Luxury Hoteliers Magazine 4th Quarter 2017 | Page 31

St Regis requirement, I had no doubt that we would meet with success. if you can, you are going to create a great and everlasting image”. We have the distinct ability to offer a transformative, experiential and world leading guest experience which makes it exciting and timely to have started our operations here this year. This is exactly our credo and what we do so well – we exceed what we say we are going to do which is one of the many reasons I decided to both join, and spearhead our north American launch. To quote one of our industry’s icons and a man who I have had the pleasure of meeting on numerous occasions – Mr. J.W. Marriott who so eloquently stated – “A brand is any kind of promise. If you deliver what you say you are going to deliver, and exceed WERE YOU GIVEN ANY ADVICE OR WORDS OF WISDOM THAT YOU STILL CARRY WITH YOU TODAY? I have been very fortunate in my 27 years in the United States, the last 20 being in this great industry of ours, to have had some incredible mentors: Michael Leven, Vineet Gupta and Vivek Shaiva, to name just three people in our industry who have always been there with sound and honest advice that has stayed with me every day. The best advice, however, that I ever received was from my father – who instilled in me the necessity for honesty and integrity when doing business. ILHA 31