In this episode I had the pleasure to chat with Nina Taylor, the hospitality director at Layers. Nina shared with us the importance of creating partnerships, how to be community-focused and how she and her team managed to have 100% occupancy rate during a pandemic.
Nov 05, 2020•36 min
In this episode I had a very interesting conversation with Erik Nissen about his new lighthouse hotel. Erik shared with us his thoughts on how hoteliers should navigate throughout the pandemic, how hoteliers can find an interesting angle to differentiate and how they can even grow the hotel.
Nov 04, 2020•36 min
In this episode we visited the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London and had a very interesting conversation with Sally Beck, General Manager at the property. Sally shared with us strategies that she and her team are using to drive revenue to the property. In this episode you will be able to learn new strategies you can implement for your own property, what new measures you need to take to reassure potential guests that your hotel is Covid Safe and much more.
Oct 22, 2020•27 min
In today's episode, we had the pleasure to interview Peter Heule and speak about how serviced apartments are adopting during this period. Peter shared with us strategies hoteliers can use today to attract people to book. He also shared with us how Yays (Concierged Boutique Apartments) are doing and expanding this year.
Oct 15, 2020•36 min
In today's episode, Nadia Pendleton shared with us what are the most common mistakes hoteliers make, how we can improve our customer service and how hoteliers can navigate through today's challenges.
Oct 08, 2020•35 min
In this episode, Adele Gutman shared with us how she and her team managed to create the world's highest guest satisfaction hotel in the world. She shared with us ideas, strategies and things we can do to improve our guest's experience, guest satisfaction and simultaneously increase our bottom line.
Sep 24, 2020•53 min
In this episode, I shared with you five things that guests expect to hear from a hotel right now. If you want to increase confidence and increase trust, these five things will definitely help you.
Sep 18, 2020•21 min
In this episode I talked about what hoteliers should do right now and how they should market their property. I shared some data about recent research and how consumer behavior is changing.
Sep 10, 2020•29 min
In this episode we talked with Stephane from nHow hotel group. Stephane shared with us how they are coping with a new hotel brand in London, what new measures they've implemented due to the COVID and what should do in the next three to six months.
Sep 03, 2020•29 min
In this episode, we talked with Claire Way about how hoteliers need to redefine their wellness and spa strategy. People are more aware and mindful about their habits and demand for wellbeing is on the rise, the question is how can hoteliers respond to this demand. Claire shared some brilliant ideas for hoteliers to look into and perhaps dominate.
Jul 30, 2020•35 min
In this episode, we interviewed a customer (service) expert Monica Or. Monica shared with us why it's important to look at our customer experience in a different way, how we can improve it and how smaller hotels can surprise their guests by doing the unexpected.
Jul 23, 2020•35 min
In this episode, we have a very active businessman who redefined his business during the lockdown. Roy Castleman the Managing Director of Twinwoods Adventure shared with us how we created a new revenue stream to his business, how he changed the whole operations and how hoteliers can think outside 'the box' to help their business grow and flourish.
Jul 18, 2020•26 min
In this episode we had a very interesting chat with Amy Ogden about how we can redefine PR in the hospitality industry. Amy shared her strategies and ideas on what hotels can do right now to focus on the next six months, what sales strategies hoteliers can use and how we can grow our hotels.
Jun 18, 2020•24 min
In today's episode I interviewed Rob Paterson, the CEO of Best Western Hotels in the United Kingdom. Rob shared with us his view about how we can move forward, what holds for the hospitality industry and he shared with us a story about how a pub remained opened during Covid-19.
May 30, 2020•29 min
In this episode I talked about why we changed the name of the podcast and how we are moving forward from here.
May 26, 2020•10 min
In this episode, Frank Reeves shared with us a couple of ideas on how AI can boost hotel sales, how hotels can increase their bookings by not shouting at each user online and Frank shared with us what we can all do in this unprecedented time.
Apr 23, 2020•31 min
In this episode Richard Valtr, the CEO of Mews System shared with us very interesting insights and ideas about what hoteliers should do right now, how can they overcome the current crisis, why they should choose a niche, be an interesting hotel and much more. If you want to innovate and move forward, you will enjoy this interview with Richard Valtr.
Apr 16, 2020•41 min
In this episode I talked about the importance of being creative right now, why it's important to create content and how we can create interesting content. People are consuming content right now and it's an opportunity to create emotional connection and build brand equity with great content.
Apr 11, 2020•18 min
In this episode I shared three things businesses should do during coronavirus crisis. Why it's important to take action and not be ignorant about the events that are happening and how we can thrive, not just survive the crisis.
Apr 02, 2020•21 min
In this episode, I shared my thoughts about the importance of marketing during a crisis. I explained why it's important if you want to grow your company and how we can all win and thrive if we take the right actions.
Mar 26, 2020•19 min
In this episode, I shared what small businesses can do in a crisis. Especially now, it's important not to pause, because a lot of people are pausing their activity. Now is the time to double down.
Mar 25, 2020•20 min
In today's episode, I talked about what hoteliers can do during crises and especially during Coronavirus (CONVID_19) panic. I shared 9 strategies/ideas that hotels can do and implement today to improve their hotel performance.
Mar 13, 2020•24 min
In today's episode I shared strategies on how we can increase direct bookings by not talking about the product. We don't need to talk about the product constantly, we can actually create a content strategy that adds value to the end consumer.
Mar 05, 2020•21 min
In this episode I shared with you why most hotels don't have loyal guests, how can hotels create loyalty and win in the long run.
Feb 29, 2020•25 min
In today's episode, we had a very interesting chat with Sam Riches, Sales & Marketing Director at Nobu Hotel Portman Square. He shared with us his insights into how we can market and sell a lifestyle/luxury hotel, why it's important to leave our ego at the door and how he makes things happen.
Feb 20, 2020•32 min
In this episode Rusell Kett, the chairman of HVS shared with us his thoughts on the hotel industry, things hoteliers need to avoid and things hoteliers need to invest. He talked about how the hospitality will be influenced this year and what we can all do.
Feb 13, 2020•33 min
In this episode we had a great conversation with Henrik Muehle about why luxury is on the rise and why it's important to understand that luxury doesn't mean that you need to pay more. Henrik shared with us his strategies on how they maintain a very high standard at Flemings Hotel and how they keep their high net worth guests.
Feb 06, 2020•34 min
In today's episode we had Diana Darmina and Tim Mutton from Blacksheep Agency talk about how hotels and restaurants can improve their space with creative interior design, what is the ROI of creative space and Tim shared an interesting story on how an unhappy man sold his Porche to start his own food truck venture.
Jan 23, 2020•1 hr 7 min
In todays' episode, we had a chat with Antonia Robinson on how she manages PR & Social at Preferred hotels. She shared with us a story on how she and nine influencers traveled to a destination to promote Preferred Hotels.
Jan 17, 2020•27 min
If we want to thrive in 2020, I shared three things that we need to do, to win this year. I shared things that people are expecting brands to have, what are guests' expectations and how we can go above and beyond this.
Jan 09, 2020•26 min