Blandine Cressard is a French national, graduated trilingual interpreter and with a Cornell University MBA in International Hotel Management. She left France in 1991 to West Africa (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinee Conakry) where she held executive management positions for ACCOR properties until 1999.
After 3 years in Edinburgh, Scotland, Blandine moved to Asia early 2002 and grew her expertise with Accor Asia Pacific in Take Over, Branding and Opening Hotels. In 2011 she joined Warwick International Hotels in South Pacific to build the largest Convention Centre and host the 1st APAC convention in Vanuatu. End 2012 she moved back to Asia to join GCP Hospitality to brand Gaw Capital Group 1st hotel in Hong Kong. In 2015 in Myanmar she built and opened Gaw Capital Group 1st Luxury cruise ship: Strand Cruise and managed the iconic Strand Hotel in Yangon. Blandine arrived in Shenzhen in 2016 to build, open and manage Residence G, a GCP Hospitality Flagship Lifestyle property.
I am very pleased and honoured to be a Committee member of the British Chamber of Commerce. General Manager of Residence G Shenzhen which belongs to GCP Hospitality, the hospitality arm of Gaw Capital Group with 3000 employees and 7500 keys around the world with an enviable reputation in the hospitality industry for providing asset management, hotel management and business development of the highest standards. We are focused on value creation and we also seek to add value by implementing best practices to local markets and by growing local talents. With the nature of my activity I have an extended network with professionals from all walks of life and business activities.
For the past 33 years I have lived and worked outside France (Africa, UK and in Asia since 2002) representing French and International flagship hotel brands going through the various stages of doing business in foreign countries and adapting to different cultures and laws bringing expertise and cooperation with local entities.