EP 5: Olivier Harnisch, CEO, Emaar Hospitality Group - From waiter to Dubai's top hotel CEO

One thing I love about the hotel industry is that so many high ranking executives started at the bottom. This is certainly the case for Olivier Harnisch, who left school at 16 and was a waiter that wasn't even allowed to address customers. Now he's the CEO of Emaar Hospitality Group, with Dubai's most recognisable hotel brands including The Address, Vida and The Rove. In this interview we talk about how he knew, from 8 years old, that he wanted to be a hotelier. The conditions imposed by his Uncle that got him his first job, which led to a chance encounter with James Bond and so many other stories. We also talk leadership, maintaining relationships with spouses and friends when you have a C level role in hospitality, getting into flow, dealing with negative people and what you can lessons you can apply from leaders of the hotel world. Extra thanks to Jonathan Worsley of Bench Events for pushing me to record this podcast. For more content from Raj Kotecha head to , including his show "OPP - Other People's Podcasts", co-hosted by Grammy Award winner Fatman Scoop. This podcast is co-produced by Arjun M Shah and the intro music comes from the song "Riddem" by Hype and Fever (special thanks to them and Live Entertainment London for permission to use the audio).

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EP 5: Olivier Harnisch, CEO, Emaar Hospitality Group - From waiter to Dubai's top hotel CEO is an episode from Raj Kotecha: That's a Great Question by Raj Kotecha.

This episode is 01:08:47 long.

This episode was published on Jun 19, 2018.

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