50 Shades of Hospitality
Episodes
159 episodes
Creating a Dynamic Career Path in Hospitality Management
In this episode, Andrra Berisha describes how she has dynamically created an envious hospitality management path for herself after her hospitality studies in Switzerland. As the Business Development Manager at Lighthouse<...
Discovering One of Turkey’s Lifestyle Destinations – Scorpios Bodrum
As a young hotelier, Can Erikan explains how his global career and Swiss hospitality education has led him back to his native country of Turkey where he is currently the General Manager of Scorpios Bodrum, part of the Soho House...
Myth or Reality? The Allure of Becoming a Hotel General Manager
In this podcast, Philippe Clarinval, the current General Manager of Le Prince de Galles Hotel in Paris, France, discusses the role of the Hotel GM and what makes this role appealing and challenging. He also shares his passion for l...
Managing the Luxury Emeralda Golf Club in Indonesia
For this podcast, we invited and interviewed Yenny Tanudjaja, the General Manager of Emeralda Golf Club in Indonesia. This famous 27-hole golf club near Jakarta is a signature design of two Golf Legends : Arnold Palmer and...
Being the first Ambassador of Hospitality in France (MOF)
Claire Dupleix is a Hospitality and Hotel Reception Ambassador in France and a MOF (Mellieur Ouvrier de France / Best Craftsman of France). She was the first to receive this prestigious honour for Hotel Receptionist in 2015. In ...
Twistic Digital - Revolutionising the Hospitality Industry
In this podcast, Salvador Elena Bosca, the Director of Twistic Digital (twisticdigital.com), gives our audience reasons why the hospitality and tourism industries should be using technology solutions as a way of taking their cus...
Next Generation Hotel Equipment by Brandon Burnett, Hospitality Futurist
In this podcast, entrepreneur Brandon Burnett describes how his next generation of hotel equipment is poised to improve and transform the hotel industry. He also describes his career path from completing a hospitality management de...
Souji – The Circular Revolution for Hospitality
Souji (www.souji.es) is a Spanish company that has developed a unique and patented technology capable of transforming used cooking oil into effective and environmentally sustainable cleaning products in just a ...
Hospitality HR Recruitment in South East Asia
In this podcast, Victor Mogilev speaks to our audience about Hospitality HR recruitment in South East Asia and explains how this region has its unique challenges and opportunities. Victor traces his educational and career path to expla...
The Impact of Synergies & Interactions Between Media and Hospitality
In this podcast, Chris Horn who is currently the General Manager at Gold Key Media, discusses his career path and answers our questions about the synergies between the Media and Hospitality. Gold Key Media has a hard earned and formida...
Thinking Outside The Box: Why The Hospitality Field is a Good Fit for Neuro-Divergent Learners
In this remarkable interview, Rosalin Abigail Kyere-Nartey, who was diagnosed with dyslexia at age 30 after years of struggling through school, decided to transform her trials and tribulations into a mission: to transform how people, teacher...
The Golden Keys That Open Doors to the World of Hospitality
Michael Romei has been dubbed "The Ambassador of Hospitality" and he practices his brand of statecraft on both a local and global level. In this podcast, Michael invites our listeners to retrace his brilliant career as a Les Clefs d’Or concierg...
The Future of Retail in the Hospitality Industry
Filippo Perricone is the co-founder and Managing Director of Back label, a line of Italian lounge, athletic and leisure wear sold exclusively in luxury hotels and resorts. In this podcast, we ask Filippo about his educational and caree...
What It Takes to Manage One of India’s Top Hotel & Resort Chains
Aryavir Kumar is the current Managing Director of one of India’s top hotel chains, The Clarks Hotels & Resorts. In this podcast, he answers our questions about his family’s history with The Brij Hotels and The Clarks Hotels and how...
Female Hotel General Managers - Drivers of Success for a Global Hospitality Career
In this podcast, Marie-Berengère Chapoton, who was the General Manager of the award-winning Raffles Al Areen Palace in Bahrain when this podcast was recorded, describes her global career path and how she met not only challenges but opportuni...
Hospitality Tech Recruiter: Connecting Top Talent with Hospitality Innovators
Edouard Clark is a Hospitality Tech recruiter and, in this podcast, he gives our listeners reasons to explore this career path and why the hospitality industry is still lagging behind in this fast-paced field. Edouard has an internatio...
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Saving our Blue Planet
Khulan Berger is currently the Director of Development at CLIMATE BRIDGES and the Founder and President of OUR IMPACT MONGOLIA. When we recorded this podcast, Khulan was the Head of Communication & Community for MY BLUE PLANET. In ...
Sensory leadership & Luxury Hospitality Expertise
In this podcast, Sara Abdel Masih describes her unique career path from climbing the career ladder in the luxury hospitality industry to teaching in hotel management schools and writing a book on mobbing and harassment in the workplace based...
How Discretionary Effort Fuels Revenue in Hospitality
In this episode, we speak to Geoffrey Toffetti, who is the CEO of Frontline Performance Group and a veteran in the hospitality field. We talk to Geoffrey about Discretionary Effort and why it is so important for...
The Art of Hospitality and "l’Art de la Table", French Version...
Chantal Wittman is an educator, a hospitality expert, a competition judge and received the MOF (Meilleur Ouvrier de France) Maître d’Hôtel award. In this podcast, Chantal gives our listeners some background information about the French...
Concierges: Holding the Keys to a Hotel’s Success
Originally from Ankara, Turkey, A. Burak Ipekci was fortunate enough to realise that the hospitality industry was his calling in his late teens. Already doing seasonal work in the industry, Burak went ahead to study Hospitality Management at Bi...
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A Closer Look at Hospitality in India
In this podcast, Puneet Baijal talks to us about the current tourism and hospitality trends in India and more specifically in the Gujrat region where he is currently the General Manager of the five-star Hyatt Regency Hotel in Ahmedabad. H...
Developing Expertise in Hospitality Management and Leadership
Julia Krebs is a Senior Lecturer at Les Roches Marbella Global Hospitality and Hospitality Consultant, based in Marbella, Spain. In this podcast we ask Julia about her international career and how it has shaped her approach to working in ...
Women’s Empowerment & Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia
Amna Alyamani has turned her childhood passion into a successful career and she is a woman fueled by her passion for baking, which she discovered at the tender age of 7. She has since pursued her dream, scaling heights and enjoying success in t...
The Art of Negotiation
In this podcast, Tatjana Kniazeva describes her amazing, inspirational and challenging story of having to create a life for herself in London and how she went on to become a successful hospitality negotiator. With over two decades of experience...
