Eduard Hoogeweegen, President

a Dutch National, living in the Netherlands and founder of EH Hotel Consultancy, Eduard Hoogeweegen takes pride in lifelong (more than 40 years) Hotel and Resort experience.

• Held the position of General Manager for more than 20 years, between 1994 and 2014, with various 4- and 5-star (Internationally Managed and Privately Owned) Hotels and Resorts in Indonesia (Java and Bali), Philippines, Burma and Vietnam.
• Worked in the Hotel Industry for more than 40 years, between 1973 and 2014.
• Was in charge of the conceptual design, set-up and management supervision of a Specialty Restaurant on a prime location in Cebu, Philippines, between 2001 and 2003.
• Was part of a hotel Opening Team three times: opening the 1,004 room Hua Ting Sheraton Hotel in Shanghai, RP China, the 360 room Harare Sheraton hotel in Zimbabwe and the Pristine Lotus Spa Resort at Inle Lake, Burma.
• Held the position of Food and Beverage Director for more than 7 years, between 1986 and 1994, with various 5 Star (Internationally Managed) Hotels and Resorts in Southern Africa (Sun City), PR China, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia (Bali). Amongst them Award winning Resorts.
• Held the position of Banquet Manager for more than 6 years, between 1980 and 1986, with various 5-star Hotels in the Netherlands and Zimbabwe (Southern Africa), where he organized several State Banquets for various Heads of State.
• Started his career with Hilton International, where I held positions as Management Trainee and Food & Beverage Controller/Analyst in the Rotterdam, Schiphol Airport and Amsterdam Hilton hotels, between 1973 and 1977

Drs. Tom Jansen-Bramevaer, VP-Marketing and Finance

As he likes to say himself: "I am a real entrepreneur and I actually only discovered that later. I can appreciate the tension that entrepreneurship has both physically and mentally fine.

Until I started doing business when I was 40, I worked for (some well-known in the Netherlands consultancy firms) and larger companies, including Philips. Because as an economist I also studied (international) marketing in Harvard, I became responsible at Philips for many international activities. There I discovered that I had a good “Project Manager” and – even better – appears to have the qualities to undertake other projects lead managers and successfully initiate and complete projects. Marketing projects were led and initiated by me in i.e., Iran, Turkey, Great Britain and the United States.

I have made Project Management my profession. Under the name JDP-Consult (v/h Jansen, Van Doorn and Partners, organizational advisors) I have between 1974 and 2004 spread all over the world (in more than 50 countries) by my associates and employees to carry out more than 100 projects. The project duration was from a few months to several years with crews of 2 to 10 project workers.

For some it is difficult to understand, but within Project Management I cannot indicate a specialty, because:

a) Project Management is a specialty within the “Management” is and
b) I have always involved subject matter experts in all projects. I have always been quite involved in the tourist area.

For example, one of the first hotels at Schiphol was designed by me. Mind you, not as an architect, but the concept from then has been laid down by me and by an architect to realization brought.

My company further has tourism from Europe to the Dominican Republic and Ecuador created. In Cork, Southern Ireland, I was part of the team that created a new Hilton was to be established there. Unfortunately, due to a reorganization at Hilton died an untimely death. Singapore Airlines invited me to contribute to the long-term vision.

The duration of the project then was from a few months to several years with crews of 2 to 10 project employees. In The Hague I had a support crew for the project leaders anywhere in the world. I traveled the projects myself, but especially the Project Leaders, I also occasionally visited companies and institutions to find new to acquire projects.

Finally, I have recently been involved in our plans that come under the A-L-T (Asian-Luxury-Travels) and even participated in the legal and organizational design thereof.

Partly because of this, A-L-T falls under my private company MAS International Activities (Nr Chamber of Commerce 59405864) which is located in Wassenaar. The new visiting address is Van Zuylen van Nijeveltstraat 255A 2242 LH Wassenaar, where I live.

Arvine F. Hoogeweegen, Director A-L-T and Connoisseur Philippines

Arvine Hoogeweegen is a Filipina pastry chef based in the Netherlands.

From 2004 to 2008, and a few months per year from 2009 to 2014, She resided in Myanmar with her husband Eduard and daughter Sonja in Hotels and Resorts in Yangon, Inle Lake, Ngapali beach and Bagan, all of which were managed by her husband Eduard Hoogeweegen. She also taught classical piano and worked as pastry chef in Myanmar.

In the Philippines, she co-founded Huis van Sonja Co with her brother Omar Josef Fernandez, a pastry chef and instructor. The company supplied ready to bake French quality croissants and Danish pastries to luxury resorts and hotels, and French macarons and European pastries to restaurants.

Arvine is excited to show the unique, preserved culture, the unspoiled beauty of Myanmar, and the warmth of its people. She is also thrilled to introduce the wonders of The Philippines, one of the 17 mega biodiverse countries, containing two-thirds of the Earth’s biodiversity and 70 percent of world’s plants and animal species, and of course to exhibit the unparalleled Filipino hospitality.

Liesbeth Hoogland, Connoisseur-Bali (and hostess for special trips)

In 1972 at the age of three I moved with my parents and my brother to Jakarta. My father worked for Foreign Affairs for about 5 years. During this period, I learned to speak Bahasa Indonesia.

Years later I studied at the Hotel school in The Hague. For my management traineeship I found an opportunity at Aerowisata, the hotel group owned by Garuda Indonesia. Through this I got a broad view on high end hotel tourism on Bali, Java and Lombok.

The moment I arrived in Indonesia, and I heard people speaking Bahasa I realized the language was still somewhere in the back of my mind. Within a few months the language came back! I still enjoy speaking Bahasa with my Indonesian friends.

After my traineeship, I was offered a position in Sales and Marketing and decided to stay in Bali. In this period, I met Eduard. We worked together at the Nusa Dua Beach Hotel. After four years, I moved back to the Netherlands.

Since that time, I stayed in contact with my friends and colleagues in Bali. As a family we visited the island several times. My husband and our kids also fell in love with the beauty of the island and wonderful people.

It has been a while since we visited Bali. The last time was 2018. The increase of tourism in Bali is not only a positive development. The traffic, pollution, and the lack of respect of many tourists visiting the island was painful to see.

With this trip I hope I will be able to show you what the island is about. I realise we will visit the major tourist attractions but hopefully with a different mindset.