EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: MICHELLE BREEN
Where do you work and what do you do?
I work in the Biz Dev Team as a Travel Trade Sales Manager based at The Strand. My role is to onboard Partners who work in the Domestic and International Travel Markets to bring their visitors to our venues and the West End, working with them to enhance their existing brands with our products.
Describe yourself in 3 words!
Loyal, Funny, Cockney
Favourite stage production and why?
My Fair Lady – The first stage production I ever saw when I was 5, my mum worked in the Wardrobe Dept. at the Adelphi looking after Tony Britton and Anna Neagle and I think that’s where my love of musicals and the theatre began sitting through many Saturday matinees.
Favourite album?
Luther Vandross – Give Me The Reason
Best ever gig?
New Kids On The Block – Any one of the 15+ gigs that I have attended over the past 34 years! I’m a “Blockhead” for life and will travel pretty much anywhere to see them!
Top 3 films of all time?
The Lost Boys
Steel Magnolias
The Goonies
What’s your go to TV binge boxset?
Modern Family
Favourite holiday destination and why?
Not a destination as such, but I love to go on a cruise holiday. The ease of boarding a ship at Southampton and waking up in a different destination every day is the best feeling in the world.
Your Greatest sporting achievement?
Anyone who knows me, knows that I am far from sporting, however my team West Ham United won a European Cup last season for the first time in over 40 years and that is a massive achievement!
What’s your cooking masterpiece?
My go to is Spaghetti Bolognaise.
Who is your hero and why?
My Mum – one of the strongest and bravest women I know.