Get to Know Your Property Manager – Peter Wright, Chinchilla Downtown Motor Inn

1. What is your name and which Southern Cross Motel Group property do you manage?

Peter Wright – Chinchilla Downtown Motor Inn Property Manager.

2. How long have you worked in the hospitality industry, and what first drew you into it?

I have worked in the hospitality industry since I was around 16 years old. I asked my local publican in my hometown in northern Victoria if I could help after school and on weekends. After a few weeks, I was moving kegs of beer and became his weekend cellarman — that was fun! Haha.

3. What do you enjoy most about working in hospitality day to day?

What I enjoy most about the industry is meeting our guests and listening to their stories about life, work, and their travels around the countryside.

4. What is a fun fact about you that most guests wouldn’t know?

Some fun facts about me are that I am an identical twin, and my identical twin brother has identical twin daughters! But the best thing there is that I’m the oldest by 5 minutes — hahaha.

5. Do you have any hobbies or interests outside of work that help you unwind?

My interests outside work are my family.

My wife is from Peru, South America, and we have a 13-year-old daughter, Luana, born in Cairns, Australia. The girls live back home in the city of Chiclayo, Peru, which is about eight hours north of the capital, Lima. My wife is a Captain in the Peruvian Military.

Each night after I finish work, I chat with the girls to unwind and check in on how they’re going.

I also have three sons from my previous marriage. My two youngest sons are combat soldiers in the ADF, and my oldest son is a tradesman/builder. I’m a very proud father.