Three Awards, Zero Wins – And Why I’m Still Proud
10/12/2025
In this week’s blog Steven reflects upon three recent award ceremonies.
What the budget means for hospitality and independents
28/11/2025
In this week’s blog Steven reflects on the Budget and what this means for the hospitality industry.
Season 5. Episode 3. | Hospitality | The Hospitality Hero
28/11/2025
In this fascinating discussion with DIB boss Frank McKenna, Steven shares his career journey from the beach hotels of Australia to the countryside hotels of North Wales and his involvement with one of the UK’s fastest growing festivals DevaFest.
Christmas Reality Check
20/11/2025
In this week’s blog Steven discusses the hospitality world in December.
Wake Up, Lead Up
13/11/2025
Hospitality’s wobbling. Too many teams are on autopilot, margins are thin, and guests can feel it.
Budget Pressure, Productivity Crisis: My Take on the Real Problem
10/11/2025
In hospitality; there’s costs everywhere… but the real killer is productivity and a culture that’s “quietly talked us out of graft”.
The Art of Hospitality Round Up
17/10/2025
It was a full-throttle day at The Queen at Chester Hotel where real operators, educators, suppliers, and businesses showed up to talk honestly about what’s working, what’s not, and what we’re going to do about it.
Hospitality Connect: putting hospitality on the school radar
16/10/2025
For years, hospitality barely featured in school corridors. Career boards were stuffed with law, medicine, tech… but the industry that employs well over 2.7–2.8 million people in the UK barely got a mention.
The Hospitality Connect Program is changing this. The idea is that schools and venues link up and they take students into those venues to educate and inspire them on the world of hospitality.
Meet our sponsors – The Edible Group and Energised Earth
02/10/2025
In this week’s blog Steven talks about the sponsors for the upcoming Art of Hospitality event on the 9th October. These sponsors are the reason that Hospitality Hero events stay free, and they get to give out insights and tips for free.
Bee Our Guest Book Launch
24/09/2025
Bee Our Guest book launches to cross sector Industry support and hits #2 Best Seller on Amazon Children’s Listing.
The Academy Restaurant at Cheshire College
19/09/2025
Hospitality is built on people. Skills, confidence, resilience, pride, those things aren’t just memorized in a lecture hall. They’re learned in the pressure of service, in front of real guests, with real standards and expectations. That’s the philosophy behind The Academy Restaurant at Cheshire College, South & West, Crewe campus
Bee Our Guest Launch – We Need Your Help
16/09/2025
Bee Our Guest will finally be live on Thursday, 18 September.