We’re all familiar with one of Aesop’s most famous fables: the old tale of the golden goose and its golden eggs. In short, there was a farmer who owned a goose unlike any other. This goose laid golden eggs. Every read more...
Lessons learned from my first hotel job still ring true
As I write my monthly article for CoStar today, I find myself back at the Marriott Griffin Gate Resort, in Lexington, Kentucky. This time as a guest at the place where read more...
Let me guess: Your menu reads like a farmer's market directory. "Locally-sourced heirloom tomatoes from Johnson Farm." "Grass-fed beef from Heritage Ranch, sustainably raised." "Wild-caught Atlantic salmon, line-caught by third-generation fishermen."
Cool story. You're still broke.
The uncomfortable truth about premium ingredients
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The most terrifying part of air travel is not the flying. It's not the turbulence that arrives so suddenly it lifts cups of hot tea from the tray table and deposits them in your lap. It's not the squalling babies read more...
War has a way of exposing vulnerabilities that arise from interconnection – Peter Goodman
The sight of Dubai’s Fairmont ‘The Palm’ hotel ablaze following an Iranian missile strike, during the fourth day of the war in the Middle East, was a stark reminder read more...
This is a continuation of ‘excerpts’ taken from the article written by Adam Skelton, (part 1), of which I wrote about last week, where a stewardess described how she learnt to differentiate between passengers who had real class and those read more...
“Noma is not a story of innovation. It is a story of a maniac who bred a culture of fear, abuse, and exploitation.” - Jason Ignacio White
A celebrity chef at a Michelin-starred restaurant dubbed the world’s best has quit after read more...
Howmuch? I am writing this column on Saturday night in my hotel in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. News reports say that more Iranian missiles and drones have struck Abu Dhabi. This is relevant to me because I have a Sunday evening read more...
The country welcomed 277,327 tourists in January, marking a 10% year-on-year (YoY) increase compared to the same period last year. The daily average arrivals in January 2026 consequently rose from the average daily 8,154 visitors in January 2025, to 8,946. read more...
Circa 2009; Late September. I’m the regional controller for five hotels. Sitting at my desk minding my own business, doing my own work when the phone rings.
It’s an old friend, one-time assistant, and now the regional controller based at a read more...
Did you know that 90% of what’s sold as “whisky” in India wouldn’t qualify as whisky in the US and Europe? Here’s why the distinction matters for every whisky drinker. India drinks more whisky than any other country. In fact, read more...
The restaurant industry has become a massive business worldwide and yet to thrive in it is like treading a minefield. This can be explained by using a Porter’s 5-force analysis of the restaurant industry. Firstly, unlike most industries, entering the read more...
