Raving Partner — Hospitality
Brett Magnan
Brett was asked to join the Raving Hospitality Team because of his strong leadership and managerial skills and his wealth of experience operating high-quality hotels, casino resorts, spas, and food and beverage facilities. He brings specific experience planning and opening new properties and is a trusted resource in the gaming industry with his reputation for hard work, innovation, teamwork, honesty, and integrity. Brett has 30 years’ experience in hospitality, 10 of those years in the gaming industry within hotel operations, and eight of those years within Native American gaming hospitality.
Brett has a comprehensive background in food & beverage, with both day-to-day experience and management of over $40M in F&B operations; he has both front and back of the house operational experience; and has project managed expansion and/or new construction of hotels or amenities, such as restaurants, convention centers, spas, and economic development experience that created jobs and enhanced the community at large.
Brett will help Raving clients through a management style that focuses on building morale, hiring and training staff to retain, develop and grow the organization with a positive attitude. He is a strong technology proponent and incorporates the necessary hotel and POS technologies within his operations and by training his managers and staff. Brett has a leadership style and demeanor that is complementary to the lead executives’ and board members’ objectives.
Latest Insights from Brett
- Hospitality Trends, Fads, Shifts or Don’t Even Go There?
- Can You Afford to Lose a Customer Due to “Eew”?
- Best Practices in Casino Food & Beverage
- Resort Operations vs. Gaming
- Order Taker or Professional Sales Server?
- Technology Alone Won’t Save Your Hospitality Department
- Room Rate Lost Leader vs. Profit Center
- Order Taker or Professional Sales Server?
- Food and Beverage Is the Area of Most Concern for Internal Theft and Fraud
- How to Deal with Decreasing Food and Beverage Margins: Five Things to Do More with Fewer Team Members
A Primer to Creating a Better Wine Program (Part I of III)
A Primer to Creating a Better Wine Program (Part III of III) – Wine Ordering
Champagne with French Fries – The Art of Wine Pairing
Eighteen Ideas for Evolved Hospitality
Five Key Ways to Improve Your Food & Beverage Operation – Part V
Five Key Ways to Improve Your Food and Beverage Operation – Part I
Five Key Ways to Improve Your Food and Beverage Operation – Part III
How to Avoid Costly Building Errors Impacting Guest Satisfaction
Is Service the Loser in Today’s Hotel Operations?
Are You Failing at Hotel Check-In and Check-Out?
Five Key Ways to Improve Your Food and Beverage Operation – Part II
Five Key Ways To Improve Your Food And Beverage Operation – Part IV
Lose Your Shirt, Not Your Shorts, in Food & Beverage
Techniques for Maximizing Hotel Rooms