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Boostly is an award winning hospitality training and website design company which is owned by award winning social media guru Mark Simpson. Mark's goal is to help 1 million hospitality owners increase their direct bookings, cut down on commission costs and boost their profit margins. In this episode, Mark gives actionable insights on how to do that.  In 2016 he became frustrated by the lack o...

Just before Easter we had the pleasure of speaking to Robert Walton MBE. Robert is a recognised and respected figure in the hospitality industry and is President of the Restaurant Association of Great Britain. Having trained as a West-End chef and then becoming a hotel owner, he has unique hands-on experience and insider knowledge of the sector. Robert is the founder of The Nth Degree Global which...

On this week's episode of Your Next Generation Hotel podcast we talked to Robert Richardson FIH, GM at The Grand Folkestone, boutique hospitality manager of the year 2019, and winner of many other awards (below). We discussed his own approach to the Covid-19 crisis as well as looking at how hotels can meaningfully incorporate technology to improve the guest experience. Below are a list of the dist...

Today on Your Next Generation Hotel we talked to senior lecturer Dr Nick Naumov about how he believes the hospitality industry can adapt and grow in a post-covid world. Listen out particularly for his insights into how rural hotels can leverage their location and what role technology has to play. Nick’s industry background is in hospitality management and more specifically, front office operations...

James Lemon is a leading start-up and travel consultant helping founders & enterprising leaders to grow their business in novel ways. His expertise in strategy & performance has been built over 10+ years in senior positions at IHG, Travelport, as well as COO of Series-B scale-up Hostmaker. James operates both independently under The Growth Works umbrella, and as a Partner at AJL Consulting...