with your overall strategy.
Gerardus Dirks
Skype: dirksgerardo
Email: consult.gerardo@gmail.com
Nicaragua: Cell: +505-8523 2759
At this moment at Granada, Nicaragua, Central America

Consulting General Manager, this resort was on a not acceptable level and far behind with maintenance, after a 7 years period of going lower and lower. We created a new spirit and increased quality on every level and created new relations with travel agents and gain trust during the year from our channels and Guests.

Consulting General Manager

Surf & Turtle Resort Punta Teonoste

October 2012 to February 2013

Consultant

Astillero

Nicaragua

Up-dating the resort, Re-initiating the resort, analyzing and renewing the concept, marked the new concept of the resort to international markets.

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General Manager (start-up)

Aqua Wellness Resort

April 2012 to October 2012

Full-time

Tola, Playa Redonda, Nicaragua

Nicaragua

This is more or less a start-up from an Eco Nature Beach Wellness Resort on a remote location in southern Pacific Nicaragua
We did in a short period a lot of work and sales/ quality improved drastically and profits were finally made. We upgraded this property to the Preferred hotel group organization .

Hospitality consulting for the whole development and arranging a JV partner and finance

Creating the Concept, summaries/ financials and arranging finance

Managing 2 resorts on Tobago and turn around the business in short term, increase quality, services and profitability.

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We have finished the process to create the profile, formula for our Eco resort at Lago Apoyo. JV partners are welcome if they mean more then only funding, they have to add something to the success of the formula, like having sales channels. Unfortunately my main partner and friend died and we had to stop the development.

I have worked 8 years in the online-marketing business with huge budgets. The last years I combined that experience very successful with hotel projects.
Part of my services, the last 3 years in Costa Rica is project management which is a part of our services in Nicaragua. We work in Costa Rica with a partner under the name topseoteam and in Nicaragua we work under the name SEOtopteam. Difference is that SEOtopteam does also Management support!
We create 'on-line presence', for your business
We increase or create 'on-line sales' for your business

Sold, to make time for the Eco project and Nicaraguadevelopment

Turn Around General Manager

Morgans Cove Resort and HardRock Casino

September 2008 to August 2009

Consultant

Jaco

Costa Rica

Name and formula change of, before named Hard Rock Resort. Of Course this name gave problems, although the owners had all the rights, as their local SA has this name.
We changed the name in Morgans Cove Resort & Hard Rock Casino and upgraded the rooms and services to a higher level. Intro All-Inclusive. We upgraded the staff and the ambiance of the resort, with many events and activities

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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

I received a request to join for Interim Management to arrange a quick turn-around of an online business which was in bad shape after 3 times sold in 3 years time.
Royal Sports is an online sales entertainment business with an 8 years on-line reputation, 120 staff members.
Staff training, more aggressive and creative marketing, better finance control, sales/ line/ team, Improve cleanup and redesign websites. We trained all staff, adding horses and poker, profitable payoff agreements with customers. We made it profitable in 8 months time.

http://www.betroyal.com/

A medium short term interim management position for 6 month, the owner had a bypass operation, so I helped out for a while. It was a company which maintained and installed all public electric wiring around the island Curacao, Netherlands Antilles and also we had a cleaning crew of 40 employees, all together a company more than 230 employees. I ended with a report for improvements for the owner

Living on a small island in the Caribbean doesn't give you always the opportunities your looking for but I appreciated to have the chance to work for many years on all levels in the on-line entertainment industry. I chose this position because there was a big hype on-line and I didn't wanted to miss the opportunity to join and being involved in this new industry which grew heavily on Curacao. I have worked mainly in Management on CS, Conventional and on-line Marketing, Finance control (CC), Internet Fraud, Credit card security.

Beach Project development Cas Abao on Curacao Netherlands Antilles. I was initiator and owner of the development which started with ecologic development of a hotel and ecologic beach development. Main goal was economic development of the area, initiate tourist development with respect for the beauty of nature on shore and the beautiful underwater world of Curacao.
During that same time I became involved in real estate as adviser for other projects and initiated the Real Estate company 'Build and Buy'.

I started working when I was 14 years old and studied at evening for years.
After working for the justice department for 5 years as social worker I decided to work for myself.
After opening one bar I decided not ever again. From top line coffee shops at A1 locations I ended having 5 star restaurants and 4 stars hotels. I bought companies changed them for the better and sold them again. I became more and more involved with the ABN/AMRO and on request of the bank I checked hotels and restaurants or managed them for a while. During the last 12 years I bought and sold for myself. The last 2 years I became involved in international trading mostly commodities. After 20 years I wanted to go international and we moved to Curacao, Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean.

Skills

Turn-around/ Interim Management
General and Start -up Management and development
Conventional and on-line-marketing
Problem Management
Project Management.
Multi-Location Management
Real Estate and Construction
IT management knowledge
Management On-line Sales Business.
Dutch Native
German Native
Spanish Good
English. Very Good
French was good ....
Call Gerardus at
Nicaragua : +505-8523 2759
Skype: dirksgerardo
Call Gerardus at
Nicaragua : +505-8983-4277

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Gerardus

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HR

Hanzehogeschool Groningen

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