Summary
Jirayr Kececian is an experienced hospitality leader and Area Director with a career spanning over four decades, who builds high-performing teams and delivers award-winning commercial turnarounds across luxury resorts and global hotel brands. He combines hands-on operational insight—from starting as a trainee bellboy—to strategic expertise in revenue growth, F&B restructuring, large-scale refurbishments and sustainability initiatives, often leading teams of up to 1,100 people. Known for designing entrepreneurial commercial strategies and driving organisational efficiency through Six Sigma and CSR/green projects, he has repeatedly improved profit and guest experience in complex international markets. Based in Pílos, Greece, he leverages an EMBA in Tourism and International Management and deep regional experience across Europe, the Middle East and Africa to align people, process and place for lasting results.
6 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
EMBA Tourism and International Management, EMBA Tourism and International Management at The University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management, Hotel/Motel Administration/Management at Istanbul School of Hotel and Tourism Industry
English, Turkish, Armenian