Živorad Vasić, Director for Hotel Projects - Delta Real Estate

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

10/08-present Hotel Continental Belgrade
Director for Hotel Projects- Delta Real Estate
• Overseeing Entire Hotel Operation 415 Rooms, 300 employees
• Monitor and maintain the Hotel’s product quality
• Directs the total operation of the Hotel to maintain established cost and quality standards
• Develops and updates the hotel business plan, and monitors financial performance
• Administers company policies and procedures
• Maintains a positive community image and remains current on local business trends

07/07-10/08 Hyatt Regency Boston Financial District
Director of Rooms
• Overseeing Entire Rooms Operation 530 Rooms, 128 employees, 4 assistants and 3 supervisors
• Managing 30 million dollars Room Revenue
• Training of all associates on entire Impact material
• 7th in the company Year to Date in Improvement in Front Desk Staff Cared Maritz question, and 20th in Check in process improvement year to date
• Responsible for hiring, training, scheduling, discipline and payroll of 31 employees

06/05-07/07 Hyatt Regency Cambridge Cambridge, Massachusetts
Operations Director
• Responsible for the overall operation of 469 room hotel
• Overall management of guest experience, quality assurance, and coordination of both Rooms and F&B operations
• Insuring productivity thru whole hotel by overseeing all the managers and employees in the hotel in the afternoon hours

12/05 Hyatt Regency Denver at Convention Center Denver, Colorado
• Training and Management team member of Hyatt Regency Denver opening team 1100 room property
• Responsible for setting up entire Rooms Operation of Hyatt Regency Denver with 320 employees

05/04-06/05 Hyatt Regency Cambridge
Front Office & Guest Services Manager
• Responsible for performance of 31 employees including front desk, bellman, doorman, concierge, and PBX
• Responsible for hiring, training, scheduling, discipline and payroll of 31 employees
• Creating daily average rate for the hotel, and managing both daily and transient revenue
Hyatt Dulles Dulles, Virginia
Executive Housekeeping and Laundry Manager
• Managing 53 of the Housekeeping employees
• Responsible for managing of lobby renovation ($600 000 project)
• Responsible for renovating all the guest suites

05/03-05/04 Hyatt Regency Cambridge Cambridge, Massachusetts
Executive Housekeeping Manager
• Responsible for budgeting and purchasing of all the guest and cleaning supplies of about $100 000 year
• Managing suite renovation project
• Scheduling, training, hiring and firing of 51 employees

05/02-05/03 Front Office Manager
• Responsible for performance of all the front desk and PBX employees
• Working closely with sales and catering insuring all the groups are blocked and taken care of
• Working closely with Accounting ensuring all the postings are accurate, all the adjustments are minimized, and all the employee banks are correct

05/00-05/02 Assistant Front Office Manager
• Managing rate variance and ensuring proper rate running on all 469 rooms
• Preparing all the credit reports and ensuring maximization of room revenue
• Addressing all room related guest challenges in the afternoon hours

06/99-05/00 Rooms Management Trainee
• Helped in all rooms division departments including front office, guest services, reservations, and housekeeping
• Performed night audit functions for 2 months ensuring all the departments receive all night audit reports

EDUCATION
Boston University Boston, MA Bachelor of science in Hospitality Administration (Magana Cum Laude) Degree, 05/99 Double Major: Financial Management
Suffield Academy Suffield , CT High School Diploma Degree, 05/95

ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND SKILLS
• Manager of the year 2006, 2008
• Raising Star 2004
• Manager of the quarter 2000, 2001, and 2003
• Extensive knowledge of PMS, Opera, Fidelio, Reserve, RMS and other hotel reservation systems
• First Aid and CPR certified
• Fluent in most Slavic languages, and French

Živorad Vasić will be one of the spakers at the second Real Estate Belgrade Exhibition and Conference, REBEC 2009, which will be held in Belgrade between June 22 and 24, 2009 (www.rebec.rs).

Hotel Crowne plaza Beograd

Delta Real Estate d.o.o. Beograd

Delta Holding d.o.o. Beograd

Festlent d.o.o. Beograd