Checking In with Rosanna Caira

In this episode of Checking In, Rosanna Caira, editor and publisher of Hotelier magazine, speaks with Carlos Ng and Jeremiah Tomas, two of this year’s KML Top 30-under-30 winners. The duo discuss their career trajectories, why they chose to work in the hospitality industry, and their views on how the industry can be improved to make it more appealing for today and tomorrow’s employees.

In this episode of Checking In, Rosanna Caira, editor and publisher of Hotelier magazine, speaks with Tim Reardon, general manager of the Sheraton Centre Hotel Toronto. The award-winning hotelier speaks about the Sheraton’s recent re-positioning, his advocacy work as Chair of the Greater Toronto Hotel Association, and his guiding and passionate belief in putting people first.

In this episode of Checking In, Rosanna Caira, editor and publisher of Hotelier magazine speaks with Mark Willis, the new CEO of Fairmont Hotels & Resorts worldwide and Yigit Sezgin, Fairmont’s Chief Brand & Commercial Officer. The two leaders speak about their parent company’s [ACCOR] recent structural changes, what those changes mean to how the company operates and runs its 40+ brands, and more specifically, the company’s plans to grow the Fairmont brand globally.

In this episode of Checking In, Rosanna Caira, editor and publisher of Hotelier magazine speaks with Geoff Allan, president of Montreal-based Project Capital Management about his company’s various property development mandates, the impact of the pandemic on the hotel industry and on real-estate projects and his entrepreneurial zeal to deliver excellence on all operational and development fronts.

In this special episode of Checking In, marking International Women’s Day, Rosanna Caira, editor and publisher of Hotelier magazine speaks with three women leaders from the hotel investment/brokerage /consulting fields (Robin McCluskie from Colliers International; Carrie Russell from HVS, and Rebecca Godfrey from CBRE). The trio of women discuss their unique trajectories, how they managed to achieve success working in a male-dominated industry and how they managed to break barriers along the way.

In this episode of Checking In, Rosanna Caira, editor and publisher of Hotelier magazine speaks with Rocco Bova, former hotelier, and international consultant specializing in boutique hotel operations. Bova speaks about the state of the hotel industry post-COVID, the pervasive labour shortages impacting hotels everywhere, as well as a new revolutionary hospitality concept he’s launched called “My Humble House,” that promises to change the hotel business model.

In this episode of Checking In, Rosanna Caira, editor and publisher of Hotelier magazine speaks with Kristy Adams, professor and Program Coordinator, Hospitality & Tourism Management, Humber College, about the various changes and innovations

made at the college since the pandemic, the school’s efforts to work with the industry to solve current challenges such as the labour shortage and future plans to ensure the continued delivery of quality education.

In this episode of Checking In, Rosanna Caira, editor and publisher of Hotelier magazine speaks with Anne Marie Johns, GM of the Fairmont Tremblant and Andre Pereira, director of Marketing and Communications at Giant Steps Montreal, a specialized school for autistic students and an Inclusion advocacy group about the recent autism-inclusive hiring initiative launched at the Fairmont Tremblant and Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth that will see more people on the spectrum hired for hotel jobs.

In this episode of Checking In, Rosanna Caira, editor and publisher of Hotelier magazine speaks with Trina Notman, vice-president of Marketing/Communications for Accent Inns. Notman speaks about the importance of supporting and standing up for women and for all marginalized individuals as well as the need to create safe havens for all employees.

In this episode of Checking In, Rosanna Caira, editor and publisher of Hotelier speaks with Simon Cooper, renowned hotelier and now president of Simon Cooper and Associates about his long tenure in the hospitality industry both in Canada as former president of Marriott Hotels of Canada, and internationally as COO of Ritz Carlton. Cooper discusses the state of the industry in the COVID era, the growth of the luxury segment and the importance of hospitality as a career choice.