Business Chief Europe Magazine August 2019 | Page 17

CLICK TO WATCH : ‘ GONZALO CARPINTERO , VICE PRESIDENT EMEA OPERATIONS AT RADISSON HOTEL GROUP ON LEASE PORFOLIOS ’
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Sitting down in the company ’ s bustling European headquarters in Brussels , Gonzalo Carpintero , Vice President Operations for EMEA , asserts that the “ aggressive yet challenging ” business plan will “ transform the way the firm operates its hotels ”. Indeed , Radisson Hotel Group already has a resilient business model , with leased , managed and
franchised hotels under its wing . “ In my opinion , this gives us a very big competitive advantage ,” Carpintero asserts . “ Why ? Because it encourages us to significantly better our property operations to deliver better profitability . For that reason , unlike other international hotel companies , we have a big opportunity to demonstrate to our portfolio that all the strategies we believe in – all the models , tools and technology that we want to implement — are working .” It ’ s a matter of setting an example .
Now in the second year of its strategic plan , Radisson Hotel Group
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