Hotel News Now Senior Reporter Dana Miller interviewed Tim Peter, founder and president of strategy and digital marketing consulting firm Tim Peter & Associates, about Google’s latest move of restricting third-party cookies for 1% of Chrome users and how hotel digital marketers and revenue strategists should react. Eventually, Google plans to remove third-party cookies for all Chrome users.
Jan 17, 2024•25 min•Ep. 58
In November, Hilton became the first hospitality company to be named the top workplace in the world in Fortune and Great Place to Work's annual rankings, and the company's Senior Vice President and Global Head of Talent Christine Maginnis joined the Hotel News Now podcast to talk about how that was the culmination of a century's worth of culture building.
Jan 10, 2024•23 min•Ep. 57
We've flipped the calendar to a new year, but will the hotel industry have to grapple with the same financing issues it dealt with for most of 2023? Peachtree Group's Greg Friedman joins the podcast to unpack the complicated debt markets for hotels and broader commercial real estate.
Jan 03, 2024•31 min•Ep. 56
STR's Kelsey Fenerty joins HNN's Trevor Simpson and Stephanie Ricca to discuss the events that made a significant impact on hotel performance this year.
Dec 29, 2023•26 min•Ep. 55
The Hotel News Now takes a look back at 2023 and the best moments from across the Hotel News Now podcast network.
Dec 18, 2023•21 min•Ep. 54
Mark Adams, partner at law firm Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell, explains how the settlement agreements between Pennsylvania's attorney general and several hotel companies over the disclosure of mandatory fees, such as resort fees, could have far-reaching effects on the U.S. hotel industry.
Dec 12, 2023•17 min•Ep. 53
FibraHotel Chief Investment Officer Guillermo Bravo sits down with Hotel News Now Senior Reporter Dana Miller to talk on the growth of hotel-focused real estate investment trusts in Mexico, which haven’t been around as long as those in the U.S. Bravo also touches on how development in the region is shifting as the volume of powerful storms increases.
Dec 06, 2023•27 min•Ep. 52
In this Hotel News Now podcast, Chicago-based First Hospitality's David Duncan and CoStar News' Ryan Ori share their observations of the Chicago hotel market's recovery and what they still expect to come.
Nov 29, 2023•31 min•Ep. 51
CoStar's Emmy Hise joins HNN's Sean McCracken to talk about what hoteliers have to feel thankful for heading into the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S.
Nov 22, 2023•24 min•Ep. 50
With unrelenting growth and many prominent hotel companies claiming it as their home base, Dallas has grown into one of the most important U.S. cities for the hotel industry, but how long can that growth continue? CoStar's Colin Sherman and Candace Carlisle unpack what's driving the market's outsized growth.
Nov 15, 2023•37 min•Ep. 49
No company in the hotel industry talks and thinks more about wellbeing the Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Hyatt's Vice President of Global Wellbeing joins Hotel News Now to talk about why it's so important for both guests and employees.
Nov 13, 2023•26 min•Ep. 48
Capella Hotel Group President Cristiano Rinaldi discusses the newest version of his company, how they've grown into a powerhouse for luxury across Asia by focusing on their goal to "keep creating wonderful experiences for our guests," and why they're spinning their success to move into the Middle East and Europe.
Nov 06, 2023•24 min•Ep. 47
In this episode, labor attorney Andria Ryan of Fisher Phillips explains the National Labor Relations Board's final rule on joint-employer status and how that will affect the liability of hotel brands, owners and operators as employers and potential employers.
Nov 01, 2023•19 min•Ep. 46
In the past few years, Sonesta Hotels International has grown from a few dozen hotels to nearly 1,200, and EVP of Franchising and Development Keith Pierce said his company is poised for another wave of growth heading into 2024.
Oct 30, 2023•27 min•Ep. 45
While much of the narrative about travel in Asia has revolved around the idea of country's like China being behind the curve, STR's Jesper Palmqvist says conditions across the region are better than many believe.
Oct 25, 2023•27 min•Ep. 44
STR's Kelsey Fenerty and Lodging Advisors CEO and NYU professor Sean Hennessey discuss New York City's new short-term rental regulations and how they might affect hotel demand and rates.
Oct 23, 2023•31 min•Ep. 43
Choice Hotels International executives say they want to do a deal to buy Wyndham Hotels & Resorts for an all-in price of $9.8 billion, but Wyndham is uninterested. Hotel News Now reached out to Truist Securities managing director of lodging and leisure equity research C. Patrick Scholes to unpack the potential deal and what happens next.
Oct 19, 2023•22 min•Ep. 42
Michael Bellisario, senior hotel research analyst and director at Baird, shares why investors might be luke-warm on publicly traded hotel companies as demand patterns normalize and the long-term challenges faced by hotel real estate investment trusts as we preview the third quarter 2023 earnings season.
Oct 18, 2023•19 min•Ep. 41
Hospitality attorney Dana Kravetz from Michelman & Robinson explains the Acheson Hotels v. Laufer case over online descriptions of accessibility features in hotels and whether the plaintiff has standing as a "tester."
Oct 16, 2023•25 min•Ep. 40
Trinity Investments President and CEO Sean Hehir spoke with Hotel News Now’s Dana Miller during a podcast interview about branding the Diplomat Beach Resort into a Signia by Hilton, overall growth goals, managing profit-and-loss statements, trends to watch in the new year and more.
Oct 11, 2023•18 min•Ep. 39
Hotel News Now’s Dana Miller speaks with Kevin Davis, CEO of the Americas, for JLL’s Hotels and Hospitality Group, about what recovery has been looking like in certain regions, what’s going on between New York City and Airbnb, the transactions environment and more.
Oct 04, 2023•23 min•Ep. 38
HNN's Trevor Simpson spoke with Laura Baxter, director of hospitality analytics in Canada for CoStar Group, about how hotel occupancy has been affected by record-high area burned by wildfires in Canada this year.
Sep 27, 2023•10 min•Ep. 37
Caribe Royale Orlando Managing Director Amaury Piedra sits down with Hotel News Now’s Dana Miller at the 2023 Hotel Data Conference to talk about how his property is able stand out from others via its independent ownership group, how a rise in leisure and group business is driving its on-property renovation decisions and how his team is overcoming challenges with staffing a 1,337-room resort.
Sep 20, 2023•18 min•Ep. 36
CoStar reporter Katie Burke and Hotel News Now senior reporter Bryan Wroten recently teamed up to uncover the true story behind real estate struggles in San Francisco, how some of the narratives might be overblown and how local leaders plan to overcome the challenges. In this special podcast, the two share their insights from their reporting in the city.
Sep 19, 2023•36 min
HNN's Bryan Wroten spoke with Mike Carrouth, partner at the Fisher Phillips law firm, about the National Labor Relations Board's recent decision in the Cemex Construction Materials Pacific case. The labor attorney explained what the new rule does - and doesn't do - regarding union elections and bargaining orders as well as what hospitality employers need to know moving forward.
Sep 15, 2023•24 min•Ep. 35
Pyramid Global Hospitality's Priya Chandnani joins Hotel News Now's Trevor Simpson at the 2023 Hotel Data Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, to talk about the state of leisure travel and how commercial strategy is evolving in the hotel industry.
Sep 13, 2023•16 min•Ep. 34
Speaking with Hotel News Now during the recent Hotel Data Conference, American Hotel and Lodging Association Chief Technology Officer Mike Blake says the hotel industry gets unfairly criticized and is more innovative than many people assume, and he believes the industry-wide efforts to integrate new technologies are bearing fruit.
Sep 06, 2023•24 min•Ep. 33
Remington Hospitality President Chris Green and Senior Vice President of Revenue Strategy Gilbert Arredondo sit down with Hotel News Now’s Dana Miller at the 2023 Hotel Data Conference to talk about what keeps them up at night, how to successfully collaborate across departments, group demand patterns and more. Read more from the Hotel Data Conference here.
Aug 29, 2023•23 min•Ep. 32
CoStar's Emmy Hise join's Hotel News Now's Sean McCracken and Trevor Simpson to talk about the insights from the final day of the 2023 Hotel Data Conference in Nashville, Tennessee and why things are getting closer to -- but still not fully -- normal for hoteliers.
Aug 11, 2023•10 min•Ep. 31
HNN's Sean McCracken and Dan Kubacki are joined by STR's Kelsey Fenerty to talk about what they learned during the first day of the 2023 Hotel Data Conference, including how Taylor Swift continues to be a force to reckon with for hoteliers.
Aug 10, 2023•9 min•Ep. 30
