[Ari]

Dear Hoteliers,

I am new to the forum and would greatly appreciate it if anyone would be kind enough to help provide me with a pre-opening checklist, inventory form's and monthly/annual budget planning templates suitable for smaller hotels. I am opening a 60 room boutique hotel in Kuala Lumpur, we are projected to be about a month away from potential opening. This is my first venture into a new and exiting industry. It has been quite challenging thus far indeed, so any other input or advice will be helpful.

Thanks in advance.

-Ari


email - arianlakhiani@gmail.com

[REB]

Hi .

10 000 usd it will cost you.if yes kindly advice

[Barney]

if REB is charging 10 gran I'll say 500 for all pre-opening templates...haha

[Luciano]

Why on earth would anyone hire you to open a hotel if you have no previous experience? They must be paying you crap & have no expectation of success.

Here's my advice...get out of the business or get more experience. Sheesh...35 years experience in this business and I am struggling to find quality employment and you get hired with no experience or even a glimmer of knowledge of where to start. This hotel is doomed!

Sorry for being so harsh, but it's operators like you that give serious career professionals a bad name. It is an exciting business and has been for me for many years, the problem lies in people like yourself who think that because they slept in a hotel bed and eaten in a restaurant, think wow this is great , I should do this.

GOOD LUCK!

[Barney]

Luciano, I know why probably entry level hotelier. Who's experience is 8-10 years 2 years as managerial level. And more importantly the owner is on tight budget. You can't blame the chap, he probably was surprised as you are that he land the job. This was posted two months ago? there are only 2 possibilities that may have happened, 1 he managed to open the hotel because he was smart enough to hire staff with more experience. 2 he got fired the owners realised the mistake of hiring him and a waste of money no matter how low it is.

and here's something, I know someone who has no experience being a GM, inexperience if you may but was offered a Country Role managing few hotels and resorts somewhere in Asia Pacific Region. She got the job and is not struggling apparently everything is running smooth from her perspective.

Let's not discourage young hoteliers, or bashed them. We were young once and may have gone through may be the same phase they are going now. It's a tough business, if you can't handle it then jump ship. It's not sinking it is just overcrowded!

Barney