Midweek Interview with Heritage & CityLife Hotel’s Dylan Rushbrook

Midweek Interview with Heritage & CityLife Hotel’s Dylan Rushbrook

We chat with Dylan Rushbrook, who is the General Manager Sales & Marketing at Heritage & CityLife Hotels and, as it turns out, a really big fan of 67′ Mustang Convertibles.

The challenge for the industry is…

Keeping ahead of the wave and picking what’s coming next

The things I like about my job…

The diversity, no two days are the same and the market continually evolves

And the frustrations are …

The diversity, trying to plan things in advance in this industry is a challenge

If I didn’t work in travel I would be…

A builder, runs in the family

Favourite airline?

Air New Zealand

My proudest moment was…

Graduating University

The naughtiest thing I ever did was…

Years ago when writing a budget for a very tough, lazy boss. I allocated our hard-working staff a well-deserved bonus review. He never picked it up until the CEO wanted to know why he had been so generous with staff rewards in this budget. He had to defend the position of course or be caught out.

I try to relax by…

Undertaking some DIY around the house, my wife thinks that I’m crazy, but appreciates the results!

The last time I feared for my life was…

Travelling by motorbike around India

If I can, I always try to avoid…

Negative people, no need for it

I really wish I had…

A ’67 Mustang convertible

The best advice I’ve ever received was…

Don’t worry about what other people think

I don’t understand why people…

NZ and Australia borders couldn’t be streamlined for quicker processing

My greatest weakness is…

Animals – we have too many of them at our house!

And my greatest strength is…

Openess and willingness to help

If I won a $1 million lottery (aside from travelling), I would…

Buy that Mustang, and move to a larger lifestyle block

If I was prime minister I would…

Focus efforts on getting young people to understand the amazing careers available within the tourism industry

If I could be someone else for one day I would be a…

Volunteer with Ronald McDonald House – it puts life into perspective when you see the strain parents of a sick child endure, but the comfort these houses provide is incredible. We support RMHC as much as we can here.

I’ve always wanted to travel to…

Nepal

My favourite holiday was…

Leh, India. Hiring motorbikes and riding through the Himalayas visiting ancient monasteries and getting to see the Dalai Lama.

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