{"id":85192,"date":"2026-09-15T20:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=85192"},"modified":"2026-09-15T20:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:20:09","slug":"profile-real-experiences-mondrian-hong-kong-general-manager-on-why-community-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=85192","title":{"rendered":"Profile | \u2018Real experiences\u2019: Mondrian Hong Kong general manager on why community matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/09\/10\/4aa70bba-1d7e-4958-af83-ddb655f81825_20b01cbf.jpg?itok=SfxOxZ7-&amp;v=1789021768\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Hong Kong\u2019s five-star hotels can come across as intimidating, with more conservative properties wanting to shield their well-heeled visitors with ornate decor, black-uniformed staff and chintz seat cushions that ask: \u201cAre you worthy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">For Dirk Dalichau, general manager of Mondrian Hong Kong in Tsim Sha Tsui, a hotel\u2019s message should be welcoming \u2013 not only for guests but the wider community in the city.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">\u201cI have been involved in so many projects that changed the hospitality landscape,\u201d says the 58-year-old German hotelier who has also worked at The Mira Hong Kong, Ovolo Hotels and <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Eaton HK<\/span> since landing in the city two decades ago.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cBut I want to emphasise that it\u2019s never just me \u2013 I am always part of a team. And team members are endless sources of inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/travel-leisure\/article\/3367017\/real-experiences-mondrian-hong-kong-general-manager-why-community-matters?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong\u2019s five-star hotels can come across as intimidating, with more conservative properties wanting to shield their well-heeled visitors with ornate decor, black-uniformed staff and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[4300,5810,4527,3569,5231,782,6681,30052,4944,2492],"class_list":["post-85192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-community","tag-experiences","tag-general","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-manager","tag-matters","tag-mondrian","tag-profile","tag-real","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}