John G C Wood's Linkedin Analytics

As a 4th Generation Hotelier, who was born in a hotel bedroom in Wales, I have accumulated over 40 years of experience working as an Internationally mobile General Manager in various locations around the world, with many different cultures. I believe I am an accomplished and results oriented Hotelier with experience in developing and implementing solid organizational cultures that address the needs of the guests, colleagues, owners and the community in general. I am now involved with Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative for the past 5 years. I have a proven track record in managing all aspects of the operation, focusing on revenue generation, profit protection and operational standards so as to achieve the desired profitability return on investment. I have also been able to effectively communicate with Owners and Owner’s Representatives on the best business models required to manage the assets in a sustainable, intelligent and profitable manner. Besides taking over already established operations and leading them to greater profitability, I have also been able to create seven ‘brand new teams’ from scratch, all of which have developed quickly into ‘award winning teams’. I like to lead by example and this has helped me instil a ‘Just do it’ culture in all my teams – my enthusiasm has helped me attract many excellent managers and potential managers to my teams and I am very proud that many of them have gone on to be very successful General Managers in their own right. This has been achieved by giving the right advice on career development, having a clear vision, effective guest and team member relations, regular performance monitoring and a well communicated commitment to all sustainability issues and processes efficiency.