At around fourteen years old, long before Claridge’s, luxury hotels or operational leadership, Mark Golding was earning pocket money plucking pheasants and partridges for a small restaurant while still at school. “That was my first real taste of hospitality!”, he says with a cheeky smile. Soon after came work on...
Inside The Ned: Mairead Gleeson (Hotel Director) on Leadership, Cleanliness and Guest Experience
In Mairead Gleeson’s wonderfully varied career, from boutique hotels and private members’ clubs to now running one of London’s most ambitious hospitality operations, devil has always been in the detail – it’s what makes partnerships with Act-Clean so essential. Having held senior roles across Soho House and The Pig Hotels Mairead...
Anne Lomas (Hotel Manager, London EDITION) on leadership, the true meaning of luxury hospitality and the power of partnership
Anne Lomas never intended to run a hotel. Originally training as a sommelier, she imagined wine would define her career until a mentor encouraged her to consider a different path. “He basically mapped out two options for me,” she recalls. “Wine or leadership. And I realised leadership was the thing...
