HeyJaredInspiring Women in Hospitality
Naureen Ahmed shares stories of inspiring women from the hospitality industry. Why they got into hospitality, their career journey so far, their learnings and who inspires them.
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225 Amanda Cottome: Take the initiative and make that first step (opens the original)
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🎙 On this episode we hear from Amanda. Throughout her career she has been driven by building high-performing teams that create really successful hotels. What she likes about the industry is the complexity and diversity of the business side of hospitality. Three turning points in her career, being selected for the emerging leaders programme with Mirvac, then her first GM role at un underperforming property and finding her feet in sales and marketing and her third was moving to Ovolo Hotels where
# 14 of Naureen's journey: I am writing a book (opens the original)
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Writing a book is a sentence I never imagined I would say. For a long time, I believed I was not a good writer, a mindset rooted in my early experiences. In school, as my dad reviewed my English assignments, it became clear that writing was not my strongest skill - numbers were. I spent a significant part of my career in revenue management and data analysis, but writing felt like a daunting task. Talking, however, was different. I could easily engage in conversations, whether on podcasts, panels
224 Jip Van Driest: Trust yourself that you will be ready (opens the original)
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🎙 On this episode we hear from Jip. From a young age she developed a curiosity for people and places, that eventually led her to world of hospitality. She has now founded House of Place, which sits at the intersection of hospitality, real estate, capital and people. She realised early on that she wanted to have a career that combined both hospitality and real estate. She then moved across various sides of this industry, from advisory, owner, capital, operations, management and brand. She gained
# 223 Mari van den Bogaard: Hotels are a microcosmos in one building, filled with great people to give joy to others. (opens the original)
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🎙 On this episode we hear from Mari. She followed the dual study and apprenticeship program that is very popular in Germany and led her into hospitality. And very early on she realised that she prefers to work for smaller and somewhat unique businesses. She has worked in Chinese restaurants, on a ranch in Canada, catering, boutique hotels in Germany and later chose to focus on hotel marketing. We also spoke about the importance of taking time out for yourself and gift yourself a proper break at
#222 Veronica Asthana: To gather the audacity of an Indian woman (opens the original)
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🎙 On this episode we hear from Veronica. She is the founder of a hyper local brand in India called "Local Lok". But her first business idea was to be a chef, driving a food truck selling local food. Even though she did not come from a family of entrepreneurs, they instilled in her the vale of education that led her to hotel school in Switzerland and exposed her to working with different nationalities. She had a fantastic experience working in Qatar during the football world cup, before returning
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