Season 1

In the 2nd of our delves into the world of training & development, we chat to Simon Lewis, Operations Manager at HIT Training ( www.hittraining.co.uk ). We talk about Training, the future, getting out, The media, Hospitality ...

In the first of 2 episodes today, we delve into the world of training & development with Mike Worley , Operations Director at HIT Training (www.hittraining.co.uk) Mike has spent a fair few years in Training and Development an...

What does it take to become one of a regions most prominent General Managers? We chatted to Mark Kirby, Regional General Manager of The Address Downtown, Dubai ( www.addresshotels.com/en/hotels/address-downtown/ ) to find tha...

When we started the podcast, we wanted to tell the stories and journeys of the people of hospitality but we also wanted to shout from the rooftops about anything incredible that people are doing. Mary Jane Flanagan (MJ), foun...

Humans are such a massive part of the Hospitality Industry and looking after all those humans is no mean feat. Today we talk to a real heavy hitter in that space, Jose Ruiz , Director of Human Resources for The London Edition...

You really can come into hospitality at any time, with any background. Today's guest demonstrates that point beautifully but not only that, how you can come in and really get people thinking about the ways in which things hap...

Hospitality never stands still, there's always something new on the horizon. This week, we've got an amazing chat with the Opening General Manager Anne Golden who has the not insignificant task of leading one of the most exci...

One of the things we love about Hospitality more than anything else is the international element to it and there's no better career if you want to see the world. Niels Sherry is a shining example of that with a career that ha...

Back in May 2020, we got some time with Gilles Perrin, Executive Chef at the world class Ritz Carlton Osaka, Japan. In today's chat we talk about m oving to takeaway in a Michelin starred restaurant, travel, the importance of...

Hospitality covers a multitude of things. The rise and rise of co-working fits firmly within that scope. We were lucky enough to get some time with Ben Swindells , Expansion Director for Huckletree ( www.huckletree.com ) a L...

Most people enjoy talking about drink and today, that's exactly what we do. We chatted to Becky Lown , Director and Founder at CRAL Consulting, a boutique consulting company specialising in wine and spirits We chat about maki...

Q. What happens when you put two spaghetti brains in front a microphone and set them off to chat? A. Today's podcast. We got some time with Majella O'Connell, Managing Director and Head Photographer at Pavlova & Cream Ltd. ( ...

In may 2020, we were lucky enough to steal some time with Louise Gallant , Talent Director at Harri.com, rising tech superstars and all round great people. Louise is a natural story teller with some amazing and hilarious stor...

One of the objectives of our humble little podcast was to give a voice to as wide a variety of people as possible from within hospitality so I was delighted to get some time with Rachael Stevens, Guest Services Manager at Sou...

Back in May 2020, we got some time with Eugenio Pirri, Chief People & Culture Office for Dorchester Collection ( www.dorchestercollection.com ) a global luxury hotel company. Eugenio tells his story with great humility and gr...

In early July 2020 (when we were once again allowed to go meet people) we were lucky enough to get some socially distanced time with Chris Penn , Co-Founder of Steel Hotels ( www.steelhotels.com ) & Birch ( www.birchcommunity...

In July 2020 we were lucky enough to get some time with Cherish Finden, TV Judge, award winning pastry chef and now Executive Pastry Chef at the Upcoming Pan Pacific London , opening in 2021. Long before TV found Cherish, she...

In this weeks Podcast, we enter the world of finance and specifically Asset Management, a side of hotel life that has become more and more important in recent times. We chatted to William Gibbs, Hotels Director and a Member o...

When we started the podcast, one of the objectives was to showcase the variety of opportunity available within Hospitality as a career of choice. Today's chat does exactly that. We chatted to Fabien Figarol, Co-Founder and D...

Back in May 2020, in the middle of Lock down, we were lucky enough to get some time with David McDowall, Group COO of BrewDog ( www.brewdog.com ). David talks us through his career and journey so far along with some of the gr...

Mark your calendar, 31st August 2020 will see the rise of the inaugural Hospitality Aid, a live aid style concert rammed full of talent from the Hospitality Industry raising money for Action against hunger (And any artists th...

There's nothing quite like having a chat with colourful characters. Kieron "AKA the Boy" Bailey is one such character. Co-founder of Experience 101 ( www.experience101.co.uk ) he's got bags of personality and is something of ...

Some people were made to entertain, Jim Knight is one such human mixing entertainment with education for what he calls Edutainment. Jim is the brains and name behind www.knightspeaker.com , a top 10 rated speaker in the USA ,...

The week of 22nd June 2020 will go down in history (In the UK at least) as the week where the government announced that hospitality could reopen on 4th July. This put us all in a good mood and so we decided to give you anothe...