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AT A MOMENT WHEN OUTSIDE-THE-BOX THINKING IS ALL BUT A REQUIREMENT , THESE HOTELIERS CAN INSPIRE YOU TO THINKING DIFFERENTLY .
Traditional suits be damned , the hoteliers profiled over the following 16 pages have , perhaps unexpectedly , identified their true north . From the first female GM in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to a former marketing exec for a gay hookup app shifting the message for Standard International and an eco-tourism idealist in Rwanda , we talk to risk-takers who have identified new formulas for success in hotelkeeping , and in life .
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