Chip Conley joins the Not Done podcast finale to discuss founding Joie de Vivre, his role as Airbnb's Modern Elder, a never-before-told Marriott-Airbnb partnership attempt, and lessons from two near-death experiences.
LARC CEO Ryan Sloan breaks down Q1's surprise +3.8% RevPAR, a 23M-person swing in U.S. inbound travel, World Cup room-blocking fallout, and the markets to watch through 2026.
Morgan Stanley's Stephen Grambling breaks down how the K-shaped economy, AI, brand proliferation, and macro factors like inflation are reshaping hotel stock valuations and REIT investment strategies.
Host Hotels CIO shares investment strategies and provides 10 essential metrics and practices for hotel GMs to better communicate with owners.
Features interviews with former Sonesta CDO Brian Quinn on declining hotel margins and Mews founder Richard Valtr on AI's impact on hospitality operations.
Choice Hotels CEO Pat Pacious discusses AI adoption, extended stay growth, and economy segment recovery trends in hospitality operations.
The former Remington CEO shares his five-tenet leadership framework delivered to Choice Hotels sales leaders, covering context, focus, continuous improvement, culture ownership, and systems-based goal achievement.
LARC CEO discusses how income inequality creates divergent demand patterns between luxury and budget hotels, with 2026 World Cup adding complexity to market forecasting.
Kong reflects on 17+ years leading Best Western's transformation and warns that scale and capital access will determine industry winners as AI reshapes operations.
Career profile explores transition from hotel operations role to investment, highlighting innovation focus across hospitality technology landscape.
Aimbridge CEO Craig Smith discusses scaling leadership from single-property management to multi-unit oversight and the consolidation opportunities in third-party hotel management.
Capuano discusses bifurcated consumer demand, AI as capacity creation for human connection, and multi-year tech replatforming across 260M+ Bonvoy members.