S1 – EP3: Duncan Palmer Managing Director, The Beaumont

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Renae speaks to Duncan Palmer in London, MD of The Beaumont Hotel in London’s Mayfair where he has just overseen a huge renovation of The Beaumont Hotel in Mayfair, London as the hotel’s Managing Director.
The Beaumont Hotel was once Selfridge’s car park, and was converted into a five star, luxury hotel by British Celebrity restaurateurs Chris Corbin and Jeremy King some six years ago.
Duncan Palmer is a change maker in the luxury, global, five star hotel industry. He has worked in some of the world’s most luxurious hotels and for some of the industry’s biggest brands including 12 years with The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, as well as working at The Murray Hotel Hong Kong, with The Langham Hotel Group, The Savoy and The Connaught.
Here he talks to Renae about the future of luxury travel, the changes he is seeing in London, luxury travel in Asia, and where the world is going to from here.

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Time Stamps:
00:00 Intro
01:15 The Beaumont
01:35 London today
02:23 What do guests want now?
03:10 Hotel residences, Aman
05:30 Living in Asia
06:45 Food & beverage in London
07:44 The best bars in London
08:40 Refurbishment at the Beaumont
10:20 The Murray, Hong Kong
12:15 Developing 5 star hotels
12:34 The Langham, London
15:00 Opening 5 star Hotel restaurants to the public
16:40 Introducing computers into hotels
17:34 Exclusivity at the Connaught
18:40 Mayfair
19:10 Evolving with the times
22:10 Travel trends
23:00 Creating memories
24:15 The Beaumont Wellness Centre

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Crew for “Where To From Here“ Podcast:
Host & Executive Producer: Renae Leith Manos
Producer: Claudia Remedios
Associate Producer: Monique Bova
Associate Producer: Czelene Villanueva
Editor: Claudia Remedios
Graphics & Design: Madeleine Remedios
Marketing & Promos: Maya Manandhar