Inside Asian Gaming

IAG SEP 2020年9月 亞博匯 105 行業檔案 Oscar Guijarro:Dave,感謝你與我們會面!可否與我們分享你的 背景? Dave Smith: 我在英國蘇格蘭的首府愛丁堡附近的一個名叫Lin- lithgow的小鎮中長大。我的童年很普通,母親是一位教師,父親 是卡紙行業的一名業內人士。我母親那邊的家族在附近的高地地 區擁有一個牧場,所以我都會在學校假期時到那邊與拖拉車及四 輪電單車為伍。這些經歷都非常有趣。 OG:你在那時候有沒有考慮過一些特別的職業路向呢? DS: 由於我在農場裏度過了那麼多的愉快假期,我曾經希望成為 一名農夫。但是當我長大後,就發現務農並不能為我帶來太多財 富,而且我亦都開始對於鄉村環境感到厭倦,所以那個計劃最終 也沒有成真。 我的父親由於工作關係時常要出門,我亦對於他公幹時的種 種故事十分著迷,例如他在到訪埃及、南非和尼日利亞的工廠時, 都會受到武裝保鏢的保護;他在中國的晚宴中品嘗過的奇異菜 式,也曾在美國中部觀看超級碗比賽。因此,獲得像銷售員這種不 需要經常留在辦公室的工作,是我十多歲時的主要目標。 OG:可否與我們分享你現在的業務以及你的工作? DS: Asiul是一門家族生意,由我的祖父母Ian和Marisa於1993年 在澳門創立。公司的名字Asiul其實是我祖母中間名Luisa反過來 的串法。我的祖母從前是一位曾於巴黎受訓的專業香薰治療師, 我的祖父就在倫敦經商,所以他們就有了這個生產純精油產品、 提供予五星級酒店及水療中心的構思。 Marisa生於西班牙,而且會說葡語。他們的主要市場曾是當時 的世界酒店首都香港,所以澳門就就成了一個極佳的基地選址。 他們在這些年間繼續擴充業務,包含了自然水療療程、精油 調配及家務產品。由於我們的產品十分獨特又廣受歡迎,當酒店 的員工到世界不同地方工作時,他們也會把我們的產品帶到那 裏,所以我們現在的客戶群已經遍及全球。 我於2007年來到澳門,並且加入這個家族生意。大約五年前, 我們與另外一間澳門本地企業Green Breeze Ambient合作,這 樣我們在香氣業界的技術方面就得以成長,並且為包括娛樂場、 酒店大堂、購物中心及郵輪等大面積的空間提供芬芳解決方案, 亦有為一些酒店客房、辦公室空間及零售店舖等小型空間提供服 務。 their main target market was the hotel capital of the world at the time, Hong Kong, so Macau was the perfect base. They expanded the business over the years to include natural spa treatments, essential oil blends and housekeeping products. Because our products were unique and so well liked, as hotel staff moved around the world they would regularly take our product range with them. As a result, we have customers globally now. I came over to Macau in 2007 to join the family business. About five years ago we partnered with another local Macau business, Green Breeze Ambient, which enabled us to grow the technology side of the scent industry and provide scenting solutions for huge areas such as casino floors, hotel lobbies, shopping centers and cruise ships down to smaller requirements such as hotel rooms, office spaces and bespoke retail items. OG: So this is what brought you to Macau in the first place? DS: I had always loved coming toMacau to visit on holiday and would sometimes accompany my grandfather to visit some customers and see a factory or warehouse when here, and I just fell in love with the idea of working in the family business. I am quite a driven individual and could really see huge potential not just in the expanding city of Macau but the industry as a whole. I wasn’t just allowed out on the road though. Marisa was very adamant I wasn’t seeing any customers until I had a real understanding of the essential oil, spa and fragrance world, so for months it was all about training and getting a real understanding of the products. We import all our oils for the country of manufacture and direct from source so we know exactly where our materials come from. For example, all our citrus oils come direct from South Africa, lavender from Spain and eucalyptus from Australia.

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