Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe rising need for resilience planning in hotels
Episode 159
Host's Ritz-Carlton Naples property took nine months to renovate after Hurricane Ian, but when hurricanes Milton and Helene hit, the hotel was able t…
9 months ago
Hotels are booming in India and Japan, but the markets are not the same (with STR's Jesper Palmqvist)
Episode 158
STR's Jesper Palmqvist joins the podcast for our monthly check-in on the Asia Pacific region, diving into what makes that part of the world's two key…
9 months, 1 week ago
AI and the growing travel market with Booking.com's Olaf Belgraver
Episode 157
Olaf Belgraver from Booking.com discussed recent consumer travel trends as the global industry continues to grow.
9 months, 1 week ago
How hotel revenue managers are making sense of a complicated environment (live at the Hotel Data Conference with Pyramid Global Hospitality's Lori Kiel)
Episode 156
Pyramid Global Hospitality's Senior Vice President of Revenue Management Lori Kiel joined the podcast during the recent Hotel Data Conference in Nash…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Why revenue managers should feel proud (with Sage Hospitality's Priya Chandnani, live from HDC)
Episode 155
Sage Hospitality Group's Priya Chandnani joins the podcast live at the Hotel Data Conference in Nashville to talk about how revenue managers are fari…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Takeaways from Day 2 of the 2025 Hotel Data Conference (with STR's Hannah Smith)
Episode 154
Bryan Wroten and Trevor Simpson from CoStar News Hotels speak with STR's Hannah Smith about their impressions from the second day of the 2025 Hotel D…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Recapping the first day of Hotel Data Conference 2025 (with STR's Kelsey Fenerty)
Episode 153
The CoStar News Hotels team, along with STR's Kelsey Fenerty, talk about their top takeaways from the first day of the 2025 Hotel Data Conference in …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Japanese travel cools, but the market is still hugely successful (with STR's Jesper Palmqvist)
Episode 152
Growth is finally slowing after a years-long stretch of outsized growth for Japanese hotels, but STR's Jesper Palmqvist notes the country is still en…
10 months ago
The complicated landscape of hotel procurement (with Benjamin West's Alan Benjamin)
Episode 151
Benjamin West founder Alan Benjamin joins the podcast to talk about the issues facing procurement for hotel companies, which remains challenging with…
10 months, 1 week ago
What's going on with extended-stay hotels? (With the Highland Group's Mark Skinner)
Episode 150
Mark Skinner, principal with The Highland Group, joins the podcast to dissect supply-demand dynamics for extended stay hotels and why there hasn't be…
10 months, 2 weeks ago