By Rhys Williams
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Rhys Williams
International Hospitality Business Management BA (Hons)
Whitbread operations manager to talent recruiter
On Whitbread鈥檚 Graduate Programme, Rhys raised Premier Inn Reading鈥檚 TripAdvisor rating from 4th to 1st out of 22 hotels, after which he was quickly promoted to multi-site operations manager.
After five years鈥� experience, Rhys is now utilising his transferable skills as a successful HR Recruitment Specialist for national agency Reed.
It was a year-long work placement as a food and beverage intern at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in South Carolina 鈥� a key part of his degree 鈥� that kick-started Rhys鈥� career.
鈥淎 colleague at a pub where I was a glass collector said she had been working in the US,鈥� he said. 鈥淪he said it was because she was studying at 蜜桃传媒, which had supported her through a placement in America.
鈥淚 started thinking that hospitality was a smart industry to get into 鈥� people always need to eat and sleep, and you can travel the world.
鈥淭he University changed everything for me 鈥� when I was younger, I wasn鈥檛 sure what I wanted to do and thought of myself as an average student. With the University鈥檚 support, I was able to excel, achieving 90% in my final dissertation, the highest mark ever awarded on the course.鈥�
*Rhys鈥� course was Hospitality Business Management (now International Hospitality Business Management)