The Institute of Hospitality London Branch held their 9th Annual Student Learning and Development Forum at Central Working, Whitechapel yesterday. As Chairman for the London Branch it was my pleasure to be able to organise this event for our hospitality students. This years theme was “How to Become a Hospitality Entrepreneur”. With over 150 students […]
This afternoon I had the pleasure of visiting Joseph Antippa and Tyler Martin the founders of Manuka Kitchen in Fulham. The reason for my visit was to have a look at their new Gin Bar that they have just opened downstairs called 510 Below. The uniqueness of this bar is that it has 40 Gins […]
On Friday 7th November 2014 the Institute of Hospitality London held their Aspiring Hospitality Manager Awards celebration at Wivenhoe House showcasing the Edge Hotel School Students as they ran this event. As Chair for the Institute of Hospitality London I was delighted to able to host this event to celebrate our up and coming hospitality […]
This was the second year that I had the pleasure to judge the Accommodation awards together with Brian Pope from Kingston Smith for the Essex Tourism and Hospitality Awards. Last night was the awards dinner which was held at Boreham House in Chelmsford to celebrate our finalists and to announce our winners who are: For the […]
This morning I was at The Independent Hotel Show speaking on the topic of “What is the Modern Face of Service?” The panel was led by Alan Williams from Servicebrand Global and the other members of the panel with me were Andrew Pike, General Manager at The Milestone Hotel, Anne Blackburn from Sidona Group and […]
