Travel & Experience
The world is the classroom I actually learn in.
From Manchester to Thailand to Florida — and wherever comes next. These are the places, people and experiences that have shaped how I think, what I value and who I'm becoming.
Nine Months in Krabi
Five-star Accor Resort — Food & Beverage, Events, Sports & Entertainment
I arrived in Thailand with a degree, a suitcase and a fairly optimistic attitude. I left nine months later with a completely different understanding of what hospitality actually means — and a much more realistic picture of what it takes to build a career in it.
Working across food and beverage, events, sports, entertainment and guest experiences at a five-star resort taught me things no classroom could. How to read a room. How to stay calm when everything is going wrong. How to make someone feel genuinely welcome rather than just efficiently processed. How different cultures experience the same space in completely different ways.
It also taught me about independence. Living and working abroad, far from home, in a culture that operates on completely different rhythms — that changes you. I became more adaptable, more curious, more comfortable with uncertainty. I also became a better cook, which is a bonus.
The Florida Chapter
International hospitality experience — ongoing
Florida is the current chapter. Different culture, different pace, different set of things to figure out. I'm here to gain more international hospitality experience, meet more people, and keep building the kind of life that doesn't fit neatly into a job description.
It's also where the 365 Days to Become a Gladiator journey is happening. Which means Florida is simultaneously a place I'm working in and a place I'm growing in — and those two things are turning out to be the same thing.
Manchester Metropolitan University
International Tourism Management — First Class Honours
Three years studying International Tourism Management at MMU. I graduated with a First Class degree, which I'm genuinely proud of — not because the grade matters most, but because it meant I took it seriously and it showed.
The degree gave me a framework for understanding tourism, hospitality, sustainability and the economics of how people move around the world. The real education, though, came from the conversations, the placements, the people and the growing realisation that I wanted to actually do this — not just study it.
What's next
Where next?
I don't know yet. That's the honest answer. Italy is on the list — for the language, the food, the culture and the business ideas I'm developing around it. Beyond that, I'm following curiosity and opportunity, in that order.