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Simon Lester: Success being defined by relationships
Simon Lester is the CEO and Chairman of Lester Hotels, offering an extensive global hotel management service. Simon founded the business in 1999 with a vision of ‘focusing on guests rather than customers’, with the objective of offering the best possible service for everyone that stays at their hotels. His portfolio of hotels ranges from service hotels in London to boutique spa hotels with fine dining in Wales. He utilises his wealth of experience by helping other hotel investors, managers and developers create and provide the best hotel experience possible. Simon talks to Sandro about falling into the industry at the age of 16, the huge significance of the relationships with people around him in relation to his success and how being a great boss is made possible if you have the right team. Find out more about Simon: The Academy for Chief Executives www.chiefexecutive.com City Home – New Aparthotel brand Lester Hotels: www.lesterhotels.com Sandro Forte is a highly respected and successful businessman who has built an astonishing network of well-known individuals, sports stars and celebrities over a career spanning more than 30 years. Author of the bestselling book ‘Dare to Be Different’ and a sought-after speaker, Sandro has decided to access his enviable resources to produce a podcast series, centred around personal development, which invites a different person each episode to talk about their successes, their challenges and what lessons they have learned in life to make them who they are today. Their insights and wisdom both educate and motivate as they explain how success, whilst not always easy, is achievable for anyone. These interviews provide inspiring and informative insight from the perspective of an impressive and varied range of personalities. Subscribe, provide feedback, share what you want to hear more of in future episodes and ask any questions via email at [email protected] www.sandrospodcast.com [email protected] Blog: www.tumblr.com/sandrospodcast Twitter: @sandrospodcast Facebook: /sandrospodcast