Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPali Society Goes Bonvoy, Hilton's Incubating 5 New Brands, and Hot Takes with Skift's Hospitality Editor, Sean O'Neil
Episode 33
Sean O'Neill of Skift joins the roundtable this week for a conversation that cuts straight to the fault lines running through the hotel industry rig…
2 months, 1 week ago
CoStar’s Forecast Reversal, Marriott Hits 10K Hotels, and Amsterdam’s Tourist Tax Revolt
Episode 32
This week opens in full TWIH chaos: Zach and Scott are somehow a mile apart in San Antonio and still not together, Ben is on the Connecticut shore de…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Airbnb-Marriott Deal That Almost Happened, MGM Goes Private(?), Journey & Cloudbeds Partner, & What Premium Travelers Want
Episode 31
Two of the biggest casino operators in the world became takeover targets in the same week — and the squad has thoughts.
Barry Diller's People Inc. j…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Sonder's Founder is Back, Hyatt's New Growth Strategy, The Human Concierge Book, and L.E/Miami Recap
Episode 30
This week opens at LE Miami — which Scott describes less like a travel conference and more like Coachella for hotel nerds — before the guys dive int…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
The Uber-Hotel Hookup, Expedia Optimizes for AI Agents, and Why Americans Are Skipping Europe
Episode 29
Mews embeds Uber directly into its PMS, promising seamless guest transportation and a cut of ancillary revenue hotels have long been leaving on the …
3 months ago
Airbnb’s Super-App, Expedia’s Acquisition, The Overtourism Reckoning & Why Small Markets Are Winning
Episode 28
This week, Zach, Ben, and Edwin dig into the race to own the entire trip.
Airbnb’s summer release becomes the main event: rental cars, boutique hote…
3 months, 1 week ago
Airbnb Rethinks AI, Brands Move Into Safari, Spain’s Tourism Reckoning, Hospitality’s Human Premium
Episode 27
This week, the guys trace one tension running through travel right now: everyone wants scale, but nobody wants the experience to feel scaled.
Airb…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The World Cup Bust, Spirit's Collapse, Priceline is Back, and Aman's Move in the Texas Hill Country
Episode 26
The hospitality industry was supposed to print money during the 2026 World Cup. Instead, nearly 80% of hotels across the eleven US host cities are p…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Uber Becomes a Hotel Platform, TikTok Outperforms OTAs, and Hotels Still Don’t Own the Customer
Episode 25
This week’s conversation pulls apart a reality the industry has been circling for months—but is now impossible to ignore: travel demand is no longer…
4 months ago
Hospitality’s Muddy Middle Is Breaking — With Bashar Wali
Episode 24
Luxury hospitality has a credibility problem: the industry keeps charging more while delivering sameness, ceremony, and aesthetic shortcuts that inc…
4 months, 1 week ago