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Checking In with Anthony & Glenn

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438: Fight Back Against Cancel Culture Hotel Reviews

Grady Colin, Managing Director of the famed Garden City Hotel joins Anthony and Glenn. They discuss the insidious nature of cancel culture as it pertains to hotel and restaurant reviews, the generational cultural divide when it comes to work ethics and more.

Dec 09, 2021•56 min•Season 4Ep. 438

437: Sopranos Actor Louis Lombardi Tells Us What He Looks for in Hotels

World travelled character actor Louis Lombardi joins the show to give us insight into what he looks for when he is on the road. You'll be shocked to find out what is his favorite hotel brand! Plus, he shares he story as to how he broke free from a negative cycle of poverty and crime. Such an inspiring story.

Dec 09, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 437

436: Making Travel More Accessible

Sylvia Longmire shares critical observations on making travel and all of hospitality more accessible to those in wheelchairs. She should know, she uses a wheelchair in her daily life and has incredible advice on how hotels, airlines and other elements in the hospitality business can adapt to capture this piece of smart business.

Dec 08, 2021•57 min•Season 4Ep. 436

433: Innovation in Hospitality Part 1

We're live from the Blackfire Innovation Studio in Las Vegas. Glenn us hosting and Anthony is judging a Shark Tank Style competition. We feature Shannon McCallum - VP, Hotel Operations for Resorts World; Co-chair of the Nevada Hotel & Lodging Association Technology Committee; Chair of the Board for the NHLA Foundation to discuss innovation in hospitality. Plus, Ronen Benin, CEO of Glissner.

Dec 07, 2021•57 min•Season 4Ep. 433

434: Innovation in Hospitality Part 2

In the second half our hospitality innovation podcasts, we speak with Dr. Robert Rippee, Executive Director, Black Fire Innovation Hub and a professor at UNLV about how the Hub is helping spur innovation in hospitality. Plus, we speak with Student Shark Tank Presenters Jaslin Estavillo and Silver Mendoza-Matute who share their hospitality innovation.

Dec 07, 2021•59 min•Season 4Ep. 434

435: Marriott's Group President Liam Brown!

Liam Brown is Group President, United States and Canada and is responsible for the development and management of Marriott International's lodging portfolio in the United States and Canada, which comprises 28 brands and 5600+ hotels. This includes responsibilities for sales and marketing, revenue management, human resources, engineering, rooms operations, food and beverage, retail, spa, information resources and development.

Dec 06, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 435

432: Voice Tech is Destined for Hotels

There's no way to deny it, hotels will continue to adopt voice activated technology. We speak to Dave Berger, CEO of Volara, which provides voice-based guest engagement software for many hospitality vendors you all know and use. Here's why this is the future of hotel tech.

Dec 01, 2021•43 min•Season 4Ep. 432

431: EV Hotel Putting Other Hotel Companies on Notice

Crypto is coming to the hotel industry. EV Hotel Group has announced it's first location and CEO Ken Patel is here to talk about how the company is leveraging technology to disrupt the hotel industry while simultaneously leveraging crypto currencies.

Nov 27, 2021•51 min•Season 4Ep. 431

430: The Hotel Spa is More Important Than Ever!

Carillon Miami Wellness Resort is the largest spa & wellness center in the Eastern Seaboard. Tammy Pahel is a visionary in the spa and wellness industry, having led the expansion of the resort’s wellness program. This included the launch of the spa’s touchless wellness division in late 2020 which introduced hi-tech therapies that can be administered with no outside touch, and most recently a partnership with the biostation, which is opening a center at Carillon Miami this September. Biostation i...

Nov 22, 2021•59 min•Season 4Ep. 430

429: A Real Dandashy of a Show

Glenn and Anthony are joined by the incredible Sarah Dandashy on to share news on here first ever book, Hospitality From Within.

Nov 19, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 429

428: These Pros Want More Women Owners! Here's Their Plan

Peggy Berg from Castell Project and Fortuna's Table , and Tracy L Prigmore , a hotel owner and entrepreneur She Has a Deal , discuss how we can get more women to be hotel owners, creating opportunity for all people, and many more elements about what we can all do to help others rise up and succeed. This was one great conversation....

Nov 17, 2021•56 min•Season 4Ep. 428

427: New Castle Looking to New Heights

Julian Buffan returns to the show to update us on his company and what type of demand spikes he has been seeing towards the end of 2021.

Nov 15, 2021•38 min•Season 4Ep. 427

425: Colwen, Marriott and IHG, Oh My!

The guys are on location at the AC Marriott in Portsmouth, NH, and joined by Gina LaBarre, RVP Brand Growth, voco Hotels; Adam Sherer, SVP, Lodging Development - Marriott Select Brands (East); Christopher Werth - GM, The Row Hotel and Assembly Row; Chris Moulton - GM, AC Hotel Portsmouth and Elise Warshaver - DOSM, The Row Hotel

Nov 10, 2021•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 425

424: Hospitality Across Tennessee

Wellengood is the premier collaborator and ally for developing, operating, and marketing hospitality venues across the country. The group is currently managing properties all across Tennessee, from the Great Smoky Mountains to Nashville and Memphis. CEO Glenn Malone joins Glenn and Anthony to discuss the enormous rebound of tourism across the state in 2021.

Nov 08, 2021•49 min•Season 4Ep. 424

423: Women Leaders Leading Industry (R)evolution

Suzie Yang at Lake Nona Wave Hotel and Claudia Di Gino at Novotel Miami Brickell join the show to talk about how they have used their unique hospitality experience to drive their Florida based hotels forward.

Nov 04, 2021•52 min•Season 4Ep. 423

422: Transforming Unused Office and Retail Space Into Hotels!

STAY OPEN is a Tech and Brand management platform that converts office and retail space into affordable, flexible, and socially engaging POD hotels and co-living properties. They give commercial real estate owners a revenue stream when traditional retail and office space demand is at an all time low. STAY OPEN also gives guests a unique social platform that connects users before, during, and after their stay. We hear more about it from Steve Shpilsky, CEO & Co-Founder. First, Bruce Ford of Lodgi...

Nov 03, 2021•57 min•Season 4Ep. 422

421: Sports Tourism Trend Can make Your Hotel $$

We're back from vacation! The global sports tourism market size was valued at $323,420.0 million in 2020, and is projected to reach $1,803,704.0 million by 2030. What is this sports tourism segment and how can hotels best capitalize? We also discuss how to create extraordinary access to events guests will pay a premium to experience.

Nov 02, 2021•46 min•Season 4Ep. 421

420: The Experience Effect

Great experiences are the root of incredible hospitality. Today, we speak with Kirk Pederson, President of Sightline Hospitality. He's opening up the first ever Todd English hotel in Las Vegas in November and shares how this project will be different than other hotels, while sharing examples of other projects his company manages.

Oct 25, 2021•54 min•Season 4Ep. 420

418: The Truth About Your Labor Problems

We're delighted to release the details of a great cobranded labor study along with Hotel Effectiveness. Del Ross shares the details, while Robert Habeeb, CEO of Maverick Hotels an Restaurants, adds real world context.

Oct 21, 2021•59 min•Season 4Ep. 418

417: GM's on Leveraging Tourism Resurge

Jeff Kulek, GM of The London West Hollywood, and Kathy Van Ness, the GM/COO of the luxury Golden Door Resort, join the show to talk about how tourism is Southern California and how they have positioned their properties to prosper in 2022.

Oct 20, 2021•57 min•Season 4Ep. 417

415: Show Us The Money

Peter Berk, President of PMZ Capital is Back to talk hotel finances and if companies are buyers or sellers as we move through the back end of 2021 and look forward into 2022.

Oct 15, 2021•52 min•Season 4Ep. 415

414: Resorts World NYC is More Than You Know!

Resorts World NYC is the only casino resort in New York City. We go behind the scenes with Darlene Monzo, Chief Marketing Officer about this property as well as their expanding network of resorts on the east coast USA.

Oct 14, 2021•51 min•Season 4Ep. 414

412: SF and Return of Lux Travel

Stephen Power, GM of the Ritz Carlton San Francisco shares how luxury properties are adapting through the pandemic.

Oct 12, 2021•45 min•Season 4Ep. 412

411: Wyndham Hotels & Resorts CEO! More!

Today's episode is actually three mini-episodes in one from The Lodging Conference. We talk to Wyndham CEO Geoff Ballotti, Wyndham Chief Development Officer Chip Ohlsson, and then head of Peachtree Hotel Group Greg Friedman in what is one jam packed episode.

Oct 10, 2021•29 min•Season 4Ep. 411

410: Behind the World Series of Poker

Anthony and Glenn chat with Ty Stewart, SVP, Caesars Interactive Entertainment and Executive Director of the World Series of Poker. Watch this fun show and see if Glenn has a good poker face.

Oct 07, 2021•57 min•Season 4Ep. 410