The InnVision team has over 75 years of combined experience in every aspect of food and beverage operations. Their respective credentials stretch to knowledge garnered on most continents around the globe. Their expertise has been recognized at international competitions, awards ceremonies, in the media and through peers and colleagues in most major centers in The Americas, Europe and Pan Asia.
Glenn A. Monk
Managing Director, Envisioning and Development
Glenn Monk is the creative force behind InnVision Hospitality Resource Group. A master of start-up, Monk's eye for culinary innovation and restaurant design is unique in the industry. He works with clients commencing at the blueprint stage through build-out to conceptualization to develop all aspects of the food and beverage operation.
Monk's role on a project is one of envisioning the end product and then focusing the team to make it a reality. Laying in the over-arching strategy and creative direction, Monk and the InnVision team work with their clients to design the physical plant, conceive the thematic food direction, establish systems and procedures, and hire and train key staff.
Years of international experience operating multi-million dollar culinary operations for leading hotel chains such as Pan Pacific Hotels & Resorts and Fairmont Hotels has imbued Monk with a unique and much sought after skill-set.
A career spanning 30 years, Monk has worn the mantel of Food and Beverage Director, Chef, teacher and mentor, but it is his visionary talent as an "opener" of food and beverage operations that best reflects his distinctive stamp on such notable undertakings as:
- Club Intrawest Resort Zihuatanejo, Mexico
- Poets Cove Resort and Spa, Pender Island, BC, Canada
- The Cove Lakeside Resort, Kelowna, BC, Canada
- Long Beach Lodge Resort, Tofino, BC, Canada
- Nita Lake Lodge, Whistler, BC, Canada
- Skaha Beach Club, Penticton, BC, Canada
- Mundo Imperial Hotel & Expo Center, Acapulco, México
Monk's ability to understand and operate the yearly budgets of labour and operational costs, and his comprehensive understanding of building a return on investment, make his knowledge base immeasurably valuable to his clients.
Media savvy, Monk is comfortable working with the press and writers to bring exposure to his clients' properties, ensuring broad coverage domestically and internationally.