People
Robert Collier
Chairman, The Hospitality HubAfter 30 years working on both sides of the Atlantic in senior marketing positions on the Boards of Trusthouse Forte Hotels, ITT Sheraton and Inter-Continental Hotels, Bob is now retired and acts as a non-executive director on a number of Boards.
He has been involved with companies such as Lastminute.com, Pegasus Solutions and Daniel Thwaites PLC. He is currently Chairman of Green Globe, Myhotels and most recently, two startup companies - Barmate and The Hospitality Hub.
He has also been actively involved in the London Wasps Rugby Club since the game turned professional ten years ago. Bob lives near Henley on Thames in Oxfordshire.
Peter Detre
Managing Director, The Hospitality HubPeter Detre is co-founder of The Hospitality Hub and its first Managing Director. He has spent over 20 years in hospitality and leisure. He was previously Managing Director of Juliana's, marketing entertainment and health club products and services to 5 star hotel chains all over the world. Juliana's was the first company in the leisure sector to get a full quote on the London Stock Exchange. Following Juliana's he was Managing Director of the Walt Disney Company's Consumer Products in the UK.
Peter has spent the last 15 years working as a management consultant and interim manager. The most recent was as interim CEO of a conventional recruiter owned by Alchemy with a turnover of £125m. He spent three years working for Clubb Capital a London-based venture capital company. Peter is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, of the Royal Society of Arts and is on the panel of advisors of the charity Pilotlight.
Mike Gelardi
Director, The Hospitality HubMichael Gelardi, co-founder of The Hospitality Hub, comes from three generations of luxury hoteliers. He has been an international consultant to the hotel and leisure industries in the fields of entertainment and conference production for over 25 years.
For 18 years he headed up the entertainment and production division of the Forte Hotel Group and his services since that time have been employed by many of the world's largest hotel groups. Michael is currently working on projects in hospitality and leisure on four continents.
David Pantin
Chief Executive, Pantin HotelsDuring the 1980s David held management positions with Trusthouse Forte Exclusive Hotels including the Hyde Park & Westbury Hotels in London and the Hotel Plaza Athenee in New York.
In 1991 David was appointed Managing Director of London's renowned Café Royal a multi-use upscale conference, event and restaurant venue serving up to 4,000 meals daily. He doubled revenues, revitalized the brand image of the business and won a number of the industry's most notable international awards.
After the acquisition of Forte by Granada he served as Vice President, Operations for Hilton International in the UK, before joining Hong Kong's Hutcheson Whampoa where he held overall responsibility for the pre-opening and management of the US$450 million Our Lucaya in Bahamas, one of the largest integrated resort developments in the world. He joined Rocco Forte in 1999 and became Managing Director of the UK's foremost luxury hotels group, Rocco Forte Hotels with a seat on the main board.
David holds an MSc in Hospitality Management. His thesis on Education in the Workplace won him the Roger Bennett Outstanding Global Master from IMCA. He is a contributing author with Butterworth Heinemann, and a past judge of the UK Independent Hotel of the Year. He is Fellow of the Institute of Hospitality and holds professional qualifications from both the US and UK Hotel Associations. His directorships have included Chairman of UK mid market hotelier Dawnay Shore Hotels Plc owners of Paramount Hotels and Vice Chairman of leading Russian luxury hotel complex, Astoria JSC in St Petersburg.
David now runs his own successful and fast growing management company based in Leeds.
Peter Fisk
Director, The Hospitality HubAuthor of Marketing Genius, Business Genius, Customer Genius, Creative Genius, The Good Growth Guide, and The Complete CEO
Founder of The Genius Works.
Peter is a highly experienced marketer. He spent many years working with the likes of British Airways and Coca Cola, Microsoft and M&S, Virgin and Vodafone.
He was the CEO of the world's largest professional marketing organisation, the Chartered Institute of Marketing, partner of strategic innovation firm The Foundation, managing director of Brand Finance, was Managing Consultant for marketing and strategy at PA Consulting Group, and was a strategic marketer with British Airways.
He is an inspirational speaker and author, consultant and coach - recently described as "one of the most interesting new business thinkers" by Business Strategy Review.
