Emilio Vargas

Hotel and Resort General Manager Three Continents experience, international consultant, coach, trainer, lecturer

"Hospitality is the friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests, visitors and strangers"

Portfolio
"Just ring the Bell for Service"
Best Western Premier Deira Hotel, Dubai, U.A.E. Daily Quality Assurance Audit, July 2017
Best Western Premier Deira Hotel, Dubai, U.A.E. Rebranding, May, 2015
Planet One Hotel & Wellness, Lagos, Nigeria Christmas Party, December 2010
Planet One Hotel & Wellness, Lagos, Nigeria, Executive Committee Meeting, August 2011
La Ensenada Beach Resort, Preopening, Tela, Honduras, Training Department Heads, April 2008
Mr. Yaudet Burbara owner La Ensenada Beach Resort Emilio Vargas discussing Tasks during Preopening
Emilio Vargas is an accomplished and highly skilled hotelier known for his exceptional talent in creating concepts for new services and products for hospitality. Born and raised in a creative environment, Emilio developed a passion for creativity, problem solving and training. His innate sense of attention to detail set him apart as a very succesful hotelier who quickly identifies and resolves operational challenges in hotels, resorts and restaurants; he is also very skilled to anticipate potential problems!
 He worked in a diverse range of hospitality projects, from small Bed&Breakfast to large events in Convention Hotels - always helping hospitality entrepreneurs to move from Idea and Vision to formulate a Concept - site selection, feasibility, architectural design - to equipment specifications FF&E and OS&E, construction supervision, preopening, opening and day-to-day operations.
Emilio started at the begining of his career, in an entry level position in a small beach hotel in Peru, South America. He played a number of roles; he was very fortunate because multitasking helped to learn skills from kitchen to front desk and from maintenance to cleaning rooms; and tought him the most basic Virtue in our industry humbleness and Love to serve others.
Strong "hands-on" operations includes Intimate Ethnic Restaurants, large Catering operations, managing elegant Boutique and City Hotels, very active Airport hotels, romantic island Resorts, and Lodges in Deserts and Archaelogical destinations,
His experience managing Hotels, Resorts and Restaurants, spans to 3 Continents - The Americas, Caribbean islands, Africa, Nigeria, Middle East, Dubai.
Emilio Vargas

Unforgettable places that I have worked for...

A selection of projects where I delivered my Integrity, Dedication and Tenacity
Telamar Beach Resort, Tela, Honduras
Hotel Petecuy, Cali, Colombia
Travel Lodge Forte, Miami Airport, USA
Marriott Hotel Convention, Panama, Rep. Panama
Hotel de Turistas, Machu Picchu, Peru
Marriott Tampa Airport, Fl. USA
Camino Real Inter., Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Marriott City Line, Philadelphia, PA., USA
Hotel de Turistas, Urubamba, Peru
Marriott Pittsburgh Monroeville, Pa, USA
La Ensenada Beach Resort, Tela, Honduras
Hotel Puerto Pizarro, Tumbes, Peru
Princess Hotel, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Holiday Inn Plaza, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Marriott Atlanta Airport, Atlanta, GA, USA
Chatham Bars Inn, Cape Cod, Chatham, MA, USA
Holiday Inn Airport, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Fantasy Island Resort, Roatan,
Garden Hotel, Bavaro Beach, Dom. Republic
Gran Hotel San Salvador, El Salvador,
Hotel de Turistas, Cuzco, Peru
Gran Hotel Sula, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Hotel de Turistas de Chala, Chala, Peru
Holiday Inn, Miami Airport, FL, USA
Planet One Hotel Lagos, Nigeria
Best Western Premier Hotel Dubai, UAE
Arab Club, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Hotel Atahualpa, Guayaquil, Ecuador,
The Executive Hotel, Panama, Rep. Panama
Capella Resort Ramada Renaissannce, Dom. Republic.
Hotel Escuela Madrid, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Hotel La Sierra, Santa Marta, Colombia

Beautiful places, Great Food, Wonderful experiences, these are my committments to my Guest!

This is what I will do for your property

Hospitality Projects
  • Concept development for your new property,
  • Evaluate Architectural design for staff productivity,
  • Assess design for Guest & Staff flow,
  • Reposition your existing Hotel or Resort,
  • Full Specifications for FF&E and OS&E,
  • Preopening and Opening Tasks,
Human Resources
  • Coaching Owner, Hotel Executives, Supervisors,
  • Develop Induction, Training Manuals and KPIs,
  • Recruit, Select, hire, and train all your Staff,
  • Lead once a month SOP Tests,
  • Assess all Staff Tasks to improve productivity,
  • Annual Retraining and Certification Program,
Hotel Management
  • I will manage your Hotel or Resort, "from the front"
  • Conduct daily HODs & monthly Department Meetings
  • Develop the Marketing Plan, Annual Budget,
  • Review Weekly Forecast, adjust budget,
  • Analyze Monthly P&L and discuss it with owner,
  • Improve ROI and Market share,
Quality Assurance Audits
  • Customized tool with your own Standards,
  • i will lead daily Front & Back of the House QAAs,
  • Audit will include Value, Service, Facilities, Quality,
  • Set-up training and improvement plan,
Questions & Answers Sessions
  • Available 24/7 to answer Questions,
  • Zoom session, request appointment,
  • Or, access Trello board write query,
  • FREE Service, all 9 hotel disciplines,
Consulting & Advisory
  • Owner Representative,
  • On-site or online advise to owner,
  • Monthly Zoom session for Board,
  • Troubleshooting any hotel operation challenge,

To learn what my former employers say about me, please, click below pictures to access the "Letters of Reference"

Ensenada Beach Resort, Tela, Honduras
Larson´s Restaurant, San Pedro, Honduras
Villa Nuria Aparthotel,
Real Intercontinental, Tegucigalpa
Hotel Escuela Madrid, Tegucigalpa
Planet One Hotel & Wellness, Lagos, Nigeria
Best Western Premier Deira Hotel, Dubai UAE
Olas Verdes Hotel, Nosara, Costa Rica
Arab Club, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
The Executive Hotel CJ Hotels, Panama

Reviews

What people say

To Fellow Hotel, Restaurant Colleagues I have known and worked with Emilio Vargas in various capacities for decades. Thus, I can say with complete conviction that he is the following: - Extremely knowledgeable and competent in all areas of the restaurant and hotel business. To have the opportunity of having Emilio join one’s team as a General Manager, is to connect with a lifetime of knowledge, competence, and wisdom that can only be gained from many decades of experience. - A man of integrity and honesty. He tells it like it is and avoids 'polishing' his part or contribution. He can be given the most sensitive and ‘unwatched’ financial situations–and be counted upon to account for every penny. – Emilio is the right person for any hotel/restaurant general management position, but he’s especially valuable when: substantial restructuring and/or reorganizing and/or turning around of a property is necessary.....
★★★★★
Mark J.
from USA
To worldwide Hospitality companies It is my pleasure and honor to recommend Mr. Emilio A. VARGAS, hotelier-restaurateur, USA citizen, for the role of Hotel or Resort General Manager. I have worked with Mr. VARGAS for 2 years, 2015 – 2017, at Best Western Premier Deira Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he used his excellent Hospitality experience and deep knowledge of the industry – leading the opening process of the hotel – and delivering spectacular results in the role of General Manager. I am confident that Mr. VARGAS exceptional skills, professional experience, and above all, his personal Integrity will make him a powerful asset at any reputable hospitality organization. As General Manager, Mr VARGAS demonstrated his leadership, participating with our Sales department in personal sales call to our LNR Accounts and exploring new Markets Segments for our hotel. His loss was greatly felt, ...
★★★★★
Arun N
from Dubai, UAE
To whom it may concern It is my pleasure to present and recommend Mr. Emilio A. Vargas, hotelier-restaurateur, American citizen, for the role of Hotel or Resort General Manager. I have worked with Mr. Vargas during 2011, at Planet One Hotel & Wellness in Lagos, Nigeria, where he used his strong hospitality background and professional knowledge of the industry obtaining positive results in his of GM role. Mr. Vargas - a truly “hands-on” hotelier – with results oriented managerial skills and professional expertise, in all areas of the industry, added to his proven Honesty will make him instrumental at any first-class Hotel or Resort. As GM in Nigeria, Mr Vargas demonstrated his professionalism creating the Rooms Sales department and Catering department and, at same time, developed the Hotel Marketing Plan. He drastically improved, in short time, our Market share in the city; also, implemented a comprehensive Quality Audits System to improve the Standards and Quality at the entire hotel.
★★★★★
Martin C.
from Lagos, Nigeria
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