Podcast Episodes

1024: Hilton + Graduate: How the Brand Scales Without Losing Personality

Season 10 Episode 1024

Graduate has lived inside Hilton for a year and a half now, and the brand is growing without losing the personality that made it work in the first pl…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Picking the Right Hotel Operator in a Chaotic Market

Season 10

While I was at the Hunter Conference, I talked with Greg O'Stean, Chief Development Officer, Hotel Equities about what makes a real owner–operator ma…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

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Bonus: How hotels are reinventing F&B for profit and growth

Season 10

The latest Hotel Business Hot Topics session, "Rethinking Hotel F&B: Smarter Strategies for Profit, Community and Stability," in partnership with Ent…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

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FNA 205: The Sweet 16 Pet Peeves Round: Thermostats, Showers, and Regret

Season 10

Glenn freezes, Suzanne can't hear anyone, and Craig somehow turns Milk Duds into a conspiracy theory. That's a normal Friday.

For #NoVacancyNews, Fri…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

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How to Grow TRevPAR When RevPAR Slows

Season 10

Thirty years in, PM Hotel Group still thinks like an owner-operator—and that matters right now.

While I was at the Hunter Conference, I talked with P…

4 months ago

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Wyndham's New CDO David Wilner: Why New Construction Still Wins

Season 10

For #NoVacancyNews, I caught up with David Wilner, newly appointed Chief Development Officer of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, at the Hunter Conference to…

4 months ago

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Is the Economy Segment Turning? Red Roof President Weighs In

Season 10

Economy and midscale owners don't need shiny objects. They need tech that either drives revenue or cuts costs—period.

For hashtag#NoVacancyNews, I…

4 months ago

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Hotel Costs Keep Rising And What That Means for Summer Travel

Season 10

America didn't travel in America the way we expected last summer—because a lot of the spend went overseas. Now the calendar flips, the event slate st…

4 months ago

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1023: How Conrad Orlando at Evermore Keeps Guests On Property Not in the Parks

Season 10 Episode 1023

Evermore is building an Orlando resort ecosystem: multiple hotels, a massive lagoon, and enough on-property programming that guests don't treat the t…

4 months ago

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Customer Journey Series, Ch. 4: Building It With Your Team

Season 10

Chapter 4 of this 6-part CoralTree Customer Journey series focuses on implementation - specifically, how you get property teams to build ideas they a…

4 months ago

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