Geraldine Dobey is Irish, and Area Vice President for Mandarin Oriental and is based at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Paris. She has two decades of expertise in the top end of the luxury hotels industry , mostly in Europe. She is a rising star of the industry globally and has achieved success in a variety of managerial roles at some of the biggest premium hotel organisations in the world in London and Paris including The Hilton and The Langham in London, The Hilton in Geneva and six years at Hôtel Barrière Le Fouquet's Paris as General Manager. Geraldine speaks candidly here with Renae about how the growth of the luxury hotel industry in Paris, changes at The Mandarin Oriental in Paris and beyond, and the huge changes within the luxury hotel industry in France. She reveals the future of luxury travel as she sees it, and how the entire concept of luxury is changing with technology.