Brighton Marathon I did it whoop whoop

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Well to cut a long story short. I did it. It was hot, my body still hurts 4 days on but I loved the experience of the 26.2 miles running around the city of Brighton. I would love to say I loved every moment , that would just not be true, but 95% of the journey felt great. I finished ain a reasonable time of 4hr 41 mins which is not bad considering the injuries I have had and the 24c heat ( I have a tan a look like I have been on holiday!) I will post some photos of the day later. Thanks go out to all of you that sponsored me … We have raised more than £1500 for Epilepsy Action which is just fantastic. They are a great charity and I urge you to raise some fund for them as the people that suffer from Epilepsy find their services amazingly helpful (www.epilepsyaction.co.uk ).
Just back from Moscow which was great and will update you on a few other things later this week including a guest post from our intern Lucas who will be doing an Americans Guide to London!!

Views from St. Petersburg & the Brighton Marathon

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Hey there guys. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.

Well I  have 9 days to go until my first ever Marathon in Brighton! Training has gone well but unfortunately my old knee problem has resurfaced, so instead of a 8 mile run tomorrow an hours swimming will be in order! If you fancy supporting a very worthwhile charity and fancy reading a bit more about why I am doing it then click here www.justgiving.com/umi-run-for-Magna-Rodrigues or click on the widget on the right hand side of the page!

On another note, I visited a new client of umi Marketing / Book it With in St Petersburg. Whilst there, I had to get a few photos for the new website we are creating for them, and though I would share a few of them with you! Hope you like them and will update you with some visuals on our new projects later next week!

Have a great weekend.
Steve

Charity Raffle for Cambodian Charities and a little Video

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Hey Guys. It has been a long time since Cambodia but last night we held a little fund-raising raffle at a party at the umi Hotel in London. All in all we have raised £200 which has been split between the 5 Charities I visited in Siem Reap! It was great and from my personal visits there I really know that the money will help the local people of Cambodia. We also put together a little montagey video of my trip to Cambodia which you can click on here —>Cambodia Cambodia. I hope you enjoy. If you forgot which charities they were … Here they are:

Sala Bai Hotel School www.salabai.com

Trailblazer www.thetrailblazerfoundation.org

Globalteer Sunday Football League www.globalteer.org/globalteer-soccer-league.html

ABC Rice School www.abc-rice.com

Grace House Community Centre www.gracehousecambodia.org

Off to St. Petersburg to visit a client of our with umi Marketing to take some snaps of the city and the Hostel so hope to share those with you next week.

Poster for our Raffle


 

A little TLC within Hospitality Management

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I feel fortunate to have learnt very early on in my career that it is extremely important for the manager of any team or business to help create an environment that staff feel a part of, which in turn, enables them to enjoy their time with you. The hotel industry is often seen as underpaid, overworked and lacking in enjoyment; basically a hard slog. I strongly believe that this stereotype can be broken and I really try and make sure that all staff, in all departments, are involved in the decision making. I give them ownership in the business by working with them to drive innovation. Read the rest of this entry »

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