In Search of Staff - By Mark Keith - MD of HVS Executive Search Hong Kong,

Where are we going to find the right calibre of people? ASIA’S hospitality industry is heading for one of the biggest economic booms since North America industrialized in the late 19th century. We are on the threshold of an unrivalled period of growth and development. But our focus must not be on the short-term images of civet-cat massacres and body bags full of dead chickens.

Mark Keith is Managing Director of HVS Executive Search in Hong Kong and oversees search assignments throughout South East Asia, Australia and the Pacific. Mr Keith has over twenty five years of experience in international human resource management and prior to joining HVS he headed up the human resource function for a luxury hotel group in Hong Kong. Mr Keith is a recognised authority on recruitment and selection, psychometric assessment, international compensation, training and development and cross-cultural management. For the past twenty years he has lived in Hong Kong, working within Asia and the USA. He has a Master of Science degree from the University of Leicester and has also lived and worked in Africa, Europe and the Middle East.

HVS International is a hospitality services firm providing industry skill and knowledge worldwide. The organization and its specialists possess a wide range of expertise and offer market feasibility studies, valuations, strategic analyses, development planning, and litigation support. Additionally, HVS International supplies unique knowledge in the areas of executive search, investment banking, environmental sustainability, timeshare consulting, food and beverage operations, interior design, gaming, technology strategies, organizational assessments, operational management, strategy development, convention facilities consulting, marketing communications, property tax appeals and investment consulting. Since 1980, HVS International has provided hospitality services to more than 10,000 hotels throughout the world. Principals and associates of the firm have authored textbooks and thousands of articles regarding all aspects of the hospitality industry. Click here for more...

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HVS is the world's leading consulting and services organization focused on the hotel, restaurant, shared ownership, gaming, and leisure industries. Established in 1980, the company performs more than 2,000 assignments per year for virtually every major industry participant. HVS principals are regarded as the leading professionals in their respective regions of the globe.