Cruise Academy
Hotel Director
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Ready to swap the hotel lobby for the high seas? We’re looking for experienced Hotel General Managers to lead the hotel operation onboard large, busy, mass-market cruise ships. Previous cruise ship Hotel Director/Hotel GM experience is very welcome, but it isn’t essential. We’re also particularly interested in speaking to successful land-based Hotel GMs who are ready to take their experience into a completely different operating environment.
What we’re looking for
You’ll need at least 3 years’ full-time GM experience managing a large, complex hospitality operation, ideally:
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- A large resort
- A multi-property or cluster operation
- A high-volume hotel
- A large property with a recognised international hotel brand
- Or a large cruise ship hotel operation
You should be comfortable leading and developing a large, highly diverse multinational team, managing multiple departments and keeping standards high in an extremely busy, fast-paced operation.
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Hands-on, visible and operational
- Genuinely guest-centric
- A strong people leader and developer
- Commercially and financially aware
- Calm under pressure
- Flexible, pragmatic and solutions-focused
- Comfortable working with different cultures, personalities and leadership styles
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The lifestyle
Cruise ship life isn’t a normal hotel GM job. You’ll live and work onboard, travel extensively and spend long periods away from home.
Typical rotations are approximately 4 months onboard followed by 2 months' vacation, so you must be able to spend around 8 months of the year at sea.
Applications are welcome from suitably qualified candidates worldwide.
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