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Rahim Azad with<br />
Bill Clinton<br />
for fi ve years as Executive Assistant<br />
to the Managing Director of Serena<br />
Worldwide, in order to follow up on<br />
operational issues with the various GMs<br />
of the 21 Serena properties in Africa and<br />
Asia. He writes: “After one year of hard<br />
work in Maputo, I started to see results.<br />
During this fi rst year, I have managed<br />
to considerably increase revenues. The<br />
hotel was built in 1922 and since I am<br />
here we have hosted many dignitaries<br />
and 14 Heads of State from all over the<br />
world, such as the President of Tanzania<br />
and Bill Clinton.”<br />
azadr@polana-hotel.co.mz<br />
After working in Dubai, Asia and Egypt, Stefan Berger returned<br />
to Germany to work as Fast Food Manager in the newly opened<br />
SAP Arena in Mannheim for one year. He enjoyed the opening,<br />
managing this project as well as being responsible for fourteen<br />
outlets. Once this challenge was mastered, he decided to join<br />
Regus in October 2006, where he holds the position of Operations<br />
Manager. stefan.berger@ritz.edu<br />
Jeff Chen, who graduated in 1998 from Le Bouveret and in 1999<br />
from our College in Connecticut, enjoys working for the Four<br />
Seasons Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii as Assistant General Manager.<br />
He likes the island which offers seafood and sushi with Aloha and<br />
«<strong>César</strong> <strong>Ritz</strong>» hospitality! Jeff would love to get in touch again with<br />
his fellow classmates. jefffourseason@gmail.com<br />
Aloha greetings from Nijad Fares! “My fi rst job after graduation<br />
was in Dubai with a small private hotel. I then got the opportunity<br />
to move to San Diego, where I worked at the Sheraton together<br />
with Sandra Torenburg and Robert Clark. Yes, it is a small world!<br />
I have been at The Westin Maui as F&B Outlet Manager for over<br />
a year now, and things are going well. I am having a good time<br />
here, while building up a store of wonderful experiences. I miss<br />
the faculty members! Please give my regards to everybody!”<br />
Nijad.Fares@westin.com<br />
The photo shows Nijad with Eva Stöger who is Restaurant Manager<br />
at the Westin Maui Resort & Spa. Eva.Stoeger@westin.com<br />
A Trail-Blazer for «<strong>César</strong> <strong>Ritz</strong>» <strong>Colleges</strong><br />
in the USA<br />
Beverly Bradford<br />
Beverly Bradford was the<br />
fi rst student to enrol at the<br />
Swiss Hospitality <strong>In</strong>stitute in<br />
Washington, Connecticut,<br />
and a member of its fi rst<br />
class in summer 1992.<br />
Later, the <strong>In</strong>stitute was to<br />
become known as ICHM<br />
«<strong>César</strong> <strong>Ritz</strong>».<br />
Before transferring to<br />
Le Bouveret for my second<br />
year, I completed an internship<br />
at Walt Disney World. The year<br />
spent in Switzerland, making<br />
friends from all over the world, was amazing. It also made me<br />
“grow up” pretty quickly! I then returned to the Swiss Hospitality<br />
<strong>In</strong>stitute to complete the last credits for my Associate degree.<br />
While applying for Bachelor programmes in the USA, I took<br />
a job as a waitress at the Mayfl ower <strong>In</strong>n, a Relais & Châteaux<br />
property around the corner from the school. I was lucky enough<br />
to be accepted by Cornell University. While there, I worked at<br />
the Statler Hotel, and was promoted to Student Front Offi ce<br />
Manager.<br />
After graduating, I took a job with Micros-Fidelio as an <strong>In</strong>stallation<br />
Specialist/Project Manager. We replaced legacy systems in<br />
hotels, helping to confi gure software to meet the property’s<br />
requirements, training staff and providing post-installation<br />
support. This job involved constant travel and I got to see a lot<br />
of the country.<br />
I next worked in Washington DC with Andersen Consulting (now<br />
Accenture) in their Facilities and Services department. At the time,<br />
there was a big initiative called “Hotelling” which encouraged<br />
companies to manage offi ces like hotels. The idea was to better<br />
utilize space by not assigning individual offi ces on a permanent<br />
basis. I hired, trained, and developed a Reservations and Call<br />
Centre team to support this programme. A few years later, I<br />
accepted a position in the<br />
company’s Recruiting Support<br />
department and now work as<br />
a Human Resources generalist<br />
in Atlanta, Georgia.<br />
Although I’m no longer in the<br />
hospitality industry, I know<br />
that «<strong>César</strong> <strong>Ritz</strong>» helped my<br />
professional development. I<br />
made lasting friendships that<br />
taught me that, even across<br />
international borders, there<br />
is more that unites us than<br />
divides us. I am grateful to the<br />
leadership of «<strong>César</strong> <strong>Ritz</strong>» <strong>Colleges</strong> for providing an outstanding<br />
educational experience! beverly.bradford@accenture.com<br />
Beverly Bradford<br />
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