Festival of Hospitality to run during October and November

The six-week programme, designed to inspire and unite the hospitality industry under 2022's theme of 'togetherness', will comprise more than 20 events, predominantly taking place in London at some of the city’s newest hotels and venues and starring a line-up of industry innovators.

Speakers will include Harry Jameson and Handley Amos of Pillar Wellbeing, the team behind the wellness spaces at Raffles London at The OWO, and Caroline Till from Franklin Till (pictured), curator of the Our Time on Earth exhibition at the Barbican.  

A live session on 19 October will also see speakers including Pete Warden of LXA Hospitality and Jules Pearson, VP of F&B concepts at Ennismore, discuss their career paths at Old Sessions House,

The event will also offer behind-the scenes tours of new hotels and creative spaces, including, One Hundred Shoreditch, Pantechnicon, Amano Covent Garden, Hornsey Town Hall in Crouch End, The Westin London City and LEVEN Manchester.

“We are so excited to be able to share our line-up of events, which we believe delivers on our vision to bring together people from across the whole hospitality eco-system.,” says founders of the Festival of Hospitality and business consultancy Always Thinking, Karen Willey and Katie Tobin.

“We know people learn through experiences, so we urge individuals and businesses to sign up for passes and join us to help shape the future of our industry.”