Celebrating Women Episodes

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 bei...

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....

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...

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 Devel...

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 nega...

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 wi...

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 lat...

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 t...

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...

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 ...

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 Q...

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...

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/...

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://...

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...

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 Ric...

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 bui...

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 tim...

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...

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...

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...

What a corker we've got for you this week. We got time (somehow) with the incredibly busy and rather awe inspiring Chef & Restaurant Magazine ( https://chefpublishing.com/ ) Editor, Claire Bosi . Claire is also the driving f...

In honour of the fact that next week is International Women's Day we got some time with awe inspiring woman that is Natalia Ribbe, Founder of Ladies of Restaurants ( https://www.ladiesofrestaurants.com ) and Barletta in Marga...

We've been lucky enough to connect with such a diverse group of people from within the Hospitality Industry on our chats so far and today's episode, is no exception. We chatted to Louise Kissack, Founder of Spaghetti Group ( ...