Jan 25, 2024
Todd Johnstone, CEO of Allbridge, offers advice for hoteliers on two paramount issues in today’s hospitality industry: data protection and cyber security. This informative conversation covers the differences between data that is collected, data that needs to be stored and data processing—and highlights why it is...
Jan 17, 2024
Ariela Kiradjian is the co-founder & COO of The Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association (BLLA), an organization devoted to the independent boutique lodging and lifestyle space. In this episode, she talks about the challenges and competitive advantages of operating a boutique hotel, highlighting the differences...
Jan 11, 2024
Performance across the hotel industry has been steady-to-brisk in the post-pandemic, high-interest-rate, inflationary world. But it differs state to state, city to city and block to block. In this episode of The Innovative Hotelier, Annie Fitzgerald, GM of The Westgate Hotel in San Diego, discusses recovery and...
Jan 4, 2024
For Keir Weimer, founder of The Weekender Hotels, you can never have enough family time. That spirit carries through in his chain of rural resort properties, an ethos he discusses with host Robin Trimingham, along with the trend of a “return to nature.” Weimer also talks about the opportunities for creating a...
Dec 27, 2023
Trey Matheu and Christopher Baran of The Nemacolin resort in Pennsylvania discuss the business case and advantages of changing staffing models for luxury properties with host Robin Trimingham.
This broad-based conversation highlights the advantages, for example, of replacing the traditional front-desk team with a...