Highlights of Manny Gonzalez Resumé | ||||
|
||||
MANNY GONZALEZ |
||||
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | ||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
EDUCATION | ||||
MBA, Columbia University, New York, 1974.
Robert J. McKim, Jr., Fellowship (for exceptional academic achievement). Roswell McCrea Prize (awarded to the most outstanding first-year student). |
||||
AB Humanities, Ateneo de Manila University
1971. With Honors. Full Presidential Scholarship for placing first in the entrance examinations to this, the most prestigious university in the Philippines. |
||||
PUBLICATIONS | ||||
|
||||
PERSONAL INFORMATION | ||||
|
||||
TOURISM-RELATED RESUMÉ
as of December 15, 2020 Manny Gonzalez |
||||
Education, Languages | ||||
Ateneo de Manila AB, 1971. Presidential Scholarship
for topping the entrance exams. |
||||
Relevant Work Experience: International Banker, Hotelier | ||||
International Finance Corporation-World Bank (1979-1986). Senior Investment Officer, Washington DC, assigned to Mexico, Colombia, and the Caribbean. Travelled extensively, logged over 500 nights at mostly 4 and 5 star hotels. Plantation Bay Resort & Spa. (1995-2020, now retired from active management). Plantation Bay is a 5 Star International Class Resort as rated by TripAdvisor, Expedia, Agoda, Bookings.com, and numerous other observers. It was recently elected to the TripAdvisor Hall of Fame for winning the Certificate of Excellence for five straight years. Was personally responsible for the site development plan and stylistic design of the resort. Oversaw construction, furniture procurement, hiring and training, and startup. Active in day-to-day management. Instrumental in developing the Korean tourism business for the Philippines, as borne out by the fact that Plantation Bay is the most recognized foreign hotel name in Korea. Also served a term as President of the Hotel, Resort, and Restaurant Association of Cebu. Played an important role in the liberalization of the Philippine airline industry. Wrote a highly influential Guest Main Editorial, The Unfriendly Philippine Skies, The Asian Wall Street Journal (May 19, 1999). For complete list of other publications and books, please see General-Purpose Resumé. |
||||
Cities Lived In (at least one year except as noted) | ||||
London. Paris. Barcelona. New York. San Francisco. Washington DC. Hong Kong. Vancouver, British Columbia. Whistler, British Columbia. Cebu. Manila. Los Angeles (6 months). Breckenridge, Colorado (2 months). Rome (6 weeks). Boston (5 weeks), Berlin (4 months). | ||||
Major Cities/Areas Visited (at least two nights/three days) | ||||
Asia and Oceania: Tokyo, Beijing, Singapore, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Chengdu, Guilin, Lhasa, Macao, Seoul, Bangkok. Baguio, Daet, Balesin Island, Boracay, Iloilo, Bacolod, Ormoc, Panglao, Camotes Islands, Siargao, Cagayan de Oro, Iligan City, Bukidnon Province, Davao City. Auckland, Marlborough Sounds, Rotorua, Taupo, Wellington, Mount Cook, Queenstown, Christchurch, Dunedin - New Zealand. Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane - Australia. Europe: Budapest, Hungary. Prague, Czech Republic. Istanbul, Turkey. Athens, Greece. Valletta, Malta. Inverness, Edinburgh, Brighton, Bath, York - UK. Verona, Bologna, Positano, Naples, Milan, Syracuse, Palermo, Taormina, Sorrento, Capri, Florence, Venice, Tuscany - Italy. Geneva, Zurich, Ascona, Lausanne, Lucerne, Neuchatel, Bern, Basel – Switzerland. Vaduz, Liechtenstein. Bruges, Belgium. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Copenhagen, Denmark. Deauville, St. Malo, Cannes, Lille, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Marseille, Nice, Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, Carcassonne, Loire Valley, Lyon, Montpellier, Beaune - France. Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Baden-Baden, Munich, Berlin, Nuremberg, Cologne - Germany. Madrid, Sevilla, Marbella, Sotogrande-Gibraltar, Granada, Ronda, San Sebastian, Bilbao, Ibiza, Priorat, Zaragoza, Ribera del Duero, Salamanca - Spain. Stockholm, Sweden. Oslo, Bergen – Norway. Reykjavik and Blue Lagoon, Iceland. Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck – Austria. North America: Toronto, Okanagan, Victoria/Vancouver Island, Squamish, Kelowna, Kamloops, Montreal. Boston. Freeport and Portland, Maine. New Haven, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Akron-Canton-Cleveland, The Hamptons. Detroit, Petoskey, Traverse City, Charlevoix, St. Louis, Memphis, Miami, Orlando, Sarasota, Fort Lauderdale. Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Vale, Jackson, Bozeman. Bend, Portland, and Florence, Oregon. San Jose, San Diego, and Monterrey. Seattle. Honolulu. New Orleans. Latin America and the Caribbean: Mexico City DF, Monterrey, Puerto Vallarta, Cuernavaca, San Migue Allende - Mexico. Kingston and Montego Bay - Jamaica. Castries, St. Lucia. Bridgetown, Barbados. Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Port-au-Prince and Cap Haitien - Haiti. Caracas, Venezuela. Barranquilla, Cartagena, Bogota, Medellin, Cali - Colombia. Lima, Peru. Santiago, Easter Island, Atacama, Puerto Montt - Chile. Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo - Brazil. Buenos Aires, Tierra del Fuego - Argentina. Montevideo, Uruguay. |
||||
Highly Experienced Hotel Guest: Five-Star
and Other Notable Hotels Stayed In (* denotes a hotel which is on Travel & Leisure’s list of Top 500 hotels in the world) |
||||
The Ritz London(*). Grosvenor House London. Arlington House London. Hyde Park Hotel London (now Mandarin) (*). InterContinental Paris (now Westin). Four Seasons Gresham Palace Budapest (*). The original Imperial Hotel Tokyo (now demolished). Four Seasons Sultanahmed Istanbul (*). Grande Bretagne Athens (*). Carlton InterContinental Cannes. Luna Hotel Baglioni Venice (*). Beau Rivage Lausanne. Hotel de la Paix Geneva. Baur au Lac Zurich. Waldorf-Astoria New York . Flemings Hotel Mayfair London. Les Armures Geneva. Hotel de Russie Rome (*). Hassler Rome (*). Sofitel Villa Borghese Rome. Park Hyatt Milano (*). Grand Hotel Villa Igiea, Palermo Sicily. The Madrid Ritz. Barcelona El Palace GL (*). Peninsula Hong Kong (*). Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong (*). Hullett House Hong Kong. Prestonfield House Edinburgh. Hotel Imperial Vienna (*). Westin Excelsior Florence. Westin Grand Frankfurt. Villa La Massa Florence. Inn at the Market Seattle (*). Four Seasons Hong Kong (*). The Raffles Singapore. The Peninsula Manila (*). Hotel Okura Tokyo. Mandarin Oriental Washington DC. Four Seasons Washington DC (*). The Dorset New York (long demolished). Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues Geneva. La Scalinatella Capri. Bellevue Syrene Sorrento. Four Seasons Whistler (*). Schloss Monchstein Salzburg. Mandarin Oriental Barcelona (*). Disney World Yacht Club Orlando. Disney World Beach Club Orlando. Regent Petite France Strasbourg. Dorint Maison Messmer, Baden-Baden. Heidelberg Suites. Locanda dell'Amorosa, Tuscany. Heathman, Portland Oregon (*). River Place, Portland Oregon. Mark Hopkins, San Francisco. The Lodge at Torrey Pines, San Diego (*). Mandarin Oriental Munich. Four Seasons, New York (*). Mandarin Oriental Geneva. Hotel Vitale San Francisco (*). The Upper House, Hong Kong. The Bostonian, Boston. The Peabody, Memphis. Lausanne Palace. Palafitte, Neuchatel. Bellevue Palace, Bern. Les Trois Rois, Basel.The Willard, Washington DC. Park Hyatt, Washington DC. Hotel d'Angleterre, Geneva. The Chatwal, New York. The Park Hyatt, New York. Hotel d'Europe, Avignon. Chateau Petit Verdus, Bordeaux Region. After Six, Stockholm. Grand Hotel, Oslo. Boscolo Exedra, Nice. Grand Hyatt Incheon. Hotel Lotte, Jeju. Luxury Suites, Amsterdam. Hotel Adlon Kempinski, Berlin. Skt. Petri, Copenhagen. Viking Sun Majestic Fjords Cruise, Owner's Suite. Hanseatic Hotel, Bergen. Brown's Hotel, London. Mandarin Oriental, Miami. Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills. Halekulani, Honolulu. The Peninsula, Chicago. Brasada Ranch, Oregon. Adlon Kempinski, Berlin. Capitol Kempinski, Singapore. The Conrad, Chicago. The Blue Lagoon Retreat, Iceland. Terra Dominicata, Priorat. Castilla Termal Monasterio de Valbuena, Ribera del Duero. Palacio de San Esteban, Salamanca. Hotel Urban, Madrid. Huka Lodge, Taupo, New Zealand. Azur, Queenstown, New Zealand. Bay of Many Coves Resort, New Zealand. Grand Hyatt Melbourne. The Langham, Sydney. Viking Jupiter South America and Chilean Fjords Cruise, Owner's Suite. | ||||
Highly Experienced Restaurant Patron: Notable
Restaurants Patronized (* to *** denotes Michelin stars) |
||||
Taillevent, Paris (***). l’Ambassade d’Auvergne, Paris. Le Grand Colbert, Paris. Alain Senderens at Place de la Madeleine, Paris (**). Mollard, Paris. Le Train Bleu, Paris. Fouquet’s, Paris. Pavillon Ledoyen, Paris (***). Le Procope, Paris. Restaurant Polidor, Paris (setting for Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris). l’Ilot Vache, Paris. Le Grand Vefour, Paris (**). La Coupole, Paris. Il Gabrielo, Rome. Imago at the Hassler, Rome (*). Sevva, Hong Kong. l’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, Hong Kong (***). NOBU InterContinental, Hong Kong. The Steak House, Hong Kong (*). Morton’s Steak House, Washington DC. Palm, Washington DC. Lasserre, Paris (**). Bentley’s Oyster Bar and Grill, London. Sweetings, London. Tre Scalini Piazza Navona, Rome. Ciampini, Rome. Pierre Gagnaire at Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong (**). Jamie Oliver’s Barbecoa, London. The Savoy Grill, London (*). Simpson’s in the Strand, London. Gordon Ramsay’s Heddon Street Kitchen, London. River Café, New York (*). The Wolseley, London. Mario Batali’s Del Posto, New York (*). Los Caracoles, Barcelona. Bar Mut, Barcelona. Tapas 24, Barcelona. VUN at Park Hyatt Milan (*). Scoma’s, San Francisco. Lung King Heen, Hong Kong (***). Buena Vista Café, San Francisco. La Casserole, Strasbourg (*). Maison des Tanneurs, Strasbourg. Fink Stuebel, Strasbourg. Goya, Madrid. Palacio de Cibeles, Madrid. Le Pavillon, Zurich (*). Le Gabriel Bistro, Bordeaux. La Tupina, Bordeaux. Brasserie Lipp, Geneva. Il Lago, Geneva (*). Tommy’s Hamburger, Los Angeles. The original Hard Rock Café, London. Benu, San Francisco (***). Gramercy Tavern, New York (*). The Modern, Museum of Modern Art New York (**). Le Bernardin, New York (***). La Grenouille, New York (formerly ***). Aquavit, New York (**). Gabriel Kreuther, New York (*). Andanada, New York (*). Marea, New York (**). Nola, New Orleans. Galatoire’s, New Orleans. R’Evolution, New Orleans. Rasoi, Geneva. Cinq Sentits, Barcelona (*). Caelis, Barcelona (*). The Bristol, Boston. Legal Seafood, Boston. The Waverly Inn, New York. Caprice, Hong Kong (**). Gotham Bar and Grill, New York (*). Eleven Madison Park, New York (***). Tom’s Diner, New York (setting for Seinfeld). Cheers, Boston (setting for Cheers). The Peninsula Grill, Charleston. The French Laundry, Yountville (***). Union Oyster House, Boston. Californios, San Francisco (*). Campton Place Restaurant, San Francisco (*). Quince, San Francisco (***). Ruth’s Chris, Boston. La Table d’Edgard, Lausanne (*). Palace Sushi Zen, Lausanne. Kornhauskeller, Bern. Meridiano, Bern (*). Restaurant VUE, Bern. Aureole, New York (*). The Oyster Bar at Grand Central Terminal, New York. Blue Hill, New York (*). Mario Batalli’s Otto Enoteca and Pizzeria, New York. Café Boulud, New York (*). Sardi’s Restaurant, New York. Brasserie Ruhlman, New York. Rock Center Café, New York. NoMad, New York (*). Sel et Poivre, New York. Katz’s Deli, New York. Bar Masa, New York. 21 Club, New York. Jean-Georges, New York (***). Ai Fiori, New York (*). Lafayette Restaurant, Washington DC. Old Ebbitt Grill, Washington DC. Blue Duck, Washington DC (*). Marcel’s, Washington DC. Cheval Blanc, Basel (***). Amber, Hong Kong (**). Tim Ho Wan, Hong Kong (*). Otto e Mezzo, Hong Kong (***). Peter Luger, Brooklyn New York (*). Per Se, New York (***). Porter House Grill, New York. Boccaccio, Nice. Oliviera, Nice. Chateau de la Chevre d’Or, Eze. Licandro le Bistro, Aix-en-Provence. Private Dining Room, Chateau Palmer, Margaux. Esperanto, Stockholm. Ekstedt, Stockholm (*) Esperanto, Stockholm. Fjord, Stockholm (*). Momo Yama, Jeju. Narnia, Jeju. Ellen’s Stardust Diner, New York. Truluck’s, Fort Lauderdale. Maaemo, Oslo (***). Enhjorningen, Bergen. Palmen Restaurant, Oslo. Spring Moon, Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong (***). Casterlroc, Monaco. Restaurant RED, Amsterdam. VEA, Hong Kong (*). Beefbar, Hong Kong (*). Tate Dining Room, Hong Kong (*). A Valenciana, Lisbon. Restaurant Salon, Copenhagen. Det Lille Apotek, Copenhagen. Hakkasan Mayfair, London. Gaucho Piccadilly, London. Benares Restaurant, London (*). Fera at Claridge’s, London (*). Havana 1957, Miami. Mrs. Mac’s Kitchen, Key Largo. Everest, Chicago (*). Momotaro, Chicago. Canter’s Deli, Los Angeles. Spago Beverly Hills (**). The Hungtington Rose Garden Tea Room, Los Angeles. The Rooftop Grill at Montage, Beverly Hills. Wolfgang Puck’s CUT, Beverly Hills (*). Orchids, Honolulu. Azure, Honolulu. Alan Wong’s, Honolulu (*). Entente, Chicago (*). Fleming’s Fine Steakhouse, Miami. La Mar, Miami. Facil, Berlin (*). Nouri, Singapore (*). Odette, Singapore (**). Huka Lodge Dining Room, Taupo, New Zealand. Crackers, Berlin. Siglodoce, Avila. El Nacional, Barcelona. Jardin de Diana, Barcelona. Moss Restaurant, Blue Lagoon, Iceland. Lava Restaurant, Blue Lagoon, Iceland. Rockpool Bar and Grill, Sydney. Lord Nelson Brewery, Sydney. The Grove, Auckland. Amano, Auckland. Lune Croissanterie, Melbourne. The Panorama and The Alpine Restaurants, Mt. Cook, New Zealand. Jervois Steak House, Queenstown, New Zealand. Rata, Queenstown, New Zealand. | ||||
Humorous Travelogue Writer and Social Commentator: Publications (Philippine Star except as noted; Click link for full text) | ||||
Cebu
– Where West First Met East (Mabuhay Magazine) 2000. |
||||