By NATARIO McKENZIE
Tribune Business Reporter
nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net
Atlantis and its top executive have parted ways, Tribune Business can reveal.
The Paradise Island resort will look to fill the role of president and managing director for the third time in less than three years, after Howard Karawan and its owner decided to “go their separate ways”.
A source with knowledge of the situation, and speaking on condition of anonymity, would only confirm of Mr Karawan: “All I can say is that he is no longer with the company.”
Attempts by Tribune Business to reach Mr Karawan up to press time yesterday were unsuccessful. It is understood Atlantis, which is owned by Brookfield Asset Management and its real estate/hospitality investment funds, will put out a press release on his departure shortly.
Mr Karawan, a 30-year hotel and gaming industry executive, assumed the position of president and managing director at Atlantis on September 19, 2016, replacing Paul Burke. He has spent just one year in the post, indicating that he nay have opted not to renew his contract.
Prior to his appointment, Mr Karawan had served as president and chief marketing officer for Kerzner International, the former owner and operator of Atlantis. The resort will now look to fill the position for the third time in less than three years, having promoted from within since the resignation of George Markantonis in early 2015.
In an interview with Tribune Business back in July, Mr Karawan admitted that he feared ‘market cannibalisation’ as a result of Baha Mar’s opening, and recently took a jab at Atlantis’s rival by saying it was “unacceptable” and “surprising” that Baha Mar had decided to close its doors to “customers and the community” during the passage of Hurricane Irma.
Comments
birdiestrachan 6 years, 7 months ago
He was wrong to put his mouth in Bar Mar business, Dead Wrong.
islandlad 6 years, 7 months ago
100% correct and agreed with the very short and succinct comment from "birdiestrachan" I've commented before several times about him needing to keep his mouth shut about what the computation does either with rates/promos they were running or topics such as these. I'm sure this isn't the only reason he got fired, but should have shut up his mouth and worry and running his own hotel which is what he gets paid for. It is standard practice in the industry which even a young first time manager knows, never talk bad about the compition. Let customers figure out things on their own, and they will eventually come to you if they don't like your compition for what ever reason. For somebody if his stature and high ranking title, it was below him and showed no class. Karma is a damn thing.
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