David Wood

Current

• Hospitality Business Coach and Nomadic Hospitality Educator at theHospitality.biz (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• CEO at Hotel and Catering International Management Association
• General Manager & Director at Norwich Sport Village
• Operations Manager at Kennedy Brookes Ltd., Wheelers Fish Restaurants

• Regional Manager at Imperial Inns & Taverns

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Education

• University of Action Learning
• Anglia Ruskin University
• Thames Valley University

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Recommended

5 people have recommended David

Connections

88 connections

Industry

Hospitality

Websites

• thehospitality.biz
• Call me here
• Heritage Destination Consult..

David Wood’s Summary

Quality and Profit improvement for Hospitality SME`s.
Strategic Destination reviews and contracting.
Web site building and E Newsletters.
Hospitality education in Facilities Management, Menu Engineering, Product and Personal Knowledge, Didgital Marketing and QualitySstems (Including Six Sigma) up to Masters level.
Thesis supervision.
Educational Journal Peer reviewer.

David Wood’s Specialties:

Benchmarking, Quality Systems (Including Six Sigma and Appreciative Inquiry). Operations management and MBA education.

David Wood’s Experience

• Hospitality Business Coach and Nomadic Hospitality Educator

  theHospitality.biz (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Hospitality industry)

  April 2003 — Present (5 years 2 months)

  Small and to medium sized business advice (1 to 300 employees).
  Management education & training.
  e-News Letter development and delivery.
  Mentoring.
  MBA teaching and dissertation supervision.
  Quality & culture building.
  Six Sigma systems.
  Apreciative inquiry.
  Benchmarking.
  HRM advice and help.
  WEB optimisation.

• CEO

  Hotel and Catering International Management Association

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Hospitality industry)

  March 1996 — April 2003 (7 years 2 months)

• General Manager & Director

  Norwich Sport Village

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Hospitality industry)

  May 1989 — February 1995 (5 years 10 months)

  3 Star Hotel with multiple sporting activities. Indoor Tennis, Badmington, 3 Swimming pools, Gym, Beauty and Squash.

• Operations Manager

  Kennedy Brookes Ltd., Wheelers Fish Restaurants

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Restaurants industry)

  February 1986 — June 1987 (1 year 5 months)

  Looking after 23 fish restaurants in London for Kennedy Brookes.

• Regional Manager

  Imperial Inns & Taverns

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Restaurants industry)

  August 1984 — January 1986 (1 year 6 months)

  Regional Manager for Falstaff Bar and Grill.

David Wood’s Education

• University of Action Learning

  DBA, Business, 2003 — 2003

• Anglia Ruskin University

  MBA, Business, 2001 — 2003

• Thames Valley University

  1961 — 1964

Additional Information

David Wood’s Websites:

• thehospitality.biz
• Call me here
• Heritage Destination Consult..

David Wood’s Interests:

Dog walking & training, researching, mentoring, eating out.

David Wood’s Groups:

Hotel and Catering International Management Association
British Institute of Innkeeping
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
SFEDI
Reunion des Gastronomes, CHRIE

•    The Biggest Business In The World member
• LinkedIn UK 1st Million Members member
•    China Business member
•    International Networking Speakers and Coaches Assoc member
•    Les Roches connection member
•    Les Roches MBA member

David Wood’s Honors:

England`s Best Boss
Britain`s Best Boss
- Awarded by CBI, Department of Education and Skills and Breakfast Television
MBA, DBA

David Wood’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch