🎙️ Episode One of The Halo Effect Podcast is now live! 🎉 Join Ashleigh and Michael Donald as they share 40 years of combined hospitality experience in The Halo Effect: Hospitality Stories. In Episode One, we cover: • The power of a strong first impression 👏 • Balancing life and work in hospitality ❤️🏨 • Leveraging tech & data to enhance guest experiences 📊🤖 Huge thanks again to Flamingo Heights Podcast Studio, Business & IP Centre North East , Nickie Kilkenny, and Sophie Gowling for helping bring this to life! 🙌 New episodes drop every Wednesday on all your favourite podcast platforms - please subscribe, like, comment, and share your thoughts! Interested in joining us on a future episode? Get in touch at podcast@gohalo.co.uk #NewPodcastAlert #HospitalityStories #TheHaloEffect #HospitalityIndustry #BusinessTips #PodcastLaunch #SubscribeNow #HospitalityEntrepreneur #HaloBusinessConsulting #PowerUp
Halo Business Consulting
Business Consulting and Services
Award-Winning Customer Experience, Marketing and Communications for the Hospitality Industry
About us
😇 At Halo, we're on a mission to help hospitality businesses build stronger connections with their guests to cultivate long-lasting loyalty. Our USP lies in our fully integrated approach to marketing, communications, and customer experience strategies from our collective 40 years of experience in luxury hospitality. We offer businesses flexibility, hands-on experience and without a commitment to being a full-time resource. This can range from fully integrated consultancy, offering advice in one key area or becoming a virtual leadership team member to work on a specific project, coach in-house teams or to support in periods of change. Services include: - Pre-opening, re-opening and launch strategy for hotels and businesses - Customer experience audits, strategies and service culture training - Contactless customer recognition strategy - Operational audits and process improvement measures - Deep dive marketing and communications audits - Marketing and communications plan creation - Brand transformation - Direct marketing activations - Content creation for collateral, social channels, media releases - Media relations and crisis communications 🏆 Finalist SME National Awards 2024 🏆 Finalist British Business Awards 2024 🏆 Winner Best Businesswoman Awards 2023 🏆 Finalist Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2023 🏆 Finalist Great British Businesswoman Awards 2023 🏆 Winner Professional Services Services Start-Up 2022 🏆 Best Small Business Finalist 2022 WIN Awards 🏆 Top 5 PR & Content Advisor UK & Ireland 🎧 Hosts of the Podcast - The Halo Effect - Hospitality Stories with Ashleigh & Michael Donald For more information please contact Ashleigh Donald, Co-Founder at +44 (0)7907058206 or email ashleigh@gohalo.co.uk
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- Business Consulting and Services
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Type
- Public Company
- Founded
- 2019
- Specialties
- Customer Experience, Marketing, Communications, Hospitality, Travel, Hotels, Online Marketing, Media Relations, Operational innovation, Global Hospitality, Luxury brands, Hotel Marketing, Flexible Working, Hotel pre-opening, Crisis Communications, Customer Relationship Management, SME support, Start up launches, and Content Creation
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Employees at Halo Business Consulting
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Ashleigh Donald
Marketing & Communications Consultant. Strategy & Planning | Launches & Re-branding I Fractional Marketing Director 💫 Winner Start Up Awards 2022 &…
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Michael Donald
Customer Experience specialist, offering flexible, hands-on support to help inspire employees and delight guests. 💫 Winner - Professional Services…
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🎙️The Halo Effect Podcast is here! 🎉 We’re thrilled to launch The Halo Effect: Hospitality Stories with Ashleigh and Michael Donald – a podcast where Halo’s founders draw on 40 years of combined hospitality experience to share insights, stories, and tips for those looking to grow in the industry or start their own business. Our teaser is live now, and Episode One drops at 8am on Wednesday, 18th September. In this episode we’ll be covering topics such as: • The power of a strong first impression 👏 • Balancing personal and professional life in hospitality ❤️🏨 • Leveraging tech & data to elevate guest experiences 📊🤖 A huge thank you to Flamingo Heights Podcast Studio, Business & IP Centre North East, Nickie Kilkenny and Sophie Gowling for helping us bring this to life! 🙌 New episodes will be released every Wednesday, so make sure to subscribe, comment, and share your feedback on your favourite podcast platform! Interested in joining us on a future episode? Reach out at podcast@gohalo.co.uk – we’d love to connect with fellow professionals! #NewPodcastAlert #HospitalityStories #TheHaloEffect #HospitalityIndustry #BusinessTips #PodcastLaunch #SubscribeNow #HospitalityEntrepreneur #HaloBusinessConsulting #PowerUp
The Halo Effect: Hospitality Stories with Ashleigh and Michael Donald
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Thank you Hospitality News Middle East for sharing Ashleigh's thoughts on using data and AI to support an elevated guest experience 💫 #AI #guestexperience #hospitalityindustry
Combining advanced technology with the hospitality industry’s key principle of guest-centric service, AI is already taking the customer experience to new heights. Ashleigh Donald, co-founder of Halo Business Consulting, explains how businesses can harness this all-important innovation. Ashleigh Donald https://lnkd.in/dAQ46SQV
Tracking customer behavior in hospitality
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Thank you to SME Business Awards for our nomination in the Family Business of the Year category. We look forward to celebrating alongside all of the other finalists in December. #HaloBusinessConsulting #BusinessAwards Ashleigh Donald Michael Donald
A huge congratulations to our SME Nationals Family Business of the Year finalists! 🎉 @AES AJ Sports Aqueous HAB Law Halo Business Consulting Holistic Thinking Holidays Jenolite New Era Training Ltd Punjab Pakora R.N. WOOLER & COMPANY LIMITED Searls Land Stag Print Services Ltd Stefanis Pizzeria The Swedish Kitchen Company Limited Time For You (Fife) Ltd. Twenty-Two Business Support and Development Ltd ® Used Kitchen Hub Wiseup Networks Don't forget, if you are a County Winner in this category you have also reached the final! You can check here: https://lnkd.in/eG4SKDF2 A huge thank you to our sponsors! Gold Sponsors South East Apprenticeship Ambassador Network (SEAAN) FundOnion Red Giraffe® TaxAssist Accountants @BIRA Silver Sponsors Care Horizons Ltd Profile Resourcing Limited Business Clan Quantuma Rebox HR ® Blue Soul Shoes Skills4Stem Ltd. Remote Recruitment Charity Willen Hospice Milton Keynes
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Our Co-Founder, Ashleigh, is a proud mentor with The Girls' Network 💚 Applications for mentoring are now open for the next cohort via their website 🔗 #mentoring #girlsnetwork
Marketing & Communications Consultant. Strategy & Planning | Launches & Re-branding I Fractional Marketing Director 💫 Winner Start Up Awards 2022 & Best Businesswoman Awards 2023 💫
“The Girls’ Network has made me feel more confident about my goals in life.” 💚 It’s wonderful to hear this feedback from one of the mentees at our local high school as they’ve now completed this cohort. Being a mentor for The Girls' Network is such a rewarding and inspiring experience and I’d highly recommend it. Applications are now open via their website for the next intake, for anyone who would like to be part of the wonderful community. #thegirlsnetwork #mentoring #risingstars Halo Business Consulting
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In our latest collaboration with Hospitality News Middle East, Ashleigh Donald shares some ideas on how hospitality businesses can leverage guest data in 2024 and beyond. #HospitalityIndustry #GuestExperience #DataAnalytics #CustomerInsights #HospitalityTrends #2024Forecast #BusinessGrowth #DataDriven #HospitalityNews #GuestSatisfaction #HaloBusinessConsulting
Tracking customer behavior in hospitality
hospitalitynewsmag.com
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Our Co-Founder Ashleigh enjoyed leading a PR session today with fellow Entrepreneur Accelerators at NatWest Business 🤩 #powerup #pr #marketing #hospitalityindustry
Marketing & Communications Consultant. Strategy & Planning | Launches & Re-branding I Fractional Marketing Director 💫 Winner Start Up Awards 2022 & Best Businesswoman Awards 2023 💫
It was fab to be back with the NatWest Business Entrepreneur Accelerators today to deliver a spotlight session on PR 😇 I loved sharing stories and PR tips which will hopefully help to showcase the amazing businesses and founders in our cohort. Looking forward to seeing everyone’s amazing media releases and coverage 🤩 #PowerUp #PowerUp2024 #EntrepreneurAccelerator #PublicRelations #Marketing #Hospitality #halobusinessconsulting Michael Donald Halo Business Consulting
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🏨 Our friends at HPG Advisory Services share an insightful round up Knight Frank's latest insights on the UK hotel investment market. #hotelinvestment #hotelnews #ukhotelindustry Ashleigh Donald Michael Donald
UK Hotel Investment Reaches New Peaks HPG Advisory Services is excited to share Knight Frank's latest insights on the UK hotel investment market. Investment volumes reached an impressive £3 billion in H1 2024, up from £990 million in H1 2023 and exceeding last year's total of £2 billion. Major transactions, including Blackstone's £850 million acquisition and Starwood Capital's £800 million purchase, highlight strong international interest, particularly from US investors. 🔍 London Leads, but Other Cities Shine London attracted 70% of investments, with Edinburgh, Belfast, Manchester, Liverpool, and Glasgow also drawing significant attention. 📈 Optimistic Outlook With anticipated interest rate cuts and a robust development pipeline, the market is set for sustained growth. Read our full analysis here: https://lnkd.in/drV_8Kwu If you are interested in learning more about how HPG Advisory Services can help support your hotel’s investment strategy then please get in touch. Dan Akhtar, Managing Director – HPG Advisory Services +44 208 600 1166 / +44 7808 157796 dan@hpgsearch.com #HotelInvestment #Recruitment #AssetManagement #Hospitality #HPGAdvisoryServices
UK Hotel Investment Reaches New Peaks: A Mid-Year 2024 Analysis - HPG Advisory Services I Hospitality Leadership Advisory
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Huge thanks to Sophie Gowling 🚀⚡️ & Nickie Kilkenny for your support during our time on the NatWest Entrepreneur Accelerator. Applications are now open! More details on how to apply are 👇
Marketing & Communications Consultant. Strategy & Planning | Launches & Re-branding I Fractional Marketing Director 💫 Winner Start Up Awards 2022 & Best Businesswoman Awards 2023 💫
Hustle Hustle Hustle 🙌 Michael and I have been part of the NatWest Accelerator program for almost 18 months and it has been such a game changer for us at Halo Business Consulting 😇 The people we’ve met on each cohort have become close friends, trusted advisors and partners. We’ve been challenged to move out of our comfort zone, vision what’s possible and commit to scaling our business to levels we hadn’t imagined. 🎉 We’re forever grateful to the fabulous Sophie Gowling 🚀⚡️ and Nickie Kilkenny who have supported us throughout… and remind us get out and hustle! We highly recommend it to any of our entrepreneur connections who want to grow, develop and find a wonderful community to enjoy it with 🫶 🔗Applications are re-open now too! https://lnkd.in/dPixFKe4 #powerup #natwest #entrepreneur #halobusinessconsulting
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We are absolutely thrilled to have just received the news that we’re finalists in the National SME Business Awards 🎉 As a small family business, we’re so grateful for the support of our family, friends, clients and collaborators who have championed Halo since day one. Thank you. 😇 Congratulations to all fellow finalists and here’s to heading to Wembley later this year for the #SMENationals🏆 Ashleigh Donald Michael Donald
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