Join tourism and hospitality business leaders in Buckinghamshire at this series of tourism and hospitality masterclasses brought to you through a partnership of Visit Buckinghamshire, Be The Business and Buckinghamshire Business First.
This tourism and hospitality masterclass series will bring together Buckinghamshire business leaders to learn, share and collaborate with each other.
Led by hospitality strategist Jon Yantin of Stake Concepts, the day will be a mixture of presentations and practical group work that will help you refocus your people and team management strategy.
What will be covered?
The afternoon will feature a case study session that will reveal how effective people and team management can make the difference in the performance of your business. Throughout the day you will work in groups to reflect on what you’ve heard, and work on solutions to real challenges you may be facing.
Who should attend?
Buckinghamshire's tourism and hospitality business owners, leaders, managing directors, general managers and senior managers motivated to improve business performance through learning, sharing and collaborating.
To Book your place
To book your place on this event please scroll down to the bottom of this page. If you have any difficulty making your booking, please email events@bbf.uk.com with your contact details and business name and we will be back in touch.
This event is being delivered by Buckinghamshire Business First in partnership with Be The Business, We will be sharing your details with Be The Business in accordance with our Terms and Conditions
If you would like to opt out of sharing your data please let us know before 5pm on the 27th March by contacting events@bbf.uk.com
What is the Masterclass Series?
Masterclasses will take place across Buckinghamshire leading up to the 2020 summer season and will each focus on one of the five levers of productivity:
- Leadership & Strategy
- People & Team
- Sales & Growth
- Business Planning
- Digital Readiness
The Tourism & Hospitality programme has been developed in partnership by Visit Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire Business First and Be the Business as part of its Collaborative Networks for Tourism and Hospitality activity.
Coronavirus (Covid-19)
The health and wellbeing of our employees, members, guests and visitors is very important to us and to this end we would ask that you reconsider your visit to the event if you have recently returned from any of the Category 1 areas as detailed on the gov.uk website. Visitors are also advised that some attending may have a preference for no handshakes at the event. Please be mindful of the preferences of others.
We thank you for your support in keeping our team and guests safe and free from infection.
Details
Speakers
- Alexander Rushton
Hospitality Programme Lead, Be the Business
- Chloe Combi
Writer, Speaker, Futurist, Problem Solver
- Jon Yantin
Stake Concepts
- Lucy Dowson
Visit Buckinghamshire and The Chilterns
- Matthew Thomson
Social Entrepreneur
Agenda
Speakers
Jon Yantin, Stake Concepts
Jon is a senior hospitality professional with over 25 years’ experience across hotels, restaurants, bars, clubs and casinos. Having worked in corporate, entrepreneurial and NASDAQ listed organisations, Jon brings a wealth of sector experience, specialising in business planning, fundraising, site selection, conceptualisation, licensing, operations, development and launch alongside strong commercial acumen and in-depth operational understanding.
Today Jon operates Stake Concepts, a boutique advisory firm and is currently advising a range of hotel developers and operators across the UK and Europe.
Chloe Combi, Writer, Speaker, Futurist, Problem Solver
Chloe Combi is a writer, speaker, consultant and generational expert. She has written for all the major publications in the UK and has a column in Vice magazine on youth issues. Her book Generation Z was a critical success and the research has become invaluable to global brands and companies including Porsche, the UN, Barclays, ECB, Coca-Cola and many more. She is currently writing two more books, and developing two television series. She speaks around the world on her research, helping companies to understand and future-proof in a rapidly changing world and has just returned from the USA where she was advising on a presidential campaign.
Matthew Thomson, Social Entrepreneur
Chief Executive of Cornwall Food Foundation and its restaurant Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen Cornwall until December 2019, Matthew is a well-known champion of hospitality, skills-training, productivity and sustainability. He has over 20 years’ experience of working in a range of catering and hospitality settings including a Soho restaurant and a Mayfair pub, sometimes alongside government and social enterprise roles where he has helped shape national and regional strategies and investments.
Lucy Dowson, Visit Buckinghamshire and The Chilterns
Tourism Development Manager, Visit Buckinghamshire & The Chilterns.
Lucy Dowson began her travel industry career at Trailfinders in 1996 following a year’s marketing and sales placement with British Airways. In 1999 she joined Dnata (later Emirates Holidays) in a sales role before a position selling the Fairmont Dubai to the UK corporate market. This corporate experience served her well during her 3 years at The Langham London where she focussed on both corporate meetings and events sales and transient accounts. Lucy then spent 11 years in a number of sales, marketing and administrative roles at De Vere Venues Latimer Place, before transferring her skills in 2017 to Destination Marketing and accepting the role as Tourism Development Manager for Visit Buckinghamshire and The Chilterns.
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