South Beach Consortium is set to raise Singapore’s ‘cool’ level when it soft-opens in 1Q2015. The search for talent to run the hotel is on. Mongolia . CEO Aloysius Lee talks to Raini Hamdi about the project and finding people. What sort of talent are you looking for? As the product is different, we
need people who will buy into
its concept. Ours is a HIP hotel,
i.e. Highly Individual Place.
(When conceptualising it), we
were looking at the Hudson in
New York, Delano in Miami, SLS
Hotel Beverly Hills and Le Royal
Monceau (Raffles Paris). These
hotels really bring life, energy
and connectivity to their public
spaces. They understand people
want to be ‘alone together’
(laughs) or, as some call it, ‘isolated
togetherness’.
need people who will buy into
its concept. Ours is a HIP hotel,
i.e. Highly Individual Place.
(When conceptualising it), we
were looking at the Hudson in
New York, Delano in Miami, SLS
Hotel Beverly Hills and Le Royal
Monceau (Raffles Paris). These
hotels really bring life, energy
and connectivity to their public
spaces. They understand people
want to be ‘alone together’
(laughs) or, as some call it, ‘isolated
togetherness’.
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