Together we are better
At the start of the year, HoCoSo labelled 2020 as the year of Community. As our hospitality real-estate industry is undergoing through unprecedented times and blurring of boundaries, it is more important than ever before that we collaborate to find solutions, together!
HoCoSo CONNECT is an initiative to drive our focus on opportunity; to work on solutions; to identify best practices; and to support each other.
The CONVERSATION is a podcast channel hosted by Jonathan Humphries, Chairman of HoCoSo, encouraging the discussion with thought leaders from the hospitality industry, from around the globe.
Recent Episodes
“Building personal resilience and inner immunity” – with Sean Worker
This one of a kind session with special guest Sean Worker marks the launch of the Hospitality Resilience Series. Sean here shares the results of his extensive research for his soon-to-be published book THE ADAPTERS examining the importance of adaptability and leadership best practice in the hospitality industry.
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“The Intra-Entrepreneurship” – with John Wagner
John takes us on his journey in entrepreneurship and shares his learnings through his various experiences in both intrapreneurship and entreprenurship up until creating and running Cycas Hospitality, listed as one of the Best Companies to Work For.
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“Wholistic Leadership” – with Chris Mumford
In this episode, Chris discusses the importance of inner immunity and resilience within hospitality leaders and why it is crucial that mental wellbeing and self-awareness are applied in personal as well as professional settings.
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“The role of mentors: mentoring and being mentored” – with Jonathan Langston
In this episode, Jonathan talks about his journey as a mentor. He explains the impact a mentor can have on one’s career and which traits differentiate good mentors.
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“Leadership through crisis” – Part 3 – with Alphy Johnson
In the third and final episode, Alphy discusses, perhaps the most shocking crisis yet, the time his compound in Riyadh was attacked by Al-Qaida. Alphy not only reveals details on how he managed his team and guests but his family too.
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“Leadership through crisis” – Part 2 – with Alphy Johnson
In this episode, Alphy takes us to Jakarta in the midst of a financial crisis. He remained collected throughout the experience with his calm and focused approach.
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“Leadership through crisis” – Part 1 – with Alphy Johnson
In this episode, Alphy talks about his time during the San Francisco earthquakes and the Los Angeles riots. They are two events that are marked in history as major crisis that had significant impact on the community, the city, and the tourism sector in a way that it took time for these markets to recover and for the people to recover.
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HoCoSo INSIGHTS
The Importance of Adaptability
This article has been inspired by the Hospitality Resilience Series' first session, held on November 5th 2020, hosted by Jonathan Humphries, Chairman HoCoSo, [...]
Now is the time for hospitality to be bold and seek out new innovations, starting with the room of the future
This article was first published on Adobe2, the leading Google ranking luxury property magazine, on October 27th 2020. The hospitality industry is on stand [...]
Demonstrating leadership and caring for staff in uncertain times
As the global pandemic continues unabated, hospitality is still being buffeted by its impact, with hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of staff on [...]
How to (re)position yourself in the current environment
This article was first published on Hospitality Insights on October 14th 2020. As the Covid-19 crisis rumbles on and the damage to the [...]
Experience the Hotel of the Future with Sleep & Eat Virtual
This press release was first released on September 17th 2020 and published on the Sleep and Eat conference website. International hotel brands, architects and [...]
Remote Leading – the sequel – wellbeing
This article was first published in Hospitality Insights on July 25th 2020; written by Chris Mumford. At the end of March when everyone [...]
Alphy Johnson and Chris Mumford join HoCoSo
Renowned hospitality experts Alphy Johnson and Chris Mumford have joined HoCoSo. They become part of an exceptional hospitality expert community that brings together some [...]
Building communities, developing experiences to help the hospitality sector prepare for a better future
The travel, tourism and hospitality sector has been “decimated” by the Covid-19 crisis and “it needs every opportunity to help its recovery,” HoCoSo chairman [...]