David McMillan

Current

• President at Axis Hospitality International

Past

• CEO at International Hotel & Restaurant Association
• VPComplexe Cirque, Hotels, Spa & Food & Beverage at Cirque du Soleil
• VP Operations at Commonwealth Hospitality Intl

• General Manager at Hyatt International
• General Manager at Four Seasons Calgary
• VP Operations at Gabriel Management Ltd

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Education

• Framlingham

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Hospitality

Websites

• My Blog
• My Website

David McMillan’s Summary

A career hospitality industry executive who has explored all aspects of the hotel and resort industry with and for the benefit of several hotel chains and classic independent properties, their owners and bankers. Internationally experienced in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, North Africa & Asia in both operations and development, he is equally comfortable in the design & conceptualisation of new projects, managing new-builds and openings, financial turnarounds, asset management, brand repositioning and multi unit/multi brand management. Comfortable in both French and Spanish, McMillan carries both a British (EU) and a Canadian passport.

David McMillan’s Specialties:

Currently leading a focused group of international engineers, architects and specialists toward 'turnkey' hotel & resort projects of all sizes and in all areas..

David McMillan’s Experience

• President

  Axis Hospitality International

  (Hospitality industry)

  1995 — Present (14 years )

  International Hospitality Consulting (part of the David McMillan Group) with projects that involve turn-key hotel, resort, private membership resort clubs & convention centre design, brand selection, development planning and budgets and pre-opening planning. Current active projects are estimated at over $1 billion of new development.

• CEO

  International Hotel & Restaurant Association

  (Hospitality industry)

  January 2005 — December 2006 (2 years )

  The only global business organisation representing the hotel & restaurant industry worldwide. Its' members are national hotel & restaurant associations throughout the world, and international and national hotel & restaurant chains representing some 50+ major brands. Officially recognised by the United Nations, IH&RA monitors and lobbies all international agencies on behalf of this industry, estimated to comprise 300,000 hotels and 8 million restaurants, employ 60 million people and contribute US$950 billion annually to the global economy.

• VPComplexe Cirque, Hotels, Spa & Food & Beverage

  Cirque du Soleil

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Entertainment industry)

  September 2001 — January 2003 (1 year 5 months)

• VP Operations

  Commonwealth Hospitality Intl

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Hospitality industry)

  April 1983 — May 1995 (12 years 2 months)

• General Manager

  Hyatt International

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Hospitality industry)

  February 1977 — September 1983 (6 years 8 months)

  Hyatt Presidente San Salvador
  Hyatt Regence Acapulco
  Hyatt Regency Riyadh

• General Manager

  Four Seasons Calgary

  (Hospitality industry)

  July 1973 — February 1976 (2 years 8 months)

  Planned & Opened the Four Seasons Hotel & Calgary Convention Centre, the first 'purpose-built' Four Seasons in the world.

• VP Operations

  Gabriel Management Ltd

  (Hospitality industry)

  1970 — 1972 (2 years )

David McMillan’s Education

• Framlingham

  1954 — 1958

Additional Information

David McMillan’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Website

David McMillan’s Interests:

Hospitality Industry Issues, New Resort development, Consulting opportunities, Hotel & Resort Management (Short term), Hotel financial turnarounds, Hotel Branding & Repositioning,

David McMillan’s Groups:

Former Chairman, Hotel Association of Canada

•    Hyatt Hotels & Resorts Alumni
•    Cirque du Soleil
•    Hilton Family of Hotels -Active Employees or past Employees
•    HOTELS magazine hotel industry discussion group
•    Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Alumni

David McMillan’s Honors:

Distinguished Alumni Award of the Waldorf Astoria
Honorary Member, Cornell Hotel Society
Honorary Doctorate, Hocking College, Nelsonville, Ohio
Lifetime Achievement Award, Hocking College, Nelsonville, Ohio

David McMillan’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch