Boutique Hotel News and Great John Street Hotel Manchester have teamed up to host the seventh of a series of highly targeted educational networking events for luxury and boutique hotel, aparthotel and serviced apartment owners, general managers, service providers, Press and invited guests.

Places are strictly limited to a maximum of 30 attendees and 2 representatives per company.

Run in conjunction with the organisers of the Annual Hotel Conference and finishing directly before registration for The AHC just around the corner at the Hilton Hotel. If you’re attending ‘Futuretech’ or both events, and require overnight accommodation we’re delighted to offer discounted rates from £150 B&B inc. VAT at the Great John Street Hotel – centrally located and one of the best boutique hotels in Manchester. These can be booked  here using BHN13 as the promotional code, alternatively bookers can call the hotel on  0161 831 3211 directly and quote “Boutique hotel corporate rate”

https://www.xnglobalres.com/EclecticHotels/Pages/SelectHotel.aspx

Date: Wednesday 16th October

The morning will feature a panel discussion looking at Future Technology.

Future technology: How is rapidly developing technology going to affect the way boutique hotels and serviced apartments run their properties, market and sell their inventory, communicate with their guests, and manage their revenue streams in the future?

Hosted by: George Sell, Editor, Boutique Hotel News

George is the editor of Boutique Hotel News and the forthcoming Serviced Apartment News websites. He has more than a decade’s experience as a hospitality, property and travel journalist. He regularly contributes to a wide range of international publications and websites.

Moderated by: Piers Brown, Managing Director, Boutique Hotel Media Limited

Piers launched the free to subscribe Boutique Hotel News in May 2012 to give the boutique and lifestyle hotel industry its own 24/7 news resource. He hosts the annual International ‘Boutique Hotel Summit’ , and launched the Serviced Apartment Summit inc Extended Stay conference with wide industry support in July 2013. He cares passionately about the growth of specialist hospitality sectors and holds an MBA, ISMM and IDM Diplomas. He has held senior positions in the national media, private members and retail industries.

Panellists

Steven Hesketh, Group Director, The Richmond

Steven Hesketh, Director of Know Hospitality Ltd and Group Director for a new style/flavour of product to the Industry, The Richmond Luxury Living boasts 51 Serviced Apartments, that enable splitting into 152 Boutique Hotel Rooms. Steven has 20 years background in Resorts, Serviced Apartments and Hotels, and is a previous Caterer & Hotelkeeper Acorn Award Winner.

After growing up in Australia and first dealing with Timeshare Resorts, Steven has now been in the UK for 15 years and has worked with BridgeStreet, Ramada and MacDonald Hotels during his career.

Recently furthering his career Steven has also launched a Hotel & Serviced Apartment Consultancy – Know Hospitality specialising in supporting New Openings and Hospitality Businesses in need of overhauling Sales & Operations.

Michael Marchand, Senior Director UK, Ireland and Benelux, TrustYou

Michael Marchand is a senior director at TrustYou, the leading expert in semantic search and social media management. Michael is responsible for development, market education and sales. Prior to TrustYou, Michael lead the East of London Sales Team for Rezidor as Cluster Director. He started his career in Hotel Sales at Marriott in Frankfurt and Intercontinental Hotels in Hamburg, Germany. Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Hotel Management from WIHOGA University, Dortmund and Johnson & Wales University, Providence, RI, US.

Cheryl Hawksworth, Sales Director, UK & Ireland, IDeaS Revenue Solutions

Cheryl Hawksworth is a well known and popular figure in the hospitality industry. Cheryl is passionate about revenue management and is a founder and deputy chair of the HOSPA Revenue Management Committee. Currently working at IDeaS Revenue Solutions, a global leader in revenue management solutions, Cheryl’s expertise, understanding and enthusiasm helps hoteliers worldwide to implement and maintain a strong revenue management culture with a strategic focus on delivering optimum and sustainable revenue performance. Previously, Cheryl has held positions both internationally and domestically in the hotel industry, starting her career in South Africa with Southern Sun Hotels, working in both Intercontinental and Holiday Inn brands. In the UK she has led a large front of house and reservations team at The Tower-a Guoman Hotel and more recently, as head of revenue for Grosvenor House, London. Cheryl’s success comes from her ability to utilise all her revenue management expertise in delivering successful solutions and services to hoteliers, coupled with a deep understanding of technology platforms available on the market today. This hands-on approach to hospitality has ensured Cheryl’s success as a guest speaker at numerous hospitality industry events in the UK and beyond.

Katharina Callaghan, Director, LivingSocial Escapes, UK and Ireland

Katharina Callaghan, armed with 10 years of experience supporting growth within travel businesses, and an extremely well-stamped passport, is responsible for LivingSocial’s travel arm in UK & Ireland. Previously, Katharina has gained significant experience across the sector, having help key roles at Tui and Sunsail. With an extensive track record in building and developing travel brands, Katharina is a champion of using social, local & mobile marketing to deliver real results for travel professionals.

Paul Barton, Director of E-commerce, Think Apartments Ltd

Paul has managed all aspects of Think Apartment’s growing digital presence for the past year, with particular responsibility for sales and marketing through the group’s own channels and via external partners. Previous to Think, Paul managed Time Out’s international network of websites and apps, and also has over five years’ worth of experience at some of the world’s most successful online travel brands (Expedia, Hotels.com and Booking.com).

Libby Morris, Group Revenue Manager at Eclectic Hotels

Passionate about pushing the boundaries. At University of Manchester Libby was studying to become a forensic pathologist when she decided that hospitality was her calling; quite a change of career path. Although Libby stands by her view that Revenue Management is a science and a skill that can’t always be taught. It is this challenge that Libby thrives on. Starting at Eclectic Hotels when Great John Street was still a newcomer to Manchester, Eclectic was a little group, which 5 years on may still only be three hotels and one private members bar, however Eclectic is no longer just a small independent; but a model of how small can be big!

Agenda:
9.30am – Tea, coffee & biscuits on arrival

9.45 – 10.30am – Panel discussion

10:30am – 11:30am – Drinks and networking

Venue: Great John Street Hotel, Great John Street, Manchester M3 4FD

TO SECURE YOUR PLACE VISIT https://boutiquehotelnewsfuturetech.eventbrite.co.uk/

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