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… Read more
#107 – Hospitality Meets Jason Adams – The Resort Hotel MD
What a week UK Hospitality has had since our last episode. 3 huge fundraisers – Lunch4Ukraine, The Springboard Awards for Excellence and Back to the floor for Hospitality Action. The Latter, gave me the opportunity to meet today’s guest. I got some time with Jason Adams, Managing Director of the beautiful Rockliffe Hall in the… Read more
#106 – Hospitality Meets Denise Flanders – The Legendary Hotel General Manager
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… Read more
#105 – Hospitality Meets Amelia Harper – The Marketing and Communications Maestro
I was first alerted to today’s guest as she featured in the 2021 Acord 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… Read more
#104 – Hospitality Meets Danny Pecorelli – The Hotel Titan
I was so happy to get some time with todays guest, one of the most recognisable names in the Hotel industry, none other than Danny Pecorelli, MD of Exclusive Collection (https://www.exclusive.co.uk). Danny is a 2nd generation hotelier but as we find out, that didn’t necessarily translate into a clear path being formed for him as… Read more
#103 – Hospitality Meets Kerth Gumbs – The Creative Culinary Maestro
Ever since I saw today’s guest on BBC 2’s Great British Menu in 2020, I knew I wanted to get some time with him on the show. Now Head Chef at Boiler & Co (https://boilerandco.com), Kerth Gumbs is everything you hope for in a chef working in Hospitality. No doubt he brings the flair and… Read more