Good Morning Hospitality

We're all on the road this week so the crew got together in order to pre-record this weeks episode and dive into a multi-topic episode that covers news from the hotel segment of hospitality making a bit of a comeback and Brandy shares her recent take aways of the big conversations happening at industry conferences! We're all heading to Barcelona for Scale Rentals, so make sure you're keeping an ey...

We're seeing AI in almost EVERY headline with companies like Airbnb, Booking.com, and Expedia all leaning more and more into AI in multiple different ways. This week on Good Morning Hospitality, Michael Goldin, Jamie Lane, and Wil Slickers go into not only the AI side of things happening in hospitality but also the ecosystem built on the back of Airbnb and discussing how far they can go with eithe...

This episode we'll cover some of the top industry news & topics like Sonder Inc. & Vacasa potentially being delisted from Nasdaq and Hyatt Hotels Corporation acquiring Mr & Mrs Smith. At the end of the episode, we will be doing our first Hospitality Hotline! A few of you called in and left us a message with thoughts and questions on the top of your mind and we're here for it! 👏 Hospitality Hotlin...

That's why you need to tune into Good Morning Hospitality today and hear from Brandy Canaley, Jamie Lane, and (me) Wil Slickers! This is going to be a fun one ☕️ Also - we have launched our Hospitality Hotline! Use the link to be featured on the show! We want to hear from you directly! Industry News:  Hopper Asks for Tips?!?! (Link) Business Travel Might Not Bounce Back (Link) Letting Cloud - Fra...

Mike Scott co-founded Derive Ventures in 2021 and currently serves as a Managing Partner. Prior to co-founding Derive, Mike spent over 3 years as a private equity investment professional at KSL Capital Partners. At KSL, he had over $4bn of transaction experience covering U.S. hospitality, timeshare, all-inclusive resorts, travel distribution, gaming and alternative accommodations. This week, Mike...

Is this really the conversation that "Airbnb stock falls 4.9% due to direct bookings" or is this just a normal shift in the market? We're no stock market experts but you can join us on the show to hear some of our thoughts behind the matter and even quotes from industry experts on the subject. Plus, more industry news to follow! Good Morning, Hospitality and welcome to the show! Industry News:  Ai...

The question of consolidation comes back up in regards to the short-term/vacation rental sector of hospitality while in almost the same sentence, we're seeing hoteliers and brands think that it would be easy for them to fully merge into the str/vacation rental sector based on their current standards within their properties. Join us on Good Morning Hospitality as we share out insights and opinions...

Sustainability is a word that gets thrown around for better or worse but in this episode, the full Good Morning Hospitality crew hops on the broadcast to share thoughts and insights about financial sustainability within the industry and how companies that focus on 2021 revenues as a benchmark are more than likely to have a brutal wake up call. Wake up with us every Monday morning at 7am PST and 10...

One Breaking News announcement and a podcast episode later, we're thrilled to see our show continue to grow as a leading news source for the hospitality industry. In this episode we invited Tim Rosolio who is the Vice President of Vacation Rental Success at Expedia Group (Vrbo) to discuss their moat as a platform as Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb, recently shared their interest in sponsored listings...

We are putting our co-host, Brandy Canaley, and Andreas King-Geovanis in the hot seat as our guests this week to uncover the story behind the rebranding (previously Sextant Stays) to Roami and how raising capital has and will impact their business in the current industry landscape! Industry News:  SVB Closes : The 2nd biggest bank crash in history (link) Signature Bank also closes March 12th  Stor...

With more and more conferences, the GMH crew is broadcasting from multiple locations as they dive into industry news and the main topic of Banning Guest from Booking Platforms. Industry News:  LMPM is acquired by Inhabit (link) Sonder layed off another 14% + stock hitting rock bottom to $.87 (link) STR Safety: Child dies of drug overdose in STR (link) Accor Co-Founder dies at 91 years old (link) A...

Jamie Lane, Michael Goldin, and Wil Slickers get behind the mic to talk about the earning calls between the big platforms and hotel brands and talk about what they're all looking to invest in the future. AirDNA’s Fact of the Week What are the best places to invest in short-term rentals?  Small and mid-sized cities continue to dominate the AirDNA Best Places to Invest list, which now features a reg...

From OTA booking increases to European Golden Visas coming to a stop/pause, we dive into more than your tipical topics this week and share our thoughts on the world of hospitality! Industry News:  Autohost raises pre-seed funding (Link) Sojo raises $6.2M Series A (Link) AirDNA’s #notabust Fact of the Week: How did the Superbowl impact bookings in Phoenix?  48% more nights were booked than on the s...

With so many layoffs - it's easy to think the "sky is falling" but that's why we bring on experts in the hospitality industry to share what's actually happening when it comes to these conversations! Welcome, Steve Trover, the founder of Better Talent to the show to cover all things Talent & Employment! Industry News: (older news to be tied into the episode) Vacasa slashes 17% of staff (link) (Phoc...

Travel Fees are becoming too much and making hotels, vacation rentals, and airlines 2x more expensive than ever before. So, in this episode, we had a little bit of a venting session to get out all of our thoughts and feelings in regards to travel fees! Industry News: 81,000+ layoffs in the USA (link) Over 500K jobs added in the US economy overall  Show Notes:  HFM Merch Store!  10% off for GMH lis...

We're joined again with Jamie Lane, VP of AirDNA, to cover the end of 2022's data and how 2023 is pacing for vacation rentals! Here are some quick numbers for you! 2022 - Year-end figures  - $62 Billion in U.S. short-term rental revenue ($315 ADR * 197 M nights sold) compared to U.S. hotels ($148.83 ADR  * 1.272 B rooms sold) = 189 B in Revenue for hotels according to STR. Global Short-term rental...

Hospitality. FM Presents its first Influencer Round Table where every quarter, we will select a handful of different podcasters and influencers from our network and gather them together for a themed discussion. For our first one, it clearly made sense to go into our predictions for this coming year! Podcasters on the panel: Good Morning Hospitality Boostly Podcast No Vacancy with Natalie STR Secre...

Last week, the three of us got to share the stage with 5 other awesome podcasters and leaders within our industry to cover our thoughts and questions about the future of the industry in 2023. Now the three of us are going to go wider into our predictions and discuss our thoughts and even potential concerns! Other industry news will be covered prior to the main conversation so tune in for all of th...

Look, this is a conversation we couldn't ignore due to its popularity in debate in the world, especially how this will impact content writers, marketers, customer support, and many other things in the world of hospitality and beyond. So join us this coming Monday to hear and see what our thoughts are and even some examples we did with ChatGPT Sources mentioned in this episode: PhocusWire Article I...

How does the $800M+ Mistake from Southwest Airlines impact the rest of the industry and what can we learn from it? Sources mentioned in this episode: Gimlet / Journal Pod Episode (link) ABC News Article - Link Skift Article: (link) Washington Post (link) Industry News: Tough Startup Stats - 2021 to 2022 (link) Delta free wifi - (link) Special announcements for Show Notes:  HFM’s first Influencer R...

Welcome back to Good Morning Hospitality, we hope you're getting ready to take some time off for the holidays but before you do, tune in to hear whats projected for 2023 and the hospitality industry as we welcome back our GMH co-host, Jamie Lane to go into the numbers and data! ☕️ AirDNA Outlook Report HFM's Influencer Round Table Sign-up Form Here (Our Predictions for Hospitality in 2023) Mews F...

This is our very special 100th episode of Good Morning Hospitality as we welcome Founder of HostGPO, Jeff Iloulian, to the show and do a special CoffeeBOX Giveaway to one of our lucky listeners and followers! This episode will have its normal programming with industry news stories, questions for Jeff, and of course, a lot of caffeine ☕️ with a special announcement right at the end! You don't want...

This week, we're diving into the latest and greatest news stories from all segments of hospitality and also sharing our CoffeeBOX giveaway in partnership with HostGPO! Did you know you can now text us your questions & comments? And potentially be featured on the show?! 😆 Text 720-807-3367 📲 — Good Morning Hospitality is part of the Hospitality. FM podcast network and a Hospitality. FM production...

Raise your hand if you're still stuffed from Thanksgiving dinner?! 🙋‍♂️ This week we're back in action discussing the top news and topics within the global scale of hospitality and we couldn't be more excited to get behind the microphone again! Articles Mentioned in Today's Episode: ShortTermRentalz.com - Raus Funding Did you know you can now text us your questions & comments? And potentially be...

We're back right before the holidays with our co-host, Jamie Lane, as we continue to dive into the news and the data behind hospitality. Did you know you can now text us your questions & comments? And potentially be featured on the show?! 😆 Text 720-807-3367 📲 — Good Morning Hospitality is part of the Hospitality. FM podcast network and a Hospitality. FM production. This show is structured to co...