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bikes, kids club, tennis, waterski and doing random stuff. I
used to think, “You want me to do what? Cool – I can do
that, let’s give that a go,” – and it was great. I did the same
thing for the next five or six years – officially a beach member
but happy to do anything. Through this I became experienced
and multi-qualified and the knowledge grew as I trained.
Ultimately, after about five or six years, it made sense to
move me into a beach manager role.
I think that a lot of people aim for that a bit earlier
don’t they, so they maybe don’t explore all those roles
that you’ve done?
Yeah, a lot of people get involved and aim immediately to
become a manager. I had no aspirations to do that when I
started as I was just enjoying training with people that were
more experienced than with and having a management team
that I could look up. So when I actually stepped into the role
I was fully ready for it. I did a couple of years as a beach
manager in a range of resorts across Greece and Turkey as
well as Dahab. Then I spent five years as an activity manager
in both smaller and larger resorts. Coming to the Cosmos
Hotel in Vass this year has been a case of taking everything
I’ve known from the larger centres and just making it more
personal – perfect for getting to know the guests really well.
Now, a while ago I started to see some spectacular
photos of you doing stuff on the water that was pretty
different so let’s talk about that.
Indeed! Almost every day when it’s windy we have the
Protography guys out on the water snapping away. But once
you’ve got a nice picture of you blasting along, dragging a
hand, sticking your tongue out, etc, you start thinking about
what else you can do. So we just started trying to make
some silly pictures for a bit of fun. From body drags to sitting
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