In 1989, Howard Hastings received a phone call that would ultimately change the course of his life. His father William, a pioneering figure in the hotel industry in Northern Ireland, had been hospitalised with a major stroke and his condition was worsening. The shadow of the family business had always loomed large in Howard Hasting’s youth. He had worked across its portfolio of hotels, well known and well-appointed properties such as the Europa Hotel and Culloden Estate & Spa. Despite this involvement there was never an expectation he would take over from his father. Instead, he obtained a law degree,…

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