The event where hospitality marketers get honest.
No slides. Just good conversation.
The Big Debrief is part therapy session, part industry chin-wag, part reality check, designed for the people who are always “on”, always delivering, and rarely given the space to reflect.
Join us for a morning of real talk, shared trauma, light-bulb moments and the kind of peer support you can’t get anywhere else. We open with speakers sharing the stories setting the tone for an open, judgment-free conversation.
What follows is an unfiltered group conversation with the room about the realities of hospitality marketing: the pressure, the wins, the wobble moments, the things we wish someone had told us sooner. You’ll laugh, you’ll breathe out, you’ll feel seen. And you’ll walk away with new connections who feel more like colleagues than strangers.
If you’ve ever wished for a space to talk about the messy, human side of marketing… this is it.
OUR SPEAKERS
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Marketing Director at Stonegate and Nightcap for 15 years - One campaign away from the sack: sharing his honest and unfiltered experiences of working in-house at the UK's biggest pub company and during the birth of Nightcap PLC during intense periods of acquisition, growth, pressure and (of course) restructures. Plus the reasons behind his decision to go freelance including one of his original resignation letters read out loud for the first time!
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Marketing is a tough gig and that’s part of the appeal. Victoria will talk honestly about why many marketers thrive under pressure, complexity and pace, and why most of us aren’t looking for an easy life. But she’ll also explore where challenge tips into burnout when it isn’t matched with support. Victoria’s session centres on culture; the teams we work with, the environments we operate in, and why “culture eats strategy for lunch” isn’t just a nice phrase, but a lived reality in marketing. Expect a grounded conversation about resilience, trust, shared ownership and why, with the right people around you, this job can be not just survivable but genuinely great fun and deeply satisfying.
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Hospitality Insurgent at People on Purpose and the MC for our tour
The agenda:
9am - 9.30am - arrival, check-in, get comfy
10am - our speakers take to the stage to unpack their top challenges
10.20am - We open the floor to unfiltered conversation in the room
11am - Brunch is served (please select your brunch dish at the checkout)
12.30pm - Event closes
Included with Your Ticket:
Tea and coffee refills all morning
Networking with your peers
Access to the speaker session and opportunity to contribute to the wider discussion
Goody bag
A delicious brunch and juices
Expensable receipt is provided
LOCATION
Bill’s Bullring Shopping Centre, Middle Hall East, Birmingham, B5 4BU