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Raul Briones Income Audit Manager by: Jude Romualdez “When I looked back, I never thought that I will come this far, I mean working in the same company for 20 years.” Raul said. Raul started his career in the hospitality industry when he joined Holiday Inn Manila as F&B Cashier and moved to Rooms Division as FO Cashier in January 1992. He started his career with Shangri-la in Finance when SLIM took over the Holiday Inn and re-branded it to Traders Hotel Manila in year 1995. He works in several positions in Finance but he spent the longest time in Accounts Receivable section until he moved to Income Audit in 2000. In year 2003, he was given a chance to join the preopening team of Shangri-la Hotel Dubai. He started there as Income Audit Clerk, and 2 years later he was promoted to Service Leader. In 2008, he was then promoted to Service Manager. In the same year, he decided to take a short break before he started his journey with THDB in March 2009. He joined THDB as Service Leader and was promoted to Service Manager a year after. July 2013 | Majala | 7