On this episode we hear from Caroline. During he studies she met someone working at the Ibis Hotel near the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the rest as they say is history. She has made a now nearly 20 years career with Accor and in this podcast, we hear her journey. She spent a decade in operations across properties of Ibis and Novotel, in the UK and France. She held general manager roles and loved the diversity of her days in hospitality. After she transitioned in marketing at the Accor...

On this episode we hear from Katrin. At her essence she is a hotelier and it was an industry she knew she belonged to right away. One of her earliest career guidance was to take opportunities when it comes, being open to explore things that perhaps you didn’t plan, yet nevertheless pursuing your goals. She was following a career in rooms, when she was approached by HR for training, which then took her along the HR career path and later DE&I. She looks at her career journey in phases and...

A few weeks ago I shared Seema's story on the podcast on Inspiring women in hospitality   🎙 What I did not share was at the end of our conversation, she turned the mic on me to ask me a few questions. Practise for the launch of her own podcast.   This is what she asked me: 🏔 Any misconception you would like to debunk for women's careers in hospitality 🏔 Memorable feedback someone has given you after being on the podcast 🏔 Brother podcast called 'Inspiring Men in Hospitality'?

On this episode we hear from Caroline and she introduces herself as a communications consultant. She has worked across several industries, but it was through her work with Hyatt that exposed her to the hospitality world and she realised that it was the first consumer sector she had worked in that focused on how you make people feel. And it was not just about selling the product. While growing up in a household with two brothers she was not exposed to the gender differences, but she had a...

*Authenticity in the workplace* What does this mean to you? 🎙 On this podcast episode from @Inspiring women in hospitality I share my experiences of when I was NOT being authentic and what impact that had on me, both professionally and personally. So many myths and untruths that I had to learn or shall I say unlearn.   And why do we need to be authentic? 🏔 It builds trust and more meaningful relationship 🏔 Diversity of thought in leadership impacts the bottom line 🏔 Bringing your unique...

On this episode we hear from Seema. She knew that she was always going to be very liberal about her career choices and she wanted to be in the commercial realm of different industries. She started in FMCG, then banking before coming into her forever home of hospitality. She has several mentors who have inspired her hospitality career journey and helped shape the course of her life. She has an interesting take in her our leadership and has identified individuals she calls 'silent achievers'....

On this episode we hear from Michelle. This recording was done 25 years to the day she started in hospitality. She originally wanted to be on stage and following an advert she found herself at a pre-opening in Mayfair and loved it. To her it was like a performance every night. Her career then took her around the world opening restaurants. Whilst she did move around across several roles, reflecting on her career path she felt sometimes she stayed too long in a role and would now tell her...

🎙 Today I share with you a special segment from the podcast where I share some of my own personal journey and share some tips from my learnings   🤩 In this episode I talk about 'How to get your next promotion' or effectively how to progress in your career.   🙋‍♀️ I talk about what did not work for me, what then later did work and lessons learnt that I applied as I grew in my own leadership journey.   Know what I know today, here are some things I would have done differently and share...

On this episode we hear from Ashleigh. She is the co-founder of Halo Business Consulting, and they work with the hospitality industry to drive guest loyalty and guest retention. She started in hospitality at a young age and found it to be character building for her, developing social skills and dealing with conflict. It was during her management trainee program that she found her passion in marketing, especially at a time when marketing was going digital. Over her career Ashleigh has moved...

On this episode we hear from Emily. She calls herself a connector. Love of languages and travel eventually got her a role in travel. She started her career with Travco and whilst initially based in London, she did eventually start travelling with her job. She credits learning to 'speak up' from her mum, who taught that you have to 'squeeze all the juice out of life'. She moved across several wholesaler companies as she progressed in her career and what she also wanted to share was the failed...

On this episode we hear from Frauke. Her opening included 'living out my passion in hospitality' and she shares with us how. Educated in Germany she worked in Switzerland and then London, where she met someone working in Bahrain. And that conversation initiated her career in the Middle East, which included Bahrain, Qatar and now in the UAE. She shares with us the culture shock she experiences when she first arrived from shared accommodation, where she can walk, how to dress and the...

Time and time again as I do my podcasts interview, the advise women share for career progression is work on your visibility. Yet it appears to be an area that we struggle with. It is what motivated me to start this podcast, the events and the Inspire Community. To provide a platform to increase our visibility. In this podcast episode I talk about my own journey of transforming my visibility. Three key moments in my life: Arriving at hotel school Starting at STR Building the brand...

On this episode we hear from Michaela. She believes that the school of life is travelling and as soon as she could, that is exactly what she did. She worked to travel and eventually she made travel her career as well. She stared this career with the Flight Centre and found something that was aligned with what she was passionate about and help people explore the world. This then transitioned to helping people in her team to succeed when she moved into learning and development. In 2018 she...

On this episode we hear from Marta. She calls herself a career expat and a digerati. The original digital nomad from the late 90s. She has made her career in corporate communications and brand strategist. While she has worked across 15 industry, travel and hospitality was a theme throughout her career, along with luxury and tech. She talks about how she was managing teams in the late 90s remotely and learnt early on the skills of remote working. Her career expat life has moved her 16...

Time for Naureen to put herself in the spotlight. This new segment from the podcast Naureen will be sharing from her life experiences and learning, to inspire you to take action, as your 'Inspiring Activator' Today she is talking about feeling unfulfilled. Something she keenly felt several years ago. She talks about what was happening for her then and what she did next. How she carved her own path to find her fulfillment. It was not always easy and the journey will be different for...

On this episode we hear from Selin. She credits studying in an international school while she was growing up as a path to hospitality, due to the multi-cultural environment. She shares how coming 'home' to Thailand was a reverse culture shock after having lived and worked abroad. Her career in hospitality, started in Chicago and then spent six years in the Middle East, where she held roles in sales and business development. And of all her experiences in hospitality it was in sales that she...

On this episode we hear from Candice. She calls herself a true-blue hotelier and someone that is very rooted in luxury brands. She started in product and moved into service, which started her career in hospitality, and she grew to have a deep appreciation for what is takes to deliver a truly luxury hotel experience, which is truly extraordinary. She started her career in PR, then marketing and branding and talks to us about her journey in luxury brands. She shares that her career progression...

On this episode we hear from Alexandra. She is the founder of Velvenoir, an international art consultancy which she started 10 years ago specialising in private and hospitality collections. She started her career in hospitality in London and worked across several properties. It was during this time she realised that she was always inspired by art. She pursued further studies in Sydney while working at the same time, she noticed as I did, that women are more empowered there. When she returned...

On this episode we hear from Eve. Founder of Brand Journey working with SMEs to build their brand and customer experience in service businesses. She is also educating young marketers to develop their knowledge and skillset in branding through Meraki Marketing Learning Studio. When she was 10 years old, her parents took the family on around the world tour for three months and that instilled in her a passion for travel. And she carried this on into her career travelling and living in multiple...

On this episode we hear from Cindy. She always knew that she wanted to work in the aviation industry and one of her dream roles was to be a flight attendant. Shortly after starting her career, she also began training and this is where her love of learning and development started. 10 years into her career she moved back to Belgium for her kid’s education. That only lasted a year and then they came back with the family to Hong Kong, which is the place that has her heart. She has worked for some...

On this episode we hear from Charline. She is the founder of Cote, inspired by her time living along the coast and which means coast in French. She helps SME hotel owners to do good or better for people and planet. She helps them look beyond the walls of their hotel to the surrounding communities, what their needs are and ensure the hospitality business serves their wellbeing. After her studies she worked in hospitality across various departments but found that none really resonated with her....

On this episode we hear from Charlotte. She is the Hotel Manager at the Grand Hotel in Birmingham, and she shares with us her journey in hospitality. She loves the industry and is a great advocate for Birmingham as a destination. Her career in hospitality started organically, with both parents working in the industry and that she recognised in herself that she enjoyed the work. She says if anyone i struggling to find their feet, hospitality is a great place to explore to find out what you are...

On this episode we hear from Irene. The founder of a leadership development called Light Path Leadership based in Saigon, after a career in leadership development across four continents. And she has become known for women in leadership and even wrote a book about the stories of Vietnamese women in 2016. Going back to her origin story she is Austrian and because she loves the unknown, she decided to study sinology at university. Which then took her to China in the early 2000s and made her...

On this episode we hear from Debbie. She has been in the travel industry since she was 16 years old and that was with British Airways. In 1995 she started her own PR agency in hospitality and travel, which she then sold to FINN Partners six years ago. She now heads up the travel team for FINN Partners globally. Reflecting on her first business she started as a promotion’s agency, she recalls that she really had no fear, one of the benefits of being young. She talks about how when she started...