Hotel Tech Innovators & Influencers: Skift's Rafat Ali
Rafat Ali is the founder of Skift, a publication and events company monitoring the ever-evolving transformation into the future of travel.
Jun 09, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 3
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644: Deep Dive on Sonesta Franchising
After going from having fewer than 100 hotels to becoming the 8th largest hotel company in less than two years, the company hit another major milestone for its franchising platform. Join us as we get an update from Brian Quinn, Sonesta's Chief Development Officer.
Jun 08, 2022•33 min•Season 7Ep. 644
643: Opening the Conrad Los Angeles
We go coast to coast with GMs as we broadcast live from Producer Dave's hotel and are joined by Adam Heffron, GM of the new Conrad Hotel in LA. We learn what it takes to open a luxury hotel, plus hear about how GMs are solving their current challenges. Plus, Adam shares what he's expecting from opening a new hotel in today's climate in a downtown urban location.
Jun 08, 2022•51 min•Season 7Ep. 643
NVNT: Sonesta Marks Franchising Achievement
We speak with Sonesta's Chief Development Officer Brian Quinn about the state of selling Sonesta Franchises.
Jun 07, 2022•4 min
642: Live from Margaritaville Resort Times Square
Glenn and Anthony are on location from the new Margaritaville in Times Square NYC. We speak to Tamara Baldanza-Dekker - CMO, Margaritaville, to talk about why a hotel focused on beach vacations fits perfectly in Midtown Manhattan, what the response has been so far, and how they keep a pool open in winter in New York.
Jun 07, 2022•48 min•Season 5Ep. 642
FNA 61: Givertz Him a Break
Dan Givertz is an SVP at Hunter Hotel Advisors out of California. Today he ruins all that by joining Glenn, Craig and Producer Dave for some cocktails and tomorrow before being overwhelmed by shame tomorrow.
Jun 04, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 61
641: What it Takes to Make it to CEO
Georgine Muntz, CEO of Visual Matrix, discusses her journey to becoming a CEO and shares the skills it takes and what's required to get to and excel at this position.
Jun 02, 2022•41 min•Season 6Ep. 641
640: Air Travel Is Soaring. We've Got the TSA Sharing How They're Helping Ease Travel Stress!
Dan McCoy from TSA rejoins the show to talk about how things are going at the airports. Travel is up drastically from when we last spoke, but employee shortages and other travel difficulties seem to have stress at an all time high when flying.
Jun 01, 2022•59 min•Season 6Ep. 640
639: Castell Project and AHLA Unite
Peggy Berg, founder and chair at the Castell Project, and Rosanna Maietta, President and CEO of the AHLA Foundation, join the show to talk about the exciting merger between these two great organizations to help women grow in the industry.
May 31, 2022•52 min•Season 6Ep. 639
FNA 60: Happy Summer!!!!!
Join us for some cocktails and what Glenn, Craig and Producer Dave claim to be comedy. Plus, Doctor Producer Suzanne joins along with Karl Travis, from the company Hager out of Vancouver, Canada.
May 28, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 60
637: Hospitality News and Insights
Anthony & Glenn discuss the latest in hospitality news including summer travel expectations, how Delta Airlines' service is cratering at JFK, NFTs and how one hotel is trying to use this tech to force guests who cancel rooms to sell it on a third party site, and much more.
May 27, 2022•58 min•Season 6Ep. 637
638: Super Smart Ways to Keep and Engage Hotel Staff
Dan Bienstock, Chief People Officer of EOS Hospitality, shares innovative new ideas on how to attract, retain and engage talent. But first, Glenn is broadcasting live from the Radisson Red in downtown Minneapolis, so GM Dan Lundin starts the show off discussing the brand with Anthony and Glenn.
May 27, 2022•58 min•Season 6Ep. 637
636: Horwath HTL is Helping Hotels
Paul Breslin, Managing Director of Horwath HTL, joins the show to talk about how they are helping the industry develop. With some of the most unique projects under their belt Paul talks about what it takes to bring a hotel deal together.
May 25, 2022•55 min•Season 6Ep. 636
635: Elie Maalouf, IHG America's CEO
We're joined by Elie Maalouf, IHG America's CEO for a very special show recorded on the show flow of the 2022 IHG Conference.
May 20, 2022•22 min•Season 6Ep. 635
Hotel Tech Innovators & Influencers: Raj Trivedi
Raj Trivedi is a well known hotel industry executive, who now focuses on investments in hotel related technology. “Hotel Tech: Innovators + Influencers” shares stories of how inspiration and innovation are creating a new class of hospitality tech leaders; and how they’re shaping the future of an entire industry.
May 18, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 2
634: Ask Anthony & Glenn
In this pre recorded show, Glenn and Anthony answer some important questions and issue a warning about the state of the hotel business come post Labor Day.
May 17, 2022•47 min•Season 6Ep. 634
633: Behind the Scenes of a Hotel Documentary
HospitalityMD’s Kyle Allison joins the show to discuss the public release of their brand’s award winning documentary film and his experience being mentored by the Film’s subject, Craig Poole. Listen in to learn about the small things you and your team can do to build an award winning culture” www.reelhouse.org/hospitalitymd/followme
May 16, 2022•26 min•Season 6Ep. 633
FNA 59: Bruce Ford in the House!!
Glenn, Craig and Dave are joined by Bruce Ford for an hour of comedy and cocktails. Plus, the guys play a new gam: Take Glenn Down a Peg!
May 14, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 59
632: Wyndham Destinations on Maximizing Timeshare Space
Richard Scinta and Melody Bostic Brown joins the show to give us an update on the timeshare industry. The hotel industry is seeing strong returns, are timeshares seeing the same?
May 13, 2022•49 min•Season 6Ep. 632
631: Ritz Carlton's Top GM
Jackie Volkart joins the show to talk about what goes into becoming the top GM in one of the most luxurious hotel chains. There's a lot of good leadership lessons for all hoteliers.
May 12, 2022•28 min•Season 6Ep. 631
630: Being a Happy Leader with Tia Graham
Continuing with the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Month, we bring back Tia Graham, founder of Arrive at Happy. It's another jam packed episode of positivity, well, except for Glenn constantly complaining.
May 10, 2022•50 min•Season 6Ep. 630
629: Your Mental Health Awareness Checklist
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and we have Dr. Erin Berman back from the National Institute of Mental Health to talk about this important topic. As things get back to 'normal', it's more critical than ever to focus on mental health issues causing burnout, stress, depression and more.
May 09, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 629
FNA 58: Cynthia Zucker
The amazing Cynthia Zucker joins Glenn Haussman, Craig Sullivan and producer general manager David Mignano, CRME for comedy, cocktails and that feeling of dread when she realizes her mistake.
May 08, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 58
628: MGM Resort's Int'l Execs on Casino Resort Strategy and Loyalty
Glenn and Anthony are in Las Vegas Vegas tapping into the insights from the MGM Executives such as Kevin Holyfield, SVP Hotel Strategy and Anil Mansukhani – VP of Loyalty Marketing
May 04, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 628
Hotel Tech: Innovators + Influencers #1: Lee Pillsbury
We’re launching an all new 12 part limited edition tech series hosted by Glenn Haussman and Michael Frenkel. “ Hotel Tech: Innovators + Influencers ” shares stories of how inspiration and innovation are creating a new class of hospitality tech leaders; and how they’re shaping the future of an entire industry. The twice-monthly limited series launches with an exclusive interview featuring industry icon Leland “Lee” Pillsbury, founder of Thayer Lodging and managing director of travel venture capit...
May 04, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 1
627: Top Hotel Development Officers from Hyatt, IHG, Marriott and Wyndham!!!
At the Hunter Hotel Investment Conference Glenn hosted a panel with: Jim Tierney, SVP Development & Owner Relations at Hyatt Hotels Corporation Julienne Smith, CDO, IHG Hotels & Resorts Noah Silverman, Global Development Officer, US & Canada, Marriott International Chip Ohlsson, EVP & Chief Development Officer, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Thanks to the team at Hunter for allowing us to rebroadcast this amazing panel!!
May 02, 2022•55 min•Season 6Ep. 627
NVNT: Chris Guimbellot, President and CEO of Hospitality International
At AAHOAcon we sat down with Chris Guimbellot, President and CEO of Hospitality International. They're a franchise organization behind brands such as Red Carpet Inn, Passport Inn, Scottish Inns, Master Hosts Inns and Downtowner Inns
May 01, 2022•11 min
FNA 57: Sure Is Hardy Not To Have a Good Time
Drew Hardy of 24/7 Hotels joins from the Stagecoach Festival in a sure to fail attempt to get Glenn and Craig to understand country music. We're not sure how producer Dave feels, so tune in to find out!
Apr 30, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 57
626: Rocco's Humble House
Rocco Bova, Managing Consultant at My Humble House joins the show to talk about how they are disrupting the industry with a focus on Consultancy, Asset Management, and Business Model Franchising. Hear first hand how they are making it happen.
Apr 29, 2022•41 min•Season 6Ep. 626
625: Charlestowne Hotels See Opportunity
Matthew Barba, COO, and Johnathan Capps, Chief Revenue Officer share how Charlestowne Hotels thrived during the past two year s despite the circumstances. Plus, a focus on retaining talent, creating culture and how to understand the maximum value a customer can bring to a hotel.
Apr 28, 2022•49 min•Season 6Ep. 625
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