The Washington State-based Oppenheimer family are consummate hoteliers. John, Jeni and James describe their starring Columbia Hospitality roles.

David Udell has a wide-ranging portfolio as Hyatt’s President Asia Pacific but he’s eternally personal and professionally grounded

Gerhard Struger talks about the re-birth of a national icon – what is now Fairmont Golden Prague

Twenty years since he started Jetex, Adel Mardini shows that private aviation indeed benefits from the quality found in luxury lifestyle generally.

Amruda Nair learned lots from her grandfather but India’s current generation is making its own waves

Jason LeDoux shows it is possible to put luxury and differentiation into a Manhattan hotel.

Christoph Henkel has great affection for his other properties but converting a former mining village to Colorado’s luxury Dunton Hot Springs mountain retreat is something special.

Princess Noura bint Faisal Al Saud is putting Saudi fashion and the Kingdom’s hospitality on the world map.

As boss of Taj Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur, Manu Sharma is in the thick of India’s wedding activity

Arnaud Zannier started his own eponymous hotel company. What are the ongoing challenges?

Geoff Toffetti specialised in service – will he share secrets to success?

As always, words from Virtuoso wizard Matthew Upchurch are more than worth their weight in gold.

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group CEO Laurent Kleitman may be new to luxury hospitality but he’s shaking it up fast, with style

The Corinthia London’s boss, Charlotte Weatherall, a sales and marketing superstar, magnificently manages a young family – and the forever-youthful luxury hotel

Timur Sentuerk is making the family-owned Doyle Collection into a force to be reckoned with

Great British Bakeoff star Prue Leith has strong views on how hotels can do even better.

Ludo de Jong makes Dublin’s Anantara The Marker chosen luxury choice for the world’s techies.

Paolo Barletta shares an update on Orient Express, the trains and hotels brand of luxury choice.

Thai entrepreneur and anthropologist Krissada (Noi) Sukosol combines topping movie and entertainment bills with collecting – and owning hotels.

In Singapore, Raffles’ boss Christian Westbeld and Hawaii-born celeb chef Jordan Keao double-bill talking about the hotel’s Butcher’s Block partnership.