50 Shades of Hospitality

May 13 2024 5
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A global podcast dedicated to learning from industry players around the world. Our podcasts are a series of interviews with international hospitality and tourism industry professionals. We prompt our guests to share their personal experiences, as well as analyse the current trends, technology and innovations.The podcast’s goal is to inspire people in the field and to encourage young people to join this exciting industry. We are committed to evaluating the current educational and training opportunities for industry professionals in the hopes of finding solutions to the challenges the industry is now facing.

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The Golden Keys that Open All the Doors to the World of Hospitality

May 13 2024 37 mins  
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 concierge, and in particular, his time as the former Chef Concierge of the Waldorf Towers/Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.Michael walks us

Opportunities for Women in the Saudi Hospitality Industry

May 06 2024 25 mins  
In this podcast, Johanna Fagerberg, who is currently the Hospitality Senior Manager at Diriyah Company, talks about working in Saudi Arabia and the vast plans that the Kingdom has for hospitality and tourism. She previously was the Guest Experience Manager at The Four Seasons Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Johanna also talks about her career choices and what it’s like for a Europ

Making idealistic culinary dreams come true

Apr 29 2024 34 mins  
Walter el Nagar is a passionate Chef with a multicultural background and a strong desire to make not only a culinary mark but a social one as well. In this podcast, Walter describes his passion for creative culinary arts and his professional path across the globe. Walter was born in Milan in 1981 to an Egyptian father and Italian mother, both of whom are restaurateurs. Known for hi

Running a hotel in a War Zone

Apr 22 2024 37 mins  
In 2016, Vasily Grogol was hired by an investor to create a feasibility study on a hotel project in Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2017 he moved to Kyiv and worked on opening not only a boutique hotel called BURSA but also a gallery for young, Ukranian artists. At the age of 24 he became the Executive Director of BURSA Hotel and gallery and his goal, in his own words “is to change the percept

An insight on hospitality, education and entrepreneurship in Kenya

Apr 15 2024 32 mins  
In this podcast, Lucy Grace Maliki, a dual citizen of Kenya and Switzerland, describes her career path from teaching French and English in a Swiss Hospitality Institute to becoming an entrepreneur in Kenya. Her years of living and teaching in Switzerland brought her to appreciate the fine art of making chocolates and when she moved back to Kenya a few years ago, she decided to crea

The Velvet Touch: Effective best practices in the luxury hospitality world

Apr 08 2024 38 mins  
Ivan Artolli is the kind of hotelier you dream of meeting in a luxury hotel. He shares his lifetime experience with our listeners and talks about the people who have been role models in his life. He is charming, cultivated and he talks candidly about his youth and his dream of one day becoming a General Manager. A lifetime career of working in some of the most luxurious hotels in E

The art of hospitality and "l’Art de la Table"

Apr 01 2024 41 mins  
Chantal Wittmann 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 MOF competitions and what this means for the people who have been given this title. Chantal has taught in some of the most prestigious hospital

Evolution or Revolution? - Reflections on a lifetime of global hospitality

Mar 25 2024 34 mins  
William Mackay is an internationally experienced executive with over 45 years of experience in luxury hotel, spa and F & B management, operations, and development. He has a proven track record of assembling and leading highly motivated, diverse, and mutually accountable teams and a true passion for quality as the primary means to profit. We have invited William as our guest bec

San Leonardo - An Italian wine estate with a rich history

Mar 18 2024 35 mins  
In this podcast, Anselmo Guerrieri Gonzaga shares the extraordinary history of his family-owned winery, Tenuta San Leonardo, which is an estate of historical significance where great wines are created in Trentino. It produces San Leonardo, a Bordeaux-style red wine which was described by the wine journalist, Jancis Robinson as "surely the most successful Bordeaux blend of northern

May the only pain in your life be champagne

Mar 11 2024 31 mins  
With over 20+ years experience in the hotel industry, Annie Boslem has been working for some of the most prestigious international companies such as Starwood, Inter-Continental, Shangri-La and Taj Hotels. She also works with many small and exclusive privately-owned properties, both in the UK and overseas. She moved from luxury hotels into hospitality recruitment in 2000 and works c