Inside Asian Gaming

IAG MAY 2022年5月 亞博匯 90 INDUSTRY PROFILE a change in the FMBA team and I was asked to help out as a secretary to start with. Very quickly I became Vice President and then Chairman in 2014. First of all, it’s at a very personal level that I care for it. It’s just a lot of fun. But it’s also about giving back, doing something in return besides just working all the time. It allows the other half of my brain to do other things and not only think about hotel occupancy rates and average room rates all day. You meet people from different walks of life. The French Chamber is not just for French people and it’s not everyone talking business all the time. We have people from the academic side, we have many SME entrepreneurs and we have a lot of lawyers as members. There are many people, maybe even retired people, who like to stay in touch with the community. So what we do is share and connect and try to grow and enhance each others’ knowhow and wisdom a bit. That’s fun and meaningful to do. OG: Of course, you also helm ArtyzenGrandLapa andColoane Resort. What does a normal working day in the life of Rutger Verschuren look like? RV: It’s a bit of everything. Being based at Artyzen Grand Lapa I have the role of hotel general manager, which means working together with them, building the team and working