About IHM
International Hospitality Media is the premier specialist in online publishing; conference, exhibition and events, and advisory services for the hospitality and real estate industry.
Meet The Team
Piers Brown
CEO
Piers plays an active role in the growth and strategic direction of the company and hosts the largest gathering of high level industry professionals at annual awards and conferences. He holds an MBA, ISMM and IDM Diplomas. He has also held senior positions in the national media and retail industries.
George Sell
Editor-in-chief - Living
George is editor of Urban Living News and oversees the editorial direction of Boutique Hotel News, Serviced Apartment News, and Short Term Rentalz. He has more than 15 years' experience as a hospitality, property and travel journalist. He regularly contributes to a wide range of b2b and b2c international publications and websites. He also helps plan and programme the IHM event agendas and is the head judge for the Serviced Apartment Awards.
Paul Stevens
Editor - Short Term Rentals
Paul joined IHM as an editorial intern in September 2018 working across the Serviced Apartment News, Boutique Hotel News and Short Term Rentalz sites. Recently promoted to Editor he has assisted with uploading news articles, contributing feature pieces and interviewing important industry figures in the international hospitality sector and been integral in the continued growth of the platform. Paul played a key role in establishing The ShortyZ in March 2020, an awards ceremony for the short term rental industry. He is an NCTJ qualified journalist and a graduate in French and Spanish from the University of Southampton. In his spare time, Paul is a big fan of football and tennis, running in half marathons and enjoys travelling to new countries.
Eloise Hanson
Editor - Hospitality
Eloise was promoted to editor of Boutique Hotel News in January 2022 after two years with the company. As a multimedia journalist covering the global boutique, lifestyle and luxury hotel industry, Eloise spearheads BHN’s webinar and podcast series and contributes to daily news articles, a weekly e-newsletter and monthly features.
Jo Cox
Head of Marketing
Jo joined IHM in December 2019 as Marketing Manager and works across The Urban Living Festival, Serviced Apartment News, Boutique Hotel News, Short Term Rentalz and all events/awards that IHM put on throughout the year. Working alongside the CEO, Editorial and Sales departments, Jo plays a crucial role in delivering the business’ marketing plans. Jo has a great track record in marketing roles throughout her career, working for both B2C and B2B businesses from PLC through to start-up, bringing a wealth of experience and flair to the marketing needs at IHM!
Danique van Oort
Marketing/Event Executive
Danique joined IHM in January 2022 as a marketing intern. She studied Tourism Management at the Inholland University of Applied Sciences in Rotterdam, The Netherlands for her Bachelor of Arts. Danique would like to develop herself in the field of social Media, events and marketing. In her free time, Danique enjoys singing, reading and photography. In Augist 2023, Danique joined the business as a freelancer and she now works on both marketing and organising events.
Ellie Bunyan
Graphic Designer
Ellie studied graphic design at Kingston school of Art London. Currently based in Manchester, she works for IHM on a freelance basis and at a photography studio. Ellie is a photographer and editorial designer predominantly. Ellie has a long standing appreciation for analogue photography, print making and publications, and joined IHM back in January 2022!
Mark Harris
Head of Research
Mark Harris joins IHM as Head of Research after thirty years in the business travel industry. He combines this new role with being owner and director of content marketing consultancy Travel Intelligence Network (TIN). A specialist in the corporate and extended stay market, Mark is known for multi award-winning projects including the Global Serviced Apartment Industry Report (2008 – date), 80+ white papers, and for hosting industry events including the Serviced Apartment Awards. A former Marketing Director of two TMCs and Head of Marketing at ITM, Mark has also been voted business travel industry Personality of the Year. In his spare time Mark is chairman of the Northern Premier Football League and an FA councillor.
Jordan Ashford
Head of growth
Jordan is a kiwi who moved to London in 2019 and has joined IHM as head of growth - where he will be looking at delivering growth across the portfolio: UrbanLiving.News; BoutiqueHotelNews.com; ServicedApartmentNews.com; ShortTermRentalz.com. Jordan has a background in travel and 6+ years in media/events sales. Outisde of work he's big on all things sport (rugby, cricket, football, golf...) and tries to travel and get away as much as possible.