Nick Martin is an experienced hotelier and educator. He is an innovator in the hospitality education space and the owner of The Swiss Hotel School in Jozi.
Nick speaks to the SilverFox about the expectations of future hoteliers and chefs and how he sees the future of Hotel schools. Yep, again it’s more than 5 minutes. Hotels and hospitality are fast changing businesses that require life skills as well as technical ability to run. Do hoteliers need degrees? Are they in demand in other industries? Are there enough jobs to sustain the amount of graduates?
Are millennials interested in a career that is as demanding of time as hospitality? What about industry and food trends?
Stephen is a hospitality professional from Johannesburg South Africa. His career started with THF hotels in the UK and subsequently with the Southern Sun Hotel group in Johannesburg. Stephen’s first steps into entrepreneurship was Hickmore Recruitment / CareerMap, a leading supplier of Senior and Exec recruitment services. Stephen was a founder of Pple Hospitality (formerly HSC) the largest Hospitality Industry full-service outsourced staffing company in South Africa. In March 2020 Stephen became a director and owner of the Swiss Hotel School South Africa, which is now his full time endeavour. Stephen writes for a number of publications on food and hospitality industry matters, trends and opinions.
