Hotel Director

Ready to swap the hotel lobby for the high seas?

We’re looking for experienced Hotel General Managers to lead the hotel operation onboard large, busy, mass-market cruise ships.

Previous cruise ship Hotel Director/Hotel GM experience is very welcome, but it isn’t essential. We’re also particularly interested in speaking to successful land-based Hotel GMs who are ready to take their experience into a completely different operating environment.

What we’re looking for

You’ll need at least 3 years’ full-time GM experience managing a large, complex hospitality operation, ideally:

• A large resort

• A multi-property or cluster operation

• A high-volume hotel

• A large property with a recognised international hotel brand

• Or a large cruise ship hotel operation

You should be comfortable leading and developing a large, highly diverse multinational team, managing multiple departments and keeping standards high in an extremely busy, fast-paced operation.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Hands-on, visible and operational

• Genuinely guest-centric

• A strong people leader and developer

• Commercially and financially aware

• Calm under pressure

• Flexible, pragmatic and solutions-focused

• Comfortable working with different cultures, personalities and leadership styles

The lifestyle

Cruise ship life isn’t a normal hotel GM job. You’ll live and work onboard, travel extensively and spend long periods away from home.

Typical rotations are approximately 4 months onboard followed by 2 months' vacation, so you must be able to spend around 8 months of the year at sea.

Applications are welcome from suitably qualified candidates worldwide.