Photographs & Memories - Mona Maamari: Reminiscing a 2020 world tour

Having left Lebanon at a young age before the civil war broke out, our third Memory Maker grew up in Saudi Arabia before moving to Paris, France to earn her MA. With her masters in her pocket, all she knew was that she wanted a job that would open the door to the world.Listen to the travel tales from Mona Maamari, as our memory maker reflects on her career in the travel and hospitality sector and the memories she’s made on the road. From a market planning and pricing job at Disneyland Resort Paris, to Thomas Cook and then to major hotel groups Radisson and NH Hotels Mona forged a career in revenue. In 2019, she and her young family departed on a world tour, taking a step back from her career to work in schools, farms and kitchens around the globe.In this episode, hear the joys Mona discovered on her travels and what she learnt along the way; “We need to make an effort to always challenge ourselves.”Our Memory Makers choose three photographs and a treasured souvenir of places or people from their travels. The four represent moments of particular importance to them, whether personally or professionally. They take us on a journey, reflecting on the significance of a specific moment in time, the sentiment of the period, and what was going on in the world around us. Produced by Travel Market Life, a Haynes MarComs series. Hosted and sponsored by Atomize. For more episodes and details of the series Photographs & Memories, visit https://www.travelmarket.life/photos-and-memoriesListen to more episodes of the hospitality industry podcast Travel Market Life and subscribe for the latest news at http://travelmarket.life/ Follow us on LinkedIn for more thought-provoking content: https://www.linkedin.com/company/travel-market-life/ Do you have a story to share about technology, digitalisation or culture changes within the hospitality and travel industry? We'd love to hear what your company is doing and the impact it is having. Please contact us through http://travelmarket.life/