Resort Co-Developer, Resort Finance Facilitator, Resort Project Evaluator
A well-regarded veteran of the hotel and resort industry on four Continents and a dozen countries, British-born McMillan has served as the Official Voice of the global hotel and restaurant industry as the CEO of the Paris-based International Hotel & Restaurant Association, is a Member of the Distinguished Alumni of the Waldorf Astoria and was elected a three-term Chairman of the Hotel Association of Canada.
In senior management positions in several major hotels and resorts, he opened the first purpose-built Four Seasons in the world, operated four Hyatt Regency hotels including El Salvador, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and their ‘Flagship’ 700 room Hyatt Regency Acapulco, served two Hilton Hotels in New York, two in Montreal, Jamaica and Curacao and ran 60 hotels in a multi-branded Canadian management company expanding strategically to Cuba and Kenya as they leveraged their 12,000-strong employee base.
Recruited by Cirque du Soleil to pioneer their efforts in developing a series of Cirque-inspired destination hotels while re-inventing their food services in their global travelling shows, David developed a strategic plan for this initiative, which if executed would have seriously compromised the resources of their core business of producing and creating world-class shows around the world. Although the initiative was suspended, the link however of Hospitality and Entertainment was a connection that McMillan has espoused his whole career and certainly was a perfect fit in this instance.
David continues to provide hotel and resort development expertise to a select few resort and hotel projects through Axis Hospitality International, a company that links vast experience from Axis’ connections with exciting projects, typically in a Co-Development role.
In addition, Axis and David McMillan are now associated with Montreal-based 360Pacifica and Blueprint Global where the skills and talents of this great company are synchronized with its own.
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Website: www.axishotelsandresorts.com
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