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Nikoletta Fouka

Reservation department Manager of Kyma Design Hotels, Korali Relais & forget one Belgian customer who
always kept to himself? Once, he
chateaux and Naia Luxury Suites
t I would also welcome them to the However, the island produces of our employees went by and
was in a bad mood and when one
tenderly touched his hair, putting
its own wealth.
area of the group’s businesses…
a stray strand back in place, he
...we the people of Mykonos
…which is a specific corner in
was so moved that he burst into
Korali with a lovely view. This
tears. What we would consider
are very lucky. Every genuine
For most visitors to Mykonos,
is my own little corner.
the same way that the Daktylides
I feel different in Mykonos
family has done. They grow up
the excess of the 90s is long
he values that have helped me is where it all started for me; it Myconian invests in their island, in a simple gesture, set him free.
in my work... compared to the rest of Greece... on the island, go to school here gone, and has been replaced
…in all my years in high-level ...I feel safer. I have lived on the and work here with no intention by intense life experiences.
hospitality, my starting point has island for a long time and had the of going away or leaving it in the Today, the Mykonos miracle
been honesty in communication. luxury of observing nature and hands of strangers. is all about…
I have the ability to understand the changing seasons throughout People have left me speechless …release! Exploring one’s
what everybody needs, to care for the year. In spring, there is the for many years now… innermost desires. Everyone
the visitor at a personal level and expectation of the season; then ...being with them is like having comes to the island wanting to
to really give them my attention comes the joy of working; then Christmas twice a year. People get something out of their system.
- usually these people end up tiredness… I experience each come back loaded with gifts for me. Partying is a way to let off steam
being my best friends. season with its own particular When they arrive, I spontaneously and an experience in itself.
If a loved one were to come to feeling. tell them, “Welcome home”. My job has taught me so much
Mykonos from the other side There is a place on the island This is our code. To them, the and I have felt myself improving
of the world, the first place I that has remained untouched hotels are their home to which throughout the years
would show them on the island… by time… they long to return. Imagine ...I have acquired knowledge,
…would be Yalos, down on the …and I find it truly relaxing: it’s how astonishing this is! People wisdom, wealth, and I’ve come
beach. It is the most authentic the Armenistis Lighthouse. I like from Central Europe who do not out stronger. I have found virtue
place in town, with all the flavours to go there to unwind, especially often let their feelings show let in people and benefited from it. I
of then and now. when it is very windy. themselves go here. How can I have developed my communication
skills and learned to give more.
I remember the people that are
now running the businesses, when
they were very young going to
school, and I was helping them
with their homework. I am so
proud of what they have achieved.
We all are. Last year, at the end
of a very hard season for all of
us, an employee asked Marios
Daktylides if she could write
something on his shirt, and she
took a permanent marker and
wrote, “Always in love with you!
Your staff!”.

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