President of Consultants of Hospitality Administrators CHA International

Dr. Saker's field related education, complements his Thirty three years of responsible and progressive experience in the Hospitality Industry including 20 years in the United States of America, fourteen years of which as a General Manager with Holiday Corporation, Forte Hotels International and most recent with Marriott Hotels, Resorts and Suites. In 1998, as the president and partner, Dr. Saker established (and responsible for) the continued development and growth of CHA International ?Consultants of Hospitality Administrators? Company, through his alert base of Total Quality Management (TQM) implementation while serving the Hotel and Hospitality Industry Worldwide.

Being   President, and Partner of CHA-International, Dr. Saker has expanded to from Egypt's Offices to the Dubai Media City office, UAE in 2002. In 2004 the USA, California office was launched, Then the Stuttgart Germany and Maldives offices in March 2006. The Doha, Qatar office was announced in December 2006. in 2007 the Berlin office was launched, followed by Shanghai, China, Seattle Washington, Cancun, Mexico, Ontario Canada and Las Vegas Nevada. The annual Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Travel Awards event is just another prove of Dr. Saker's commitment to Hospitality Industry and passion for its cause. Organized by Dr. Saker the Oscar like event is held every May at Al; Bustan Rotana in Dubai along side with the Arab Travel Market trade show (ATM)

As a Certified Hotel Administrator by Educational Institute of the American Hotel and Motel Association, Dr. Saker is an individual who is notorious ?to make a true difference?.  Dr. Saker received his B.Sc. in Administration / Accounting from Egypt, and achieved his MBA degree courses, focusing on International Marketing, from U.S.I.U. "United States International University", in San Diego.   In addition, over the years, he received an extensive amount of industry related educational courses and programs as well as Certifications from various industry and management institutes, including Cornell University, Holiday Inn University, Dale Carnegie, UCLA, AH&MA-EI, and California Restaurant Association. In June of 2002 he attained, with honour, his Ph.D in Hotel Management from Parkwood University (division of USIU).

Consultant

Mrs. Nergis Meurer was born in Turkey ?where east meets west?, in Bursa which is in the northwest region of the country. Just after she got her degree in Business Administration in her homeland she traveled to England where she got her degree in English.
Her impressive career in the hospitality business started when she was a university student in London and then became her main profession when she returned home. Nergis has worked her way up from being a ?receptionist to a position of Director of Sales at the Celik Palas then managed by an international chain.
Nergis has vast experience in Front Office operations, Sales and Marketing and media relations as part of her hotel experience. Her exposure to human resources and employment side of the business started when she was training and nurturing her own team when it was growing bigger and bigger alongside with the hotel?s, then new strategies. She personally conducted English classes and various sales trainings within her department. Nergis later on joined her HR colleagues in supporting local tourism schools both high and college levels, by giving seminars and even at some stage she took up full time teaching in one of the hotel schools. This was when Nergis discovered her next step, having achieved great deal in her own field, would be to serve the backbone of the service and hospitality industry: the human factor! Nergis spent 2 years in Egypt where she met the team of the Globe?s Finest Executive Search Firm, CHA International.
Now as a CHA International?s family member, Nergis thinks it is tremendously rewarding to know that the professionals reach for new horizons or companies meet their future team members, friends and colleagues through our guidance and help. She can be reached at:
nergis@cha-international.com

Sr. Consultant / Hospitality

Started with bank of Alexandria (Ex. Barclays Bank0 joined NCR as programmer in 1970, then joined Meridien Cairo (opening 1973) Jeddah as Asst. Financial Controller (opening) , Abu Dhabi as financial controller, followed by Sheraton Abu Dhabi for 11 years. After 16 years in the Gulf I returned to Egypt and worked in the Red Sea for Accor, Coral Bay , coral Beach (Rotana) as Area Financial Controller. He is now Full time consultant with CHA international Since January 2002 to present.

Consultant

After completing 5 years of hotel management school in Belgium (degree in food and beverage, fine dining specialized and Marketing at the HOTEL SCHOOL IN LIEGE courses included:   KITCHEN SPECIALIZATION / KITCHEN ACOUNTING / MARKETING / OENOLOGY AND WINE SERVICE )

Patricia received the fine dining experiences at the following facilities:

Comte De Mercy ? Li?e Deluxe fine dining restaurant / two years at H?el Saint Roch ? Ardennes Deluxe fine dining restaurant ? one star Michelin /  Seasonal Ma?re d?H?el at l?Ecailler Restaurant ? Li?e Food styling. She also has a solid overall view of the hotel industry through International HOTEL chains and deluxe Relais et Ch?eau as well as owned businesses in Belgium and Switzerland. She lived in the Middle East for over 8 years and she is very familiar with the region?s hospitality industry

Patricia is fluent in French, English, and Italian. She also has the ability to communicate in Arabic. Her extensive and seasoned Hospitality experience includes the housekeeping department; at Le Meridien Pyramids hotel in Giza, Egypt.  Patricia has recently joined our team at the Cairo office breaking throu the Recruitment industry, into which she brings not only global experience but a true desire to be of service / bringing together the best companies with outstanding candidates.

Consultant

Miss Vania Bosque is a graduated of the Panamericana de Hoteleria University in Mexico with a BA degree in Hotel Management.

At the early part of her career she started at the Sevilla Palace Hotel in the sales department where she was involved in the organization of the events, shows, presentations and PR activities.

Miss Bosque expanded her Hospitality skills in the Human Resources and recruitment division with the HQ Global Workplaces, an International Hospitality Business Centers company; where she was in charge of the recruitment, selection, training, evaluations and internal communication of the company's 7 centers in Mexico.

Miss Bosque continued her vast Hospitality career with FIMEX Corporation, a group of six Time Share Hotels and Resorts in Mexico, during which she developed a focused Training Programs for the entire Group, as well as supervising the CR projects and the Sales Operations. Today as a CHA International team member, she brings from South America a valuable international expertise to the Executive Search industry; hence, she can be reached at vania@cha-international.com

Consultant

Ms. Eglal Amin graduated in The Faculty of Arts - European Studies' Dept. (Greek & Latin) , as well as a Degree in Business Administration from the American University in Cairo. She also received a Pre-Toefl Certificate from the American University in Cairo.

She got diversified experiences in Tourism and hospitality fields. In April 2007, Eglal joined CHA International Family as a Corporate  Administrative Assistant then she was promoted to Asst. CRC to Dr. Sam Saker and recently she got a promotion to be a Consultant for Corporate and Hospitality in Cairo office.  She can be reached at eglal@cha-international.com

Consultant

Kristi is a graduate of the University of Texas at  San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas . She is also "ServSafe" Certified, qualified to Proctor exams,  HACCP Training as well as CPR Certified Crisis Management Certified.

Kristi joined the international "Fired-Up Inc." (Carino's Italian) in 2000 and through 2008 when she reached a General Management post; Began career as Administrative Assistant for a New Restaurant Opening Team, then progressed through the various job duties of Server, Bar Tender, FOH Trainer, Key Employee, Saute Chef, BOH Trainer, Kitchen Unit Training Coordinator, Manager, Kitchen Manager, Unit Training Manager, and Assistant General Manager.

As the Director of Operations for Amer Group from 2008 to 2009; she conducted Culinary Performance Development, Supervised the Training Department and Quality Assurance Management for Le Notre and Carino's.

With 20+ years in the Restaurant Hospitality Industry, Kristi's background ranges from Management of Daily Operations to Multi-Unit Supervision, Corporate Training and Development, as well as an in-depth Culinary Expertise.  Relocating from Texas, USA in 2008 to Cairo, Egypt, she has certainly added the International experience to her career path.

Joining CHA-International in 2009 as a Consultant has given Kristi the opportunity to use the many years of her multi-faceted background to provide both Clients and Candidates with the best results for their Executive Search needs.  She can be contacted at kristi@cha-international.com

Assistant Consultant

With a vast - versified career path and various industries experiences (described below); Stephanie's attended Texas Tech University and has been lecturer for the University of Northern Colorado - marketing department. She was in the Who's Who in Restaurant Management, Chamber of Commerce distinguished member and a leader of her Community. 

With over twenty years in the United States hospitality/restaurant business, this has been the backbone of Stephanie's career.  She was a Managing Partner and opened numerous locations across the US.  With each opening: staffs were hired, trained and operating to financial success. 

After many years in the hospitality industry she moved over to the financial side of the West Texas staple, OIL.  There she was in charge of accounts receivable and analyst handling multi-million operations. As always, she saw a niche to learn all the department positions and continued her training as the department grew. 

With her customer / client obsession; Hiring, training and developing teams have been her forte and CHA International is the perfect fit to continue this passion ... internationally at an exciting new adventure in Egypt where CHA International's corporate office is located.  Contact Stephanie for exciting opportunities and career growth at stephanie@cha-international.com

Assistant Consultant (SPA & Recreation Faculties)

A SPA Specialist; Victoria is a graduate of "The Institute and Clinic of Complementary Therapies", Waterford, Ireland in 2006 with a degree in ITEC and CIBTAC - electrolysis, aesthetics and body therapy. Coveting to extend her skills and her talented expertise she is currently attending for a degree at The "Shepperton Studios Academy" for TV, Media and Theatre to Graduate in July 2010.  She also has two other related diplomas from the Educational Centre Lira, Daugavpils, Latvia in 2000 and Creative Academy, Dublin, Ireland in 2007

For over 6 years in the retail industry starting in 2002 as Sales assistant on to Sales Manager, Victoria has a proven and excellent track record at various prominent retail Companies and Department Stores in Ireland.

While Victoria has worked with various top fashion industry professionals; she received several recognition Awards.

With a true eager and ambitious to excel / outrival in the Executive Search Industry; Victoria as CHA International team member will be focused on her expertise in the SPA & Recreations Facilities executive search in addition to the general CHA various consultancy activities.

She can be reached at victoria@cha-international.com