Dionisio pestana biography of mahatma

Pestana inaugurates its first luxury hotel, the Pestana Palace Lisboa, in , and, one year later hits 5. In the group celebrates its first million room nights in one year. Pestana Hotel Group celebrates its 40th anniversary. In , Pestana becomes the 1st Portuguese company to open a hotel in the US, in South Beach, Miami, and kicks-off its investments in Spain, with a hotel in Barcelona.

In Pestana reaches 3 million guests per year and 25 million room nights since the beginning of its activity, in Funchal, Lisbon, Madrid and New York, are the first global destinations. The largest multination tourism group of Portuguese origin. EN PT. Planet Guest Sustainability Reports. Contact us Ombudsman. Facebook Linkedin Twitter Youtube Discover our hotels.

That has been a key to our success. We have expanded to two other brands. One is Pousadas de Portugal, which is a very distinctive product which are historical monuments, castles and convents in Portugal with a concession with the government. This is more of a younger lifestyle product and has had great success, especially in emerging countries.

You mentioned service. We focus on the five- and four-star product only. By doing that, the people that work with us start off knowing that our segment is in the top tier. That was when I felt that Lisbon hoteliers began to see us in a different light. The building had a lot of history and some thought we would just knock it down and build something big.

There was even a petition against our hotel! Later, they realised they were wrong and apologised. When we went to Africa. While on a state visit to Portugal, the President of Mozambique stopped off in Alvor, where I talked to him. I wanted him to return the building that my father had lost because of the revolution, so he felt some sense of compensation.

He agreed to cede the building for 60 years, but not the land, and on condition that we turned it into a four-star hotel. It was a great learning experience. A piece of land became available opposite Battersea Park that was considered unappealing. I thought it was great!.

Dionisio pestana biography of mahatma

When you want a hotel in a new city, how long are you prepared to wait for the right deal? Sometimes you have to know how to wait for the right place. When we find it, any time is good. Rome, Paris, Dublin and, although not a capital, Manchester is also part of our plans, in partnership with Cristiano Ronaldo. We went to see if Cristiano Ronaldo would put his name to the project, but he liked the idea so much he wanted to invest.

Easy going, although worried about the future. I really enjoy it. I take part in the big decisions, but not in the day-to-day management of things. And in August, we go to Porto Santo. In Africa, I really like Bazaruto , in Mozambique. Carlota is a psychologist. Manuel studied hotel management but is more interested in real estate.

Vasco has just finished law school and will start an internship in all the Group departments in September. But this is a very big beast and the business has to be managed professionally, through an executive committee. Now celebrating its 50th birthday, the Pestana Carlton Madeira symbolises not only the beginning of an empire but also the soul, resilience and rigour it represents.

Reopened in after major renovation, it offers the same top-quality service with rooms including 36 suites , three restaurants, two bars, a spa, five swimming pools, a diving school and direct access to the sea. Pestana Carlton. The hotel where everything began November 28th, Homepage Portugal Europe Islands Madeira.