#080 – Hospitality Meets Lorraine Copes – The Diversity & Inclusion Champion

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… Read more

#079 – Hospitality Meets Andrew Coggings – The World Class Venue Leader

I’m not going to lie, I’m a huge fan of the venue that today’s guest leads. I got some time with Andrew Coggings, Managing Director of Entertaining and Hospitality at the Goodwood Estate (https://www.goodwood.com). It’s an epic chat and we get through loads including:- The Festival of Speed The values of Goodwood Bottling selfies Growing… Read more

#078 – Hospitality Meets Paul Spencer – The Epic Operations Director

Episode 78, the day that Hospitality Meets ACTUALLY MET SOMEONE. Yes, this week, we got some actual face to face time with the epicness that is Paul Spencer, Operations Director at Locke (https://www.lockeliving.com). He shared some time with me out of his more than hectic schedule at the beautiful Bermonds Locke, one of the newest… Read more

#077 – Hospitality Meets Aseem Kapoor – The Culture Entrepreneur

There are so many exceptional people in hospitality and this week we got some time with yet another of those. We chat to Aseem Kapoor, Founder & Chief ARK-itect at Ark People Solutions (https://arkpeoplesolutions.com). We chat about:- Being an Ark-itect Travel plans The first meeting Standing meetings Heated debates Creating positive work environments Early path… Read more

#075 – Hospitality Meets Peter Ducker – The Professional Body CEO

In the first of our two chats with the Institute of Hospitality (https://www.instituteofhospitality.org), we got some time with outgoing CEO Peter Ducker. No doubt Peter has forged an enviable career and we were honoured to have a chat with him ahead of his end of June departure from the Institute. As always, we got through… Read more