They are words of warning recognised the world over, a literary conversation well known. If only Caesar had listened - if only we had listened: Soothsayer. Caesar! Caesar. Ha! who calls? Casca. Bid every noise be still: peace yet again! Caesar. Who is it in the press...

The global hospitality community has always been one of exceptional leaders - people who have dedicated their lives to taking care of, protecting, serving, and celebrating others. Why? Because hospitality has always been about welcoming people into one's home, whether...

In a year+ of being intensely locked up and locked in by a global pandemic, a year+ in which we've been so tightly constricted in our connections to one another, the radius of our world dramatically reduced, restricted, relying on regulations for recalibration,...

We're almost there!! With Out Of Office notifications now activated, menorahs being carefully packed away, wrapping paper being collected from the base of Christmas trees, another round of turkey sandwiches being prepared from feasty left-overs, and playful off-line...

As we near the beginning of November - awed that we are into the countdown to the end of the year, bewildered by the blur behind us - it is impossible to not pause and think of all that has been. 2020 is not over yet, but still, who could have known that the roaring...

Just 10 days ago the world watched in absolute horror as the Port of Beirut was shaken to the ground - the hopes and lives of the people of Beirut, and across Lebanon, altered irreversibly. Immediately one looks for reason. How? Why? Why now? What now? The Gods were...

As our world works through the Summer of 2020 in the Northern hemisphere and Southern hemisphere winter sets in, we find ourselves locked into a year focused on COVID19. No longer are we looking to making it through in a matter of months. 2020 is a living case study,...