#116 - Hospitality Meets Douglas Waddell - The Hotel Operations Director

07/27/22 • 60 min

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Another week passes and we have another one of the industry's gentlemen and all round exceptional human being, Douglas Waddell - Operations Director at Handpicked Hotels (https://www.handpickedhotels.co.uk/).

It's another packed chat and we get through so much including:-

Breaks
Accents
Handpicked Hotels
Getting a taste for hotels
Teaching Skiing
Learning leadership skills
School v College
The first job
Climbing the ranks
Stephen Carter (Again)
Becoming a GM
Improving the basics
Moving to leisure
Gaining influence
Stepping up onto the board
Hostile takeovers
Thistle
Handpicked
The changing world
Making mistakes

And so much more. Douglas has got a great story to date and has done some incredible things. His journey is another great example of what you can achieve if you apply yourself and find that thing that gets the best from you.

Enjoy!

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07/27/22 • 60 min