Friday, October 25, 2019

Laura Antony

Laura Antony - Sales Manager - Bulgari Resort Dubai



Laura’s passion for delivering a luxury hospitality experience has enabled her to make outstanding career progress at one of the most globally prestigious brands, Bulgari Resort Dubai.
Her talents are recognized by her rapid rise from Pre-opening team member to Assistant Sales Manager, now recently promoted to Sales Manager.  With each new position, Laura has assumed broader and more sophisticated markets. In her current position, she is responsible for the development of partnerships with such leading luxury consortia as Virtuoso, Fine Hotels & Resorts, STARS for US and Latin America.
In her role as Assistant Sales Manager, responsible for France, Switzerland and Benelux, Bulgari Resort Dubai realized + 50% Rooms nights in N+1.  As well, year to date 2019, the Swiss market is positioned as number 2 highest ADR in the Bulgari Group.
As a member of the pre-opening team (and a CMH alumni) Laura was a key facilitator for the annual CMH Global Tour in 2018.
As every hospitality professional knows, pre-opening requires special skills and abilities to develop new customer groups and deal with uncertainties.  Laura has embraced pre-opening challenges as prior to Bulgari Resorts she was selected for the pre-opening team of ‘Tempting Places’ Luxury Boutique Hotels in Malaysia.
Laura earned her MBA International Hospitality & Luxury Management at CMH, graduating with high honors in 2017.  She further distinguished her academic life by earning a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from the Sorbonne in Paris.
Laura Antony is well on her way to a remarkable career in the Next Generation hospitality professionals.