Inspired by chats with Richard Branson, former Chicago attorney (and Chicago bus driver before that) Jim Nagle left everything he knew to embark on the journey of a lifetime: saving the dilapidated The Drake Oak Brook in Illinois from a ponzi-scheme disaster with zero hotel experience but with unwavering persistence -- A hotel he cherished from his numerous childhood holiday vacations. Now, the property has reimagined itself as one of the Midwest’s most beloved landmark hotels. Formerly housing ...
Feb 22, 2024•34 min•Season 5Ep. 748
St. Lucia is one of the most beautiful islands in the Caribbean. Paul Collymore is the CEO of The Landings Resort & Spa along with being the St. Lucia Hospitality and Tourism Association, and a wealth of information. He tells us why his country is seeing such a spike in tourism and why The Landings Resort & Spa is the best place to stay when visiting.
Feb 21, 2024•27 min•Season 5Ep. 747
Lisa Lutoff-Perlo is Vice Chairman, Royal Caribbean Group. At nearly 40 years in the business she became the first female President of a cruise line. Making Waves tells her story of her journey and we share the inspiration with you today.
Feb 21, 2024•46 min•Season 5Ep. 736
Andrew Broad is Managing Director of Robert Douglas, a real estate investment banking firm. We discuss debt markets, whether it’s time to buy or build, results of a lender survey and the markets for development. Nashville? Still? Wow!
Feb 15, 2024•34 min
Leonard Gooz, Global Brand Leader of Hilton Hotels & Resorts, and Nicole Tilzer, VP, All-Inclusive & Resort Strategy share how they see the state of travel, how it affects their hotels and their go-forward strategy through the prism of their brands.
Feb 14, 2024•53 min•Season 5Ep. 734
Garfield Public/Private has a unique way of getting deals done. They work in concert with government to create full service hotels that are many times revenue drivers for convention centers and the towns where these hotels are located. Stephen Galbreath is their CDO and Head of Design & Construction and shares the secrets behind getting these deals done.
Feb 13, 2024•36 min•Season 5Ep. 733
Hotel Industry PR master CJ Arlotta tries to spin a reasonable explanation as to why he keeps returning to drink with Glenn, Craig and Producer Dave.
Feb 09, 2024•58 min•Season 4Ep. 127
Natalya Leahy is the new president of Seabourn, the ultra-luxury cruise line, based in Seattle. What most people think of cruises they think of floating cities catering to thousands of people, but Seabourn is bringing all new levels of luxury to the seas on intimate ships with a private yacht-like atmosphere masterfully designed by iconic hospitality atelier Tihany Design. Natalya tells us how it all comes together.
Feb 08, 2024•41 min•Season 5Ep. 732
Chris Manley, President of 5 Senses Hospitality talks about why he decided to start a company in the middle of the pandemic and how he has made it successful. He also gives us insight into a full renovation his company is completing and how he is finding creative ways to go green and recycle old products from the renovation.
Feb 08, 2024•39 min•Season 5Ep. 731
Saxton Sharad, founding partner and CEO of Revival Hotels, is here to tell us how they are changing the industry for independent properties. The company is bringing experience to owners and changing how fees are structured.
Feb 06, 2024•39 min
With uncertainty in the economy and an election year Bhavin Patel , Principal and Co-Founder at Green Harvest Capital LLC-Ohio , and Amit Patel , principal of Spark GHC discusse continued industry consolidation and where the best investment opportunities are and why they've investing more than $100 million in hotels....
Jan 16, 2024•31 min•Season 5Ep. 730
Thanks for listening to this bonus show! Glenn hosted a panel discussion in conjunction with Hotel Business Magazine last week. And we're bringing it to you now! Topic: No matter the apparent challenge, opportunity quickly follows. But to understand opportunity, you must see it. In this thought-leadership session, industry experts will reveal where they’re focusing resources in 2024 to help understand unexpected obstacles you’ll face and to better leverage both hidden and apparent success soluti...
Jan 14, 2024•58 min
Jan Freitag from CoStar is here to give us an update of the State of the U.S. Hotel Market along with what data points and trends we should be looking for as we get into 2024.
Jan 13, 2024•38 min•Season 5Ep. 729
Chip Rogers, President & CEO of the AHLA, discusses and analyzes hospitality industry related legislative issues with Glenn and Anthony. They discuss issues such as the death of NJ's franchise related bill, LA's failed attempt to put homeless people in hotels, how the National Labor Relations Board is changing the rules around contractors, plus how NYC fought back against AirBnb style accommodations, the state of hotel labor and more.
Jan 10, 2024•45 min•Season 5Ep. 728
HBA Americas President Meghann Day joins us to talk about what it takes to work on some of the best hotels in the country including Pebble Beach Resorts, Conrad Tulum, The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, Santa Barbara, and Fairmont Chateau Whistler, to name a few. With projects in the work in South America and the Caribbean we hear why Meghann thinks these markets are primed for growth along with another overseas market. Click link to follow along with this show's visuals...
Jan 10, 2024•38 min•Season 5Ep. 727
We have the amazing Chris Green, President of Remington Hospitality sharing his outlook for 2024.
Jan 04, 2024•40 min•Season 7Ep. 726
Trinity Investments manages more than $5 billion in assets, operating incredible properties such as The Diplomat Beach Resort in Florida, The Westin Maui, The Hilton Los Cabos Beach & Golf Resort, and so many more! We learn the strategy from Trinity Investment’s Managing Partner, President & CEO with Sean Hehir.
Jan 04, 2024•29 min•Season 5Ep. 725
Another year is upon is. Glenn and Anthony go over what they are looking forward to in the year, what major events to watch out for, and what topics will impact the industry the most.
Jan 02, 2024•32 min•Season 5Ep. 724
CoralTree Hospitality is celebrating its Fifth anniversary and President Tom Luersen shares how the company came together, as well as the challenges and opportunities they went through and see on the horizon.
Dec 21, 2023•55 min•Season 5Ep. 723
Sell! Sell! Sell! We talk to to Craig Stechman , SVP of Business Development wth Dellisart Hospitality on how to reinvigorate your hotel's room sales efforts. Plus, we discuss how they're reinventing hotel management with their ala carte services program....
Dec 21, 2023•38 min•Season 5Ep. 722
Justin Jabara, President of Meyer Jabara Hotels shares lessons learned in 2023 while taking a forward look at 2024.
Dec 20, 2023•40 min•Season 5Ep. 721
Mike Nixon is President and Chief Development Officer of Expotel Hospitality, a Louisiana based hotel management company. We discuss all things hospitality in this wide-ranging conversation.
Dec 14, 2023•35 min•Season 5Ep. 720
Katie Johnson is VP & Global Brand Leader of Independent Collections with Hyatt Hotel Corporation. She shares the secret behind what consumers really crave while providing an update on JDV Hotels, The Unbound Collection by Hyatt and Destination by Hyatt ....
Dec 12, 2023•31 min•Season 5Ep. 718
CitizenM's Chief Information Officer Mike Rawson is responsible for leading the tech team on delivering digital transformations at scale. He shares his thoughts on the future of technology in the hospitality space and how hoteliers will be able to leverage all the information that comes with that new tech. Text HOTEL to 66866 to subscribe to our newsletter.
Dec 07, 2023•34 min•Season 5Ep. 717
Dr. Stowe Shoemaker, former Dean of of the William F. Harrah College of Hospitality at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas is here to talk about his book Hospitality Healthcare which introduces healthcare providers to an original service model based on principles the hospitality industry has used to create great guest experiences.
Dec 07, 2023•38 min•Season 5Ep. 716
Nick Falcone, co-founder of Rentyl Resorts, talks about launching the first branded residential resort in the world. Rentyl provides hospitality companies, residential developers, real estate investors and well-known brands with turnkey services. Its 360-degree solution for development of short-term rental resorts includes site planning, construction and real estate sales and marketing. For existing resorts, Rentyl offers marketing, sales, and guest services including reservations. He is also le...
Dec 05, 2023•33 min•Season 5Ep. 715
This real estate development is insane! The Harwood district is 19 blocks in Dallas, all owned by one organization. Its Harwood Hospitality Group has 15 F&B concepts (more on the way!), and a newly opened boutique hotel, the Swexon. COO Matt Minichino shares it all including how their Happiest Hour bar has the top 5 highest liquor sales in the state of Texas. Thanks to ZEL Capital Partners, the sale-leaseback guys for supporting this video.
Dec 01, 2023•27 min•Season 5Ep. 715
Glenn and Anthony are thankful. Here's why. Plus, hotel industry news including CBRE makes 2024 RevPAR prediction, Hilton wins Best Place top work from Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work, and, IDeaS' 2024 hotel tech predictions.
Nov 22, 2023•42 min
Javier Coll is Group President of the Hyatt Inclusive Collection. They’ve redefined the luxury inclusive experience for the modern leisure traveler. We discuss how the company and segment had radically changed in the last decade.
Nov 21, 2023•37 min•Season 5Ep. 713
When I was at the RainesCo conference earlier this fall, I connected with Nancy Obstler and Stephanie Atkisson, both VPs of Sales, Marketing and Revenue with RainesCo. We discussed how essential it is to create future leaders within your organization and how to do it.
Nov 16, 2023•25 min
