Euan McGlashan
Member since February 2016Contact Euan- Managing Partner Valor Hospitality Partners
- www.VALORHOSPITALITY.COM
- Atlanta Georgia
- 30339 USA
Euan McGlashan was recruited to the U.S. in late 2000 following his success in developing and operating the world-renowned Cape Grace Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa, voted Best Hotel in the World by Condé Nast Traveler Magazine. Mr. McGlashan then oversaw a dramatic turnaround of the once troubled Barnsley Gardens Resort in Georgia. Following the successful sale of Barnsley Gardens, Mr. McGlashan was recruited to oversee the roll-out of the DAKOTA Hotel brand in Europe and the U.S. Mr. McGlashan subsequently joined Minneapolis-based Wischermann Partners, where he oversaw the project development of six Starwood-branded properties, including three new Sheraton prototypes, a Westin prototype, a Luxury Collection and the seventh Aloft. Since 2010, Mr. McGlashan has assumed the management and overseen the repositioning of several distressed hotel properties including the Sheraton Four Points in Biloxi, Mississippi, the Crowne Plaza in Greenville, South Carolina and the Sea Palms Resort in St. Simons, Georgia. Since creating Valor Hospitality Partners in 2012, Euan has more recently overseen a $10MM hotel conversion in Charlotte, NC to an award-winning Crowne Plaza, undertaken the conversion and development of a Hotel Indigo in Atlanta, Georgia and added 12 new properties to the management portfolio in the United Kingdom with a planned £18MM of renovation and repositioning.
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- Are You Watching Your Revenue Walk Out The Front Door? in
Marketing Insider on
07/18/2018
The hospitality industry has traditionally looked at food and beverages as a loss leader, something provided as a convenience. This type of defeatist thinking results in potential revenue walking out the door.
- The Hospitality Industry Must Always Be Hospitable in
Marketing Insider on
03/02/2018
When I travel, I pack extra empathy so I'll experience all my encounters not as a hospitality professional, but as an ordinary guest. I believe this mindset is crucial to building a world-class product where guests know your priority is them.
- Boutique Hotels Are Dead; Long Live Boutique Hotels in
Marketing: Travel on
08/03/2017
In today's ever-changing landscape of hotels, we must recall the origin of "boutique" properties, and acknowledge the changes that have made for the new paradigm of what the term represents today.
- The Honest Truth: Staff And Guest Relationships in
Marketing: Travel on
05/30/2017
There are two relationships critical in managing your hotel property. The first is your relationship with your associates, and it is cultural. The second is your relationship with guests, which is emotional. The two are related because how well you do with associates relationships will determine your success with guests relationships.
- 5 Tips For Redesigning A Hotel Restaurant in
Marketing: Travel on
04/10/2017
Whenever you want to make staying at a hotel the most desirable option for your guests, give them an amazing food and beverage experience so they don't have to worry about leaving and blindly picking from a long list of restaurants they don't know.
- How To Make Your Hotel More Like Home in
Marketing: Travel on
05/09/2016
Having been involved in the architecture and design of many hotels, combined with experience working hospitality on three continents, has taught me one critical key to success: pleasing your guests.
- Avoid These 7 Phrases For Hotelier Success in
Marketing: Travel on
02/29/2016
These days, we are surrounded by bad manners everywhere. And in a hotel, bad manners by your employees often translate into poor guest experiences and disappointing performance by your property.
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