Liv Gussing Burgess

Liv Gussing Burgess graduated from Cornell's Hotel School in 1991 and has since pursued a career in the hospitality industry along with being involved in training and development.

Liv spent the last fourteen years with the global, luxury resort company Amanresorts, and most recently managed the Amandari in Bali, Indonesia. Culturally integrated within the Balinese village that surrounds the resort, Amandari, which has thirty suites served by two hundred staff. The hotel has won numerous global awards, including the winner of the prestigious Forbes Traveller's World's Top 400 Hotels, Travel & Leisure World's Best Service Awards In Asia - No. 1 worldwide, and repeated top 10 rankings in Conde Nast's Traveller gold list. Liv was also part of the pre-opening team for the small luxury group, setting up resorts in Marrakech; Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Borobodur, Java; and Tahiti. This included working with the architect, project and construction team, hiring and training staff and setting up guest experiences. In between, she spent three years each at The Strand in Yangon, Myanmar and Amanpuri in Phuket, Thailand.

Her global experience also includes being a butler at the St Regis Hotel in New York City and working for a Thai hotel company, based out of Bangkok where she set up a hospitality school. Her main interest lies in challenging herself and her team through ongoing learning, particularly experiential learning. She is a fan of the outdoors and sports too as a way to grow.

Liv's love for travel and adventure started many years before her hotel school education. Born in Sweden, of a Swedish father and Kenyan mother of Indian origin, Liv grew up between Switzerland, Sweden and East Africa. Her father was with the International Red Cross which exposed her indirectly to many of the world's challenges such as poverty, famine and migration. She has worked in numerous orphanages.

Since graduating, Liv has continued to be involved with Cornell University, setting up programs in Asia and fundraising. She is currently serving as Vice-President for the hotel school's alumni group.

Liv speaks fluent French and English. More on Liv Gussing Burgess >

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