Warren Markwart
President
MK2 Hospitality Inc
Warren Markwart is a seasoned international hospitality professional with over 30 years of senior executive experience in all aspects of hotel management with:
- Fairmont Raffles Hotels International
- Canadian Pacific Hotels & Resorts
- Delta Hotels & Resorts
He has been involved in the acquisition, integration, and development of 37 hotels in 17 countries, including Cuba, Middle East, Europe, Mexico and the Caribbean.
His career has been equally balanced between “hotel management, hotel development, revenue management and technology.
Hotel Development
He has lead development, acquisition and integration teams during Canadian Pacific Hotel’s purchase of Princess Hotels, Fairmont Hotels, Raffles Hotels and Swissotel Hotels.
Revenue Management & Technology
He uses his broad range of hotel management expertise to
“integrate revenue management strategies, guest service and business objectives with hospitality technology”.
He developed and “implemented revenue management strategies” for two major hotel chains through the creation of industry leading revenue management philosophies, innovative reservation and distribution systems, state of the art call centres and advanced customer relationship management strategies.
During 20 years with Delta Hotels, he created their first central reservation office in 1984 which was the foundation for the development of Delta’s revenue management strategy.
In 1988 he was key team member instrumental in creating and launching the Privilege Guest Recognition program that guaranteed “One minute check-in or your room is free”
In 1994 he joined Canadian Pacific Hotels and brought advanced revenue management strategies and leading edge technologies to the iconic and historic hotels.
Today he is the principle of MK2 Hospitality specializing in
– Hotel Development and Acquisition services
– Hotel Advisory services
– Asset Management
– Hospitality Technology
– Revenue Management
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