Daniel Mann

Experience

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  Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

  Mar 1986 - Jul 1991

  Food & Beverage Director

  Four Seasons Hotel – Philadelphia, PA (6/1988-7/1991)The Pierre (A Four Seasons Hotel) – New York, NY (3/1986-6/1988

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  The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company LLC

  Aug 1991 - Mar 1993

  Hotel Manager

  Managing Rooms & Food & Beverage

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  Belmond

  Mar 1993 - Jan 2001

  Managing Director

  (Previously known as “Orient-Express Hotels & Resorts”)Multi - Property Resort & Country Club Management Keswick Hall, Club & Estate – Charlottesville, VA The Inn at Perry Cabin – St. Michael's, MDIn 1999, Orient-Express acquired these assets in order to reposition these two resorts as the first full service “Club Resorts” within the company.Windsor Court Hotel (Orient-Express Hotel) New Orleans, LA (Hotel Manager)

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  DRM - Diverse Resource Management

  Feb 2001 - Feb 2004

  Principal Consultant

  Strategic Management & Operational Hospitality Consulting- (Persani Group LLC, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Daufuskie Island Resort & Club, Tiburon Hospitality Management)

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  LXR -Luxury Resorts / Savoy Group (Blackstone Hospitality Portfolio)

  Mar 2004 - Sept 2009

  Managing Director

  Luxury Resorts & Hotels – Corporate (1/2008-9/2009) Managing DirectorBoca Raton Resort & Club – (3/2005-1/2008)Managing DirectorThe Savoy – London, England (3/2004-2/2005)General Manager(Hotel sold and was closed for 3 year renovation)

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  Revel Entertainment Group

  Jan 2010 - Mar 2012

  Senior Vice President - Resort Experience

  As a start up project; responsibilities included overseeing all product development and guest related service operations; both gaming and non- gaming (3500 associates). This 6 million sq ft. urban resort/casino complex opened in the spring 2012, offering 1900 rooms/ suites and is located directly on the beach of Atlantic City, NJ.

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  AIDA Cruises

  Jul 2012 - Jun 2014

  (Retired) -Vice President Of Product Management

  Manage and further develop the portfolio's overall products and services -(Responsibilities included all "On Board Revenue" including Hotel Services, Food & Beverage Operations and Entertainment Services). During my time, the fleet operated 11 ships /11500 Cabins with additional new builds in the progress. AIDA was regarded as the world’s most profitable cruise company at the time, now part of the Costa-Group Europe and a subsidiary of Carnival Cruises.