As 2020 is coming to an end, we want to celebrate our shared love for Hospitality. In this little compilation, we've asked future hospitality leaders from all over the world what their favourite Hospitality related experience was from 2020! Enjoy, and we would love to welcome you back next year with new and surprising episodes of the Hospitality Unsettled Podcast!

On behalf of all of us at Hospitality Unsettled we wish you happy holidays and a safe and healthy New Year!

Starring: Coline Touranche, Dan Jergović, Mayca Chardon, Martim V. e Sousa, Andrei Pavelescu, Lisa Klifa, Lurie Galazzini, Laurien Hobma, Julian van Driel and Patrizia Zueck

"If your brand has a story, it becomes a lot more interesting and engaging. It also becomes much easier to create interesting concepts from that position compared to a brand that is somewhere in the middle."

This quote, in combination with a viewpoint on the how-to brand in an increasingly digital world, the risks and dangers of focussing on functional differentiation, and the commercial benefits you could experience by utilising the power of stories. This podcast also includes the personal story of founder Gijsbregt Vijn who answered the questions: How can a story make you more exciting and engaging as a brand? And what is the best way to creatively come up with new and fascinating concepts? If you are curious, then listen to this episode of the Hospitality Unsettled podcast—Starring Founder of the Creative Agency Lemon Scented Tea Gijsbregt Vijn. 

"Research is always important but especially in E-Commerce. Understanding what it is the customer is looking for rather than creating and delivering something simply because you like it."

This quote, in combination with a discussion on the growing number of E-commerce opportunities within business and Hospitality and the personal stories of Tim and Andrei who have made E-commerce their full-time job. Sharing their insights from both drop shipping, reselling as well as designing and actually creating products themselves. Simultaneously helping to answer the question: how E-Commerce will play a role in the future of business? And whether a hybrid version of on- and offline retail could become the new normal? If you are curious, then listen to this episode of the Hospitality Unsettled podcast—Starring co-Founder of Mura Muna Andrei Pavelescu and E-commerce specialist Tim Blok.

"Gaming is the biggest entertainment industry in the world. Which might sound crazy if you look at the film and the music industry, but the gaming industry actually dwarfs both of them." 

This quote, in combination with a viewpoint on the growing size of the gaming industry, the E-sports scene and the opportunities that lie within it for triple A-brands. This podcast also includes the personal story of business developer and gamer Marc Regeur who answered the questions: how gaming can help a business reach the demographic of people aged between 15 and 35? and why this industry has seen such tremendous growth? If you are curious, then listen to this episode of the Hospitality Unsettled podcast—Starring Business Developer at Blizzard Entertainment and Alumni of Hotelschool The Hague Marc Regeur. 

Blizzard Entertainment: https://www.blizzard.com/en-us/ 

"Within every department of an organisation, there is disruptive technology coming, and that is why it is so important to look at regardless of your specific job or industry." 

This quote, in combination with a conversation about both the benefits and risks of increasing digitalisation within a business. This podcast includes the personal story of Laurien Hobma who grew up in the spotlight of the first unofficial go pro and answered the question: Why technology is not always the right answer for businesses? and why digitalisation whether you like it or will play a role in our future? If you are curious, then listen to this episode of the Hospitality Unsettled podcast—Starring Master Student at the Jönköping International Business School and graduate of Hotelschool The Hague Laurien Hobma.

"My perspective on health has changed significantly, from these two siloed approaches of diet and exercise to broadening out to a more network view of health and the interrelationships going on within us." 

This quote, in combination with a conversation about sleep, stress, diet, exercise and resilience all to help us perform at our best repeatedly. This podcast includes the personal story of Boomer Anderson who made the transition from Investment banking to a private health consultant answering the question: What should we be conscious of when it comes to health and performance while looking at our future both in our personal- as well as work-life? If you are curious, then listen to this episode of the Hospitality Unsettled podcast—Starring TEDx speaker, Founder of Virtuosity and podcast host Boomer Anderson. 

Boomers' podcast: https://www.decodingsuperhuman.com/

Instagram @Boomer_Anderson

"When you break an arm, you go to the doctors or hospital, but we don't do the same when it comes to problems with our mental health. Even though we see more and more people are encountering problems with it." 

This quote, in combination with a conversation about the difference between Mental Health and Mental Wellbeing, the practises future leaders use to stay motivated and keep themselves mentally fit and an answer to the question: What are the benefits are from paying from knowing and actively working on your own Mental Health? If you are curious, then listen to this episode of the Hospitality Unsettled podcast—Starring Hotelschool The Hague students Mairama Cissé and Lotte van de Ven.

Student mental wellbeing initiatives: www.iamthesame.com or iamthesame@mail.com

"From the moment that you are chosen as chairman, people stop seeing you as a student, and that was quite difficult for me at the start" 

This quote, in combination with a conversation about the balance between being a student and a chairman, the requirements and motivations to keep at it despite many unforseen challenges and an answer to the question: What is the biggest challenge you face as a student organisation regarding public image? If you are curious, then listen to this episode of the Hospitality Unsettled podcast—Starring Hotelschool The Hague student and Chairman of La Confrérie Ben Tissen.