The property ended up taking on a more luxurious feel than initially anticipated – think ultra-cool art, avant-garde lighting and Karl Lagerfeld amenities.

Industry trailblazer and Travel Weekly favourite Leanne Harwood has scored herself a new role at the hospitality giant.

The regional boss of IHG believes business leaders must encourage staff to make bold decisions in the face of “an unprecedented period of growth” across the industry.

Travel Weekly wishes it could claim this story as one of its own, but the truth is we just copied and pasted it from an email.

When Leanne Harwood first started out in the hotel industry, she was told her career would suffer because she’d “probably go off and have children”.