Hotels

Daniel Afonso

Are you steering your career, or just along for the ride? In this episode, Pat speaks with Daniel Afonso, Senior VP of People & Culture at Radisson Hotel Group, who shares his journey from finance to hospitality and how he seized every opportunity to shape his career. They explore what makes hospitality so engaging and how Radisson retains talent by offering hybrid roles focused on growth and development. Tune in for valuable insights on how to take control of your career and keep moving forward.

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Jonathan Worsley guest on Smack Hospitality

Jonathan Worsley

We’re kicking off Season 6 in the vibrant streets of London, where Johnathan Worsley, Chairman & CEO of The Bench, met with Fritz to explore the past, the present and the future of hospitality and its exciting global development.

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Simon Mayle on LGBTQ travel trends on Smack

Simon Mayle

During the recent pridemonth, Phil sat down with Simon Mayle, Event Director at Reed Exhibitions, for, among others, PROUD Experiences and ILTM Cannes and discussed the status quo of LGBTQ travels.

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Austin Eaton

Hello, I am Austin Eaton, Head of Marketing at Clean the World Europe and UK.
Have you ever asked yourself where the little bar of soap in your hotel bathroom goes after you leave?
I actually did, but I was not the first one. Back in 2009, Founder and CEO of Clean the World, Shawn Seipler asked himself this very question, after countless nights spent in hotel rooms for work. Little did he know that this question would catalyze the birth of Clean the World. Shocked by the revelation that the hospitality industry was discarding millions of soap bars each year and driven by a deep sense of responsibility, Shawn, transformed a humble one-car garage in Orlando, Florida, into the epicenter of soap recycling. Setting in motion a movement that would change lives and communities around the world.

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Djony Jaegers for SMack's Humans of Hospitality

Djony Jaegers

Hello, my name is Djony Jaegers and I am a member of the ROOM FOR CHANGE program by entrepreneurs’ collective The Present Movement. I have been working there as a Relations Manager for a year now. ROOM FOR CHANGE is a social responsibility program for hotels in which we use the power of the hospitality world to make a positive impact in the lives of people who are temporarily unhoused. This group is often also called “economically homeless people”. These are people like you and me, without any addictions or psychiatric indications, but without housing. Sometimes life just goes wrong – you lost your job, or you get a divorce and have to move out of your house.

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Alexi Khajavi Questex - Podcast guest on SMACK

ALEXI KHAJAVI

ALEXI KHAJAVI President Hospitality, Travel & Wellness – Questex Connecting hotel real estate owners with brands, trends and tech Let’s say 2023 was not quite the year of deal-making within the industry.  Then what does the future have in stock for hospitality and real estate? Alexi Khajavi President Hospitality, Travel and Wellness at Questex set

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ATUL CHOPRA

Atul Chopra Founder & CEO – FreshOn Table Minimum emissions, maximum nutrition – harvest on demand  Have you ever wondered what grows in the desert?   We have. So we sent Phil to talk to someone who knows – Atul Chopra, Founder and CEO of FreshOn Table, who supplies restaurants and hotels in UAE with fresh

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