Helmut Meckelburg

Founder of “The Career Hoteliers Guide” Helmut Meckelburg is also the CEO of “Hotel Career Consultants” in Puerto Rico. A classic career hotelier who started out as dishwasher, worked his way up into top management positions in the USA, Middle East and South Asia. Insiders know him as a turn-around specialist and proven crisis manager. He is also known as a builder of successful teams and career coach. Helmut is passionate about helping young hoteliers to plan their careers strategically for time and money and helped many hoteliers to advance into General Management positions and across the globe. He understands the challenges and mindsets of many hoteliers at the beginning of their career but also the changes one has to make when moving into leadership positions. His work with Hilton, IGH and Taj Hotels has provided him with valuable insights into corporate requirements for leadership positions and demand. His coaching approach is timeless, unique and sometimes radical. His professional network across the world provides expertise and experience when it comes to promotion, transfers, contracting and avoiding the pitfalls of quick career advances.

WHY I LOVE AMERICA.

Most young people at the age of 18 to 25 have a natural curiosity and also a certain fascination for another culture besides their own. For example , Germans in the 1980ties had a certain fascination for the FAR EAST. The sound of Honk Kong or Singapore or Shanghai caused certain emotions in many of

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HOW TO PROFIT FROM THE LABOR SHORTAGE IN THE HOTEL INDUSTRY

How you can profit from the labor shortage in the hotel industry. A journalist of a hospitality magazine observed recently: “Although many restaurants, bars and hotels are finally allowed to reopen due to falling corona numbers, unfortunately they often cannot find anyone who would like to receive their guests, clean their rooms, or cook for

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Your Recruiter and You

A relationship which can last a lifetime If you are a smart and ambitious hotelier, even in the early stages of your career a good relationship with your recruitment firm and their individual recruiters is of fundamental importance. Not only for yourself but also for your recruiter. This relationship you are about to built is not

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