Celebrating Women Episodes

This week’s episode is brought to you in partnership with Zero Procure who are here to make procurement simple, offering great value and quality for products and services, all for zero cost. Just click on this link or visit their site at www.zeroprocure.com/podcast to help support both this podcast and your business. Hosting this podcast has put me in front of so many interesting humans from within hospitality and today's guest is no exception. I got some time with Pix Ashworth, Founder of Lan...

This week’s episode is brought to you in partnership with Zero Procure who are here to make procurement simple, offering great value and quality for products and services, all for zero cost. Just click on this link or visit their site at www.zeroprocure.com/podcast to help support both this podcast and your business When I started this podcast, I had no idea as to what wonderful stories it would lead me to. Today's episode is another wonderful story! I got some time with Jen & Seb Heeley-Wiggi...

Give yourself the gift of happiness Today! With all this sunshine around, what better way to celebrate summers eventual arrival than with a podcast special all about Happiness! What is Happiness? How can we achieve Happiness? These questions and more were covered on my happy chat with the queen of happiness Klaudia Mitura, host of the rather awesome & Happiness podcast (https://www.andhappiness.co.uk/ - also available on all podcast apps). It might surprise you to hear that we talk a little a...

Another week and another rising star of the industry. This week I got some time with the wonderful Katariina Reissaar, Front Office Manager at Jurys Inn Birmingham (https://www.jurysinns.com/hotels/birmingham). Despite being quite new to the hotel world, Katariina is already making her mark and co Chairs the Institute of Hospitalitys Youth Council, giving a much needed voice to the next generation of hospitality stars. In our chat we covered:- Birmingham The weather (Obvs) Being busy Start...

I'm so lucky to be able to speak to so many different people from within the industry and today's guest is another shining star of Hospitality. I got some time with Clare Johnson, Early Careers Lead at Sodexo (https://www.sodexo.com). Clare brings the energy from the off and we get through loads including:- Sodexo Previous guest Emeline (Episode 109) Belfast Hospitality Uni v Work Starting in a Theatre Work Ethic Mindset Engaging all age groups Lifting people up Interview performance ...

What a wonderful way to cap off the first part of season 2 than with a chat with one of the industry's shining stars! I got some (Very human focused) time with Natasha Nagra, Resourcing & Talent Director at Valour Hospitality Partners. We cover loads including:- Being busy Valour Hospitality Management Falling into recruitment Recruitment and marketing Managing multiple brands Awards Best practise HIRE The Metaverse Human v Tech Using animals in marketing No filter children Falling...

What do you get when you cross someone who has unbelievable passion and energy for hospitality with with extensive life and career experience. The answer? Today's guest. I got some time with Emeline Gibert, Executive Development Chef for Sodexo Live (https://uk.sodexo.com/your-industry/sodexo-live), the events and stadia arm of one of the most recognisable companies operating within the world of contract catering. Emeline's energy is incredible from the outset and we get through so much includ...

Today we bring you the superstar that is Jane Sunley, Founder and CEO of Purple Cubed (https://purplecubed.com/). As always, we get through loads including:- Humble beginnings Being the naughty one Being spurred on by negativity Becoming a manager Moving to Reading London Starting in contract catering Setting up a temp agency Purpled Cubed Culture Book writing Shenanigans in the dry store And so much more. Jane is one of the most recognisable humans in hospitality and has an epic s...

At the time of writing, Hospitality Meets has now been downloaded in 113 countries (still looking for our first listener in Greenland). So this week, we've gone international and not only that, we managed to get some time with Denise Flanders, the General Manager of one of the worlds most legendary hotels, Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles (https://www.dorchestercollection.com/en/los-angeles/hotel-bel-air/). We get through all manner of things including:- The view from Bel-Air The Bridge Moving to...

I was first alerted to today's guest as she featured in the 2021 Acorn award winners, celebrating 30 people under the age of 30 to look out for. She then very kindly agreed to be a panelist at the inaugural Rooms101 event later that year and I knew then that I totally needed to get some time with Amelia Harper, Director of Communications for Rosewood London (https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/london). We cover off so much as always including:- The suites at the Rosewood Living above a pub Pi...

Happy International Women's! And to celebrate that, we have the wonderful Emily Goldfischer, Founder and Editor in Chief at Hertelier.com - celebrating all that is brilliant about the female workforce in Hospitality. We get through loads including:- Winning awards Falling into PR Moving in house Moving to London Argentina Founding Hertelier.com Women doing incredible things Sustainability Women and innovation Telling stories Women in F&B Women blazing a trail The roundup Dogs Pu...

I've known today's guest loosely for a number of years and was delighted to read earlier in the year that she had been promoted to the Managing Director role for the UK & Ireland at IHG (www.ihg.com). I am of course talking about the wonderful Joanna Kurowska. As always, we get through loads including:- Meetings from Home The first 100 days Remaining upbeat Lego Taking your fathers advice Heading to Senegal Starting as a Director of Finance Becoming in tune with the industry Croatia to...

96 episodes in and I don't know why it took me so long to speak to multi-award winning Joanne Taylor-Stagg, General Manager of The Athenaeum Hotel & Residences (https://www.athenaeumhotel.com/) but I'll be forever grateful that we got some time. When not running her hotel and picking up awards left, right and centre, Joanne is busy creating something quite magnificent, That being MIDAS (Master Innholders Developing Additional Skills) You can learn more about that here https://masterinnholders.c...

I can't believe it's taken this long for me to chat to today's guest, especially as she played her part in why this humble little podcast exists in the first place. So I finally got some time with Monica Or, Founder of Star Quality Hospitality (https://starqualityhospitality.co.uk) and author of 3 wonderful books. We get through a lot including:- Springboard pantomime Podcast influencer Education Cruise ships Life at sea A move into recruitment Practical v Academia Qualifications Londo...

I love how some things work out, you read an article and then you are immediately captivated by someone's story. I stumbled on today's guest through a late night LinkedIn feed trawl. And boy, am I glad that I did. Inspiring from start to finish, I got some time with the inspirational and absolute force of nature that is Amber Staynings, CEO of Bums On Seats (https://bumsonseats.org/). It's all action from the get go as we cover off:- Frogs in throat Moving to Guildford Being a glass half fu...

What a cracker we have for you this week. What does it take to be an HR leader in an iconic hotel and restaurant? Well, we chatted to Sarah Powell, HR Director at Le Manoir Aux Quat'Saisons (https://www.belmond.com/hotels/europe/uk/oxfordshire/belmond-le-manoir-aux-quat-saisons) to find out. Look out for another mispronunciation from Phil. We get through loads including:- Reopening Admin days Studying languages Teaching English in the Indian ocean The careers book The Hilton graduate pro...

Covid has impacted many of us, no question about that. Today's guest has taken the negatives surrounding 2020 and turned them into real positives. I got some time with Maria Malaniia, Founder of the Savvy Hotelier (https://www.savvyhotelier.net/) and self employed guest experience consultant (https://www.malaniia.com). As always it's an action packed chat and we cover:- Getting the start Theme parks Frying food Stockholm weather Getting paid to travel Learning Finnish Seeking experience...

In this weeks episode of Hospitality Meets, we got some time with the wonderful Lorraine Copes, Founder of Be Inclusive Hospitality (https://www.bihospitality.co.uk), Procurement consultant and Life coach. It's a jam packed chat with another wonderful human with an exceptional journey. We talk about:- Being Purpose Led Starting in logistics Making pragmatic plans Working for brands you respect Working with Danny Meyer Managing change Career break Triangle of success Be Inclusive Hospit...

Well, what a lovely treat we have in store for you today. We got some time with the awesome humans at the sharp end of the Institute of Hospitality (https://www.instituteofhospitality.org), Kellie Rixon, Chair and Robert Richardson, the new CEO. We chat about: The Tom cruise of the Hospitality Industry Richard Robertson World exclusives The impact of the weather How Robert’s appointment came about Serendipity Recording conversations with yourself The support Signatures Roberts email st...

What a treat we have for you this week as we bring you the natural story teller that is Debra Ward, Global Transition Director at ISS Facility Services UK. Debra has some brilliant stories from a truly spectacular career built in many areas of hospitality. As always, we get through lots including:- Starting out in Canada Working the family business Calling out your professors Moving to the city Working with Wolfgang Puck The comedy and safety of small town Respecting local customs Jail t...

What a treat we have for you today as we have someone who has built an amazing career so far but backs this up with extra work she does for the Institute of Hospitality and Charities such as Hospitality Action We got some time with the amazing Brenda Collin, Executive Vice President for Europe at Preferred Hotels & Resorts (https://preferredhotels.com). As usual, we get in loads including the Budget, job titles, life on the farm, wanting to travel, working in a pub, applying for University, Uni...

As part of our Bonus series, we are delighted to showcase the amazing work that Dorothee Schiesser is doing as Founder and President of the waste soap upcyclers, SapoCycle (https://sapocycle.org/). SapoCycle is a non-profit organisation that collects discarded soaps in hotels and turns them into life-saving products. The soaps are recycled by people with disabilities and then distributed to improve sanitary conditions of families in need. We chat through Dorothee's story as well as the weather...

This week we got some time with rising superstar and all round bundle of energy Catrina Pengelley, Founder of the Nerdy Hotelier (https://thenerdyhotelier.weebly.com). Like a lot of people in the hospitality industry, 2020 saw Cat lose her job in sales but rather than getting all down beat about that, she dusted herself off and got on with it, founding the Nerdy Hotelier Blog and generally making a positive nuisance of herself. In our chat, we get through loads, including The glory of a podcas...

Today's guest yet again highlights the diversity of opportunity that exists within hospitality. We got some time with the sensational Katy Moses, Founder and Managing Director of Kam Media (https://kam-media.co.uk). We get through loads including Lockdown handling, service, research, sell me this pen, having folders thrown at your head, recruitment, Starting Kam in a weekend, big picture thinking, one direction, starting chat shows, podcasts, being landed in the shit, failure, keeping hospital...