It occurred to me a few months ago that I have been working in or adjacent to the hotel sector for a quarter of century and, in that time, I’ve been fortunate enough to meet and work with some truly incredible people. I decided to reach out to some of those who had inspired me the most and get their views on what makes it such a special sector. Plan A was to produce a long-read article summarising their opinions but a number of the responses and conversations were so interesting that I started to think they deserved to be published in their own right…

