REBECCA HOLLANTS
VAN LOOCKE COO EMEA,
FRASERS HOSPITALITY
Find a career you are passionate about and invest your energies into it
Embrace any opportunity that you are given, try as hard as you can, and never beat yourself up if you fail.
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hat is the advice that Rebecca Hollants Van Loocke would give to any young person starting out in their career today. “Falling down is often one of the best ways to learn,”
she says. “Failing is actually succeeding as long as you learn from it. Embrace it, do it even if it's tough. Learn from your mistakes. Put your heart and soul into what you are passionate about if you really want to have an exciting and successful career.” She acknowledges that for some people, particularly
since Covid, hybrid working and work-life balance come before making sacrifices in pursuit of a career. “I still believe if you really want a successful career,
you need to invest in it. It is a choice. Today I see a lot of younger people who seem to put the comfort of their lives ahead of
potentially what they could ultimately
succeed at. Perhaps that is just because I am very driven, but I believe they have so much more that they can give and do and for me that is wasting time, but perhaps they get the better life balance.”
AN INTERNATIONAL CAREER IN THE CHANGING WORLD OF HOSPITALITY Rebecca has had a career spanning industries and continents, and has expertise
in hospitality, luxury
serviced apartments and real estate. She has held management roles with Hyatt Hotels in
Paris and Istanbul and worked at The Ascott Limited for ten years as country general manager for the UK, Germany and Georgia. She has experience in managing and developing diverse teams across different regions and countries and focuses on customer satisfaction, revenue and room sales. She has been with Frasers Hospitality since 2017 and has seen many changes in the years she has worked in hospitality. “In the very early years when I was working at the
front desk travel was still quite an elite thing. People were demanding, customers were privileged, but there have been many changes and there is so much more opportunity to travel today. It is far easier to get around and demand for rooms in terms of quick turnaround, shorter stay, and a broadening of the market from corporate to leisure has changed completely.” In many senses, travel has become more transactional, and less about the adventure, she believes. However, people are now reverting again to seeking experiences
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