Speaking Engagements

With over 20 years of hospitality and business experience, I deliver research-backed presentations that bridge the gap between premium guest experiences and property profitability.

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Grounded in Hospitality & Business

My experience spans hotel operations, business ownership, and stays at 200+ properties worldwide.  As a speaker, I move beyond theory to deliver essential insights that work in hospitality settings – focusing on the operational refinements that maximize RevPAR.

Professional Development Insider & Educator

As a former professional development coordinator, I know firsthand what conference organizers look for in a hotel speaker – someone reliable, engaging, and who delivers real value. I’ve collaborated with dozens of speakers and understand what makes presentations educational and impactful. With a B.Ed. and extensive presentation experience, I’m a trusted speaker who delivers informative talks that resonate with audiences.

 

Meet Andrea


Presentation Topics

Each presentation is tailored to your audience's specific goals. Below are topics that provide practical strategies to enhance guest satisfaction, improve profitability, and inspire action.



Hotelier Presentations

hotel speaker teaching sleep optimization for hotels

Rest Assured:
Sleep Strategies to Elevate Guest Satisfaction and Revenue

Exceptional hotels don’t just provide a place to sleep – they create a restorative experience. This session shows how to make sleep a central part of your guest experience with simple, thoughtful touches that resonate with today’s wellness-minded traveler. Drawing on research, we explore practical ways to enhance rest through design, amenities, and language. You’ll leave with actionable strategies to help guests sleep better, enjoy their stay, and drive revenue.

  • What truly enhances guest sleep based on proven practices

  • Sensory elements that support deep rest: sound, lighting, softness, and scent

  • Sleep-supportive language, amenities, and upgrades used by top-tier wellness hotels

  • Sleep-promoting products hotels can offer to enhance rest and generate revenue

hotel industry speaker discussing wellness integration

Wellness That Works: Smart Approaches to Enrich the Guest Journey and Boost Profit

Turn every stay into a restorative experience. This seminar shows how subtle, smart wellness strategies can elevate your guest journey, from amenities and language to design and storytelling. Learn from top wellness hotels worldwide- what to borrow, what to adapt, and how to make your property feel like a true haven. Walk away with actionable takeaways to enhance comfort, presence, and emotional connection at every touchpoint.

  • Create environments that promote calm, comfort, and well-being

  • Offer amenities and experiences that support restful stays

  • Explore how wellness can be thoughtfully integrated into branding and guest communication

  • Identify products and offerings that boost both guest satisfaction and revenue
professional hotel speaker design principles presentation

Designing Calm: Transforming Spaces to Enhance Guest Satisfaction and Profitability

Create spaces that soothe and restore. This seminar reveals design principles that create calming, restorative guest rooms and public areas through thoughtful layout, lighting, materials, and atmosphere. Design goes beyond aesthetics to shape how guests feel, using subtle choices that promote relaxation, presence, and calm—without major renovations or big budgets. You’ll learn practical ways to make rooms feel like a soft exhale.

  • Create restful sleep spaces without high-tech gadgets

  • Layer sensory elements – sound, scent, texture – to help guests decompress

  • Select colors, textures, and design details that restore, not distract

  • Introduce rituals and amenities that invite calm

  • Apply low-cost design updates to reduce stress and enhance well-being
boutique hotel speaker discussing retail strategies

Secrets of a Travel Junkie - tales on the road including practical travel tips

Discover how thoughtful retail strategies can enhance your guest experience while driving revenue. Led by a travel goods retailer with 15 years’ experience in one of Canada’s largest shopping centres, this session covers travel accessories, wellness products, food, and other top-performing items. Learn how successful brands and visual merchandising techniques can be adapted to your property, creating a guest-focused, revenue-driving retail experience.

  • Curate travel, wellness, and F&B products that resonate with guests and drive sales

  • Apply creative visual merchandising techniques that highlight key items and boost engagement

  • Identify top travel and wellness brands to carry

  • Create an inviting retail experience 

  • Implement practical, revenue-generating ideas without major investment


Traveller Presentations

hotel speaker teaching sleep optimization for hotels

Life on the Road - From x to y

Exceptional hotels don’t just provide a place to sleep – they create a restorative experience. This session shows how to make sleep a central part of your guest experience with simple, thoughtful touches that resonate with today’s wellness-minded traveler. Drawing on research, we explore practical ways to enhance rest through design, amenities, and language. You’ll leave with actionable strategies to help guests sleep better, enjoy their stay, and drive revenue.

  • What truly enhances guest sleep based on proven practices

  • Sensory elements that support deep rest: sound, lighting, softness, and scent

  • Sleep-supportive language, amenities, and upgrades used by top-tier wellness hotels

  • Sleep-promoting products hotels can offer to enhance rest and generate revenue

hotel industry speaker discussing wellness integration

Pack Like a Professional

Turn every stay into a restorative experience. This seminar shows how subtle, smart wellness strategies can elevate your guest journey, from amenities and language to design and storytelling. Learn from top wellness hotels worldwide- what to borrow, what to adapt, and how to make your property feel like a true haven. Walk away with actionable takeaways to enhance comfort, presence, and emotional connection at every touchpoint.

  • Create environments that promote calm, comfort, and well-being

  • Offer amenities and experiences that support restful stays

  • Explore how wellness can be thoughtfully integrated into branding and guest communication

  • Identify products and offerings that boost both guest satisfaction and revenue
professional hotel speaker design principles presentation

At 35,000 Feet: A Flight Attendant’s Guide to...how to sleep, how to get best seat

Create spaces that soothe and restore. This seminar reveals design principles that create calming, restorative guest rooms and public areas through thoughtful layout, lighting, materials, and atmosphere. Design goes beyond aesthetics to shape how guests feel, using subtle choices that promote relaxation, presence, and calm—without major renovations or big budgets. You’ll learn practical ways to make rooms feel like a soft exhale.

  • Create restful sleep spaces without high-tech gadgets

  • Layer sensory elements – sound, scent, texture – to help guests decompress

  • Select colors, textures, and design details that restore, not distract

  • Introduce rituals and amenities that invite calm

  • Apply low-cost design updates to reduce stress and enhance well-being
boutique hotel speaker discussing retail strategies

Insider Hotel Tips - how to sleep, inspector experiences, fave hotels

Discover how thoughtful retail strategies can enhance your guest experience while driving revenue. Led by a travel goods retailer with 15 years’ experience in one of Canada’s largest shopping centres, this session covers travel accessories, wellness products, food, and other top-performing items. Learn how successful brands and visual merchandising techniques can be adapted to your property, creating a guest-focused, revenue-driving retail experience.

  • Curate travel, wellness, and F&B products that resonate with guests and drive sales

  • Apply creative visual merchandising techniques that highlight key items and boost engagement

  • Identify top travel and wellness brands to carry

  • Create an inviting retail experience 

  • Implement practical, revenue-generating ideas without major investment

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Grateful for these kind words:

“Andrea is an exceptional instructor. She possesses a unique quality of expressing her knowledge and experience in language clearly understandable to the learner. Andrea is always punctual and extremely reliable. She plans her courses with the learner in mind; communicates and manages instruction and demonstration with great skill. Andrea also provides a supportive learning environment with student participation. Consequently, the classes are well attended.”
Daniela Leithman - Richmond School District No. 38 Continuing Education
“Andrea’s classes were a success and showed she brings enthusiasm and expertise. The following are comments from some of the participants: “Very informative and inspiring.”, “This was very well presented. Explanations were precise.” “Excellent discussion, participation…lots of visuals – hands-on ideas. Great strategies.”, “Lots of information and ideas. Encouraging and positive direction given.”
Karen Stubbs - New Westminster Schools Continuing Education
  • "Andrea was an amazing instructor."
  • "Very well done! The presentation was excellent and the presenter was excellent."
  • "Great instructor and I liked her enthusiasm and course material. Will recommend to others."
  • "Really enjoyed the instructor - knowledgeable and enthusiastic."
  • "Very informative. I really enjoyed the class."
Capilano University Seminar Participants
  • "Very engaging, informative, interactive."
  • "Excellent class."
  • "She is lively and keeps the session moving. It was all valuable.",
  • "Very good teaching style. Well organized, informative.",
  • "Tons of information, very detailed, good pace."
  • "I enjoyed the class. I found the information quite helpful."
City of Vancouver Seminar Participants
“Feedback on evaluations was positive and included: "Andrea is very warm and welcoming. Lots of ideas. Visual aids were excellent. Very enjoyable, helpful.”, “Excellent information. Very good speaker. Knowledgeable. Great ideas.”, ”Great course…motivating. Andrea was very delightful and energetic. Tons of useful information.”, “Very good speaker. Knowledgeable. Great ideas.”, “A very good course. Very good presenter – well-prepared, gets the class participating. Well thought out, many ideas and resources.”
Ray Weremczuk - Delta School District Continuing Education
  • "Excellent session. Most helpful and engaging, well-organized, thoughtful, helpful, thorough."
  • "Overall the presentation was excellent! I found all the info valuable. Very organized."
  • "An excellent presentation and presenter!"
  • "Thoroughly enjoyed the whole seminar. Excellent presentation."
  • "Well-spoken, clear, very organized and a lot of thought has been put into the workshop."
  • "Very well-presented. Very informative and interesting."
Engineers & Geoscientists of British Columbia Seminar Participants
“Evaluations from Andrea’s course indicated it was enjoyable and helpful. Comments included: “Instructor was very interesting and great to listen to.”, “Good tips and pointers and suggestions. Something everyone should take!”, “Good ideas I can use.” Given this feedback on a new course taught only once by a new instructor, I hope to offer this class again in the future.”
Gael Reilly - Metro Continuing Education
  • “It was super! Interactive, variety of activities, well-paced, well-organized instructor. “
  • “The course was extremely inspiring and thought-provoking.”
  • “Excellent teacher and a great class. Do-able solutions. Lots of ideas.”
  • “Andrea covered many aspects…was very knowledgeable on a variety of topics – and approachable.”
  • “It was a great class!”
West Vancouver School District Community Learning Program Workshop Participants

Clients I’ve delivered presentations to on travel and wellness: