Born in Hong Kong, Kat Lo is a next-generation leader, driven by her moral compass and committed to reimagining the future of hospitality for the betterment of the people and the planet. In 2011, Kat joined her family business in hospitality, and just a few years later, her father appointed her President of Eaton Workshop.
You are in for a treat as Sarah Sklash, passionate Motelier and Co-Founder of The June Motel, joins Ariela. You may recognize Sarah as half of the iconic duo that stars in Motel Makeover, a Netflix series that follows their renovation of The June Sauble Beach.
In this episode, we break down our forward-looking, on-the-books market data for the fall season with our resident market experts Katie Moro and John Hach. We take a look at what hotel demand is actually looking like in the coming months, and what hoteliers need to be prepared for. What is market performance stacking up to previous years, what do hoteliers need to be acting on now to remain resilient, and what should the industry focus on to be profitable as we move through the rest of this year and beyond? Listen in to find out. If you want to see the data for yourself, you can get global and regional reports at our complimentary Market Insights Portal.
Now live here. Adam Mogelonsky recently sat down with Robin Trimingham of HOTELS Magazine for The Innovative Hotelier Podcast to speak with about how hotels should think about creative destruction when it comes to implementing new technology.
Ernest Lee of citizenM is based in New York City and has an extensive range of business experience in investments, real estate, finance, strategy, and even operations. It’s safe to say in the bustling city that never sleeps, he’s truly doing it all.
Ariela sits down with Brian Cooke to talk about the importance of authenticity and the influence of culture in boutique hotels.
Raul Leal is a seasoned professional in the boutique hospitality industry who understands and embodies the boutique lifestyle to a T. Forward thinking and self-driven, Raul is an influential executive with a successful track record of creating powerful brands that infuse character, sophistication, and excitement in every element from unique design to lively operations.
Alan Fuerstman, Founder and CEO of Montage International, discusses economic challenges for the luxury travel industry. Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan.
In part three of our Leading with Hospitality miniseries featuring Taylor Scott, we share how hospitality leaders can recognize team members in an emotionally intelligent way to ensure they feel seen and heard. Taylor also shares examples of environments in which team members recognizing each other breeds more positivity, productivity, creativity, and collaboration.
In this episode, we sit down with Iype Abraham, Commercial Development Director at Edwardian Hotel Group, to learn about the digital and cultural transformation the group began in 2019, and the decision to double-down on those investments despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this episode of the Amadeus Travel Tech Talk, we take a deep dive into the world of business travel and how this sector has changed since the pandemic, as well as discuss how TMCs need to evolve to service the business traveler of tomorrow.
Hannah Smith is a Senior Consultant at STR (I am a huge geek/fan of STR from my hotel management days) and she was able to join me to discuss all the data and findings they are discovering over at STR! In this episode, you will hear us talk about what the road to recovery looks like, key things hotels are doing in order to get occupancy, short term and long term trends and the newest Q3 Updated Forecast! Go to the Slick Talk blog to see the PDF Data Deck that Hannah put together for all of you to see while you listen!
I chat with Patricia from Hotel.School! We talk about the importance of brain-based micro learning and hospitality re-skills & up-skills! Make sure to listen because there is also something going on for both of my hotel and vacation rental audience! Patricia has an extensive background in hospitality and brings her amazing experience and management skills to light when we discussed the creation and overall impact Hotel.School has had during the times of national lockdowns and stay at home.
"If your brand has a story, it becomes a lot more interesting and engaging. It also becomes much easier to create interesting concepts from that position compared to a brand that is somewhere in the middle."
"Research is always important but especially in E-Commerce. Understanding what it is the customer is looking for rather than creating and delivering something simply because you like it."
As promised, we are back with Part 2 of the Data Driven Recovery series featuring Tanya Pratt from Oracle Hospitality! In this second episode, Tanya and myself focus on taking the data we saw from Oracle's Data Driven Recovery Report as discussed in episode 1 and how it will carry on into the upcoming years as hotels, travel, and hospitality as a whole recovers from COVID19 and what trends we see being apart of a long term solution leading into 2021 and so on.
Tanya Pratt from Oracle Hospitality and I discuss the data they found in their recent survey in partnership with Skift about the recovery of the hospitality industry. In this first episode of a two part series, we will dive into the findings of their Data Driven Recovery Report and how the impact COVID19 has shaped the drive to destination market! This is a two part series so make sure you subscribe to Slick Talk on whatever platform you listen on so that you don't miss the exciting episode(s) to come!
Glenn Fogel, President and CEO of Booking Holdings, on the status of their cost controls and outook for the travel industry. Hosted by Paul Sweeney and Vonnie Quinn.
"I think one of the problems is that we focus on compensating for a problem rather than avoiding one altogether." This quote, and other surprising viewpoints on the difference between compensating for a problem and avoiding one entirely. Listen in and find out which option the hospitality industry is particularly good at—Starring Vice President of Operations at Accor, Erwin van der Graaf.