Michiel van Noort
I am a 46-year-old hospitality professional with broad operational and strategic knowledge and experience supplemented with a solid track record of over 16 years as a consultant for the real estate, hospitality and catering industry. From my hospitality consultancy organization Firstmate, I work together with fellow hoteliers for organizations that have the passion and ambition to work at the highest level of hospitality.
I get my job satisfaction from developing a vision on food and beverages within work and leisure environments and guiding them towards realization, including by translating vision into concrete implementation and functional designs and furnishings and the implementation guidance of the operation. In addition, I get satisfaction from answering complex questions in the field of hospitality and catering, both at the operational level and from the perspective of (re)development of buildings and (further) development of food concepts.
The quality of my work is reflected in the type of assignments and our leading clients. We make an impact by developing and realizing visions on food and beverages for organizations such as the ministries in The Hague, Stayokay Hostels, DPG Media, Europarcs, TU Delft, Van der Valk Investments, Schroders Capital, International Criminal Court, the Central Government Real Estate Agency, the municipality of The Hague, etc.
Clients, colleagues and relations tell me that I work in a structured manner, keep agreements and are connected to my environment. I advise based on substantiation and can rely on my knowledge and experience, my colleagues at Firstmate and my solid network of independent hospitality specialists. I act based on my core values: Passion, Integrity, Respect and Personal Connection.
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