Okay, so welcome today to another podcast with the amazing Jody Sterling who has got Sterling

Stays which based here in the UK. Jody, I'm so excited to have on because we're actually

part of a project together called Hospital Hosts and I'm not going to take anything away

from Jody. I'm going to let her explain it but it's so exciting. So please listen in and

yeah, let's take it away. So Jody, thank you for joining me today.

Hi Liam, thank you so much for having me on your podcast. It's a real honor. And yes,

we're working together in a project so I'm really really excited to talk about this. Yeah,

thanks for having me on. I'm looking forward to this. So before we get started on Hospital Hosts,

I would love to know just a little bit more about you and so the people who are listening

can just understand, you know, how you got into hospitality and, you know, tell us a bit about

where your business is based and a little bit about yourself. Who is Jody Sterling? Sure. So,

yes, I am in the Cotsworld. I have a collection of quintessential gorgeous little

250-year-old cottages. Actually, one is 450 years old and in a beautiful town called Techbury.

Techbury is famous for its royal connections. We have Prince Charles who lives there, Princess

Anne lives in the neighbouring village. And yes, we see Camilla walking down the street during

her shopping. It's quite normal and all the guests love it. They love going royal spotting and

it's a really beautiful part of the English countryside. So that's where my cottages are.

How I got into the hospitality industry? Well, you've got to circle back 20 years when I started my

career in hospitality. I was a receptionist in a five-star hotel in Sydney, Australia, which is

that's where I'm from. And I soon built my way up to front of house manager and I worked with

some really large hotel chains going around firstly Australia and then over here in Europe,

opening new properties and training their staff. So I do have a strong hospitality background

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