New Tricks Podcast

Javier Batlle, managing partner at Okami Hotels joins us on New Tricks this week for a chat about whether luxury is still a safe bet, the return of opportunistic investors and how Musk’s purchase of Twitter might be just the boost the sector needs. New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR company which understands investing in hotels and the many roles within them. This podc...

This week we are joined by Robert Cole, founder at Bettercopy, to discuss fencing, poetry and whether the hotel sector could create real value if it stopped thinking about M&A and started thinking about the guest. New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR company which understands investing in hotels and the many roles within them. This podcast is a chance to mull over th...

This week we are joined by Mark Britton Jones, senior lecturer at Glion Institute of higher education, to discuss why elitism is OK if you’re luxury, and why it would be better if the segment could find fancier distribution than the OTAs. --- Strategic PR from hotel experts. New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR company which understands investing in hotels and the many r...

This week on New Tricks we’re joined by Eva White, CEO at Ariv Coliving and hear about the whopping number of opportunities available for the brand that provides flexible accommodation with the offer of local experiences and community connection. --- Strategic PR from hotel experts. New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR company which understands investing in hotels and th...

This week we were joined by Mark McCulloch, Hospitality Rising founder, to discuss what the sector can do to show a little ankle to the workforce. And in related loyalty matters, why sticking a logo on a pillow can go a long way. --- Strategic PR from hotel experts. New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR company which understands investing in hotels and the many roles with...

This week we’re delighted to be joined by Philippa Goldstein, Senior Analyst and Head of Hotels Research at Knight Frank who, via the medium of facts, alerted us to the positives to be found amidst the current political and economic chaos. Trading data to the end of August shows continued strong rates and we’re all hoping the pandemic lessons of market segmentation, cost control and searching for...

Good news this week for anyone who used to enjoy an old-school pub lock in, because they are core to Center Parc’s latest strategy. This week Emily and I also discuss the death of the Queen, the death of the energy price cap - for now - and the potential death of all of us courtesy of V Putin. --- Strategic PR from hotel experts. New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR comp...

We’re back from summering and ready for a new work season and the next series of New Tricks. On this week’s episode we can’t help but speculate on when and how the booster rocket outgoing PM, Boris Johnson will return to the halls of Whitehall and more pressingly, whether our new leader will announce sufficient support for the sector in the coming days. We also consider just how much travel chaos...

This week on New Tricks we’re joined by Antony Woodcock, co founder and managing director at GIG to discuss a more flexible approach to staffing. Is it time to stop viewing hospitality as a calling and career for life and instead provide a safe and transparent working structure that reflects these agile times? --- Strategic PR from hotel experts. New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a...

Harry Fielder, managing director, Umi Digital, joins us this week to talk about how to regain marketing control, whether you should be spending on ad words or socks and the question of the ages: how to score your pies. --- Strategic PR from hotel experts. New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR company which understands investing in hotels and the many roles within them. Th...

This week on New Tricks we’re joined by Murray McPherson, Founder at Embers Camping to talk about the great investment in the great outdoors. As the popularity of outdoor experiences continues to power on, are we moments away from every hotel group up and down the land having a camping brand? A disappointing low level of travel and political chaos to discuss this week but Katherine does have a bal...

This week on New Tricks we’re joined by Peter Heath, Founder at Venue Performance to discuss meetings, conferences, events and Christmas parties – legitimate ones. With no signs of the once anticipated post-pandemic calm and stable trading environment, venues, suppliers and hosts must now focus on the data to navigate the future. --- Strategic PR from hotel experts. New Tricks is the weekly podcas...

This week we are joined by Alistair Hockley, director, Christie & Co, to discuss harmonisation between buyers and sellers, the domestic leisure market and whether Mick Jagger takes cod liver oil. --- Strategic PR from hotel experts. New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR company which understands investing in hotels and the many roles within them. This podcast is a cha...

On New Tricks this week we’re joined by Merilee Karr, Founder and CEO, UnderTheDoormat Group and Chairperson, UK Short Term Accommodation Association. In the eyes of investors, are the valuation challenges presented by the short-term rental sector outweighed by the speedy scale up and consumer demand? Are consumers starting to understand that a platform isn’t an operational brand? And what further...

This week we look forward to another summer of trepidation over whether holidays will go ahead, look back at Whitbread’s results and, in the light of Choice’s Radisson America’s deal, speculate on what might happen if hotels become sentient.  Strategic PR from hotel experts. New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR company which understands investing in hotels and the m...

On this week’s jubilant episode of New Tricks we’re joined by David Curtis-Brignell MBE, Business Advisor, Tourism & Hospitality at Tourism Reimagined. With the dulcet tones of Rod Stewart still ringing in our ears, we discuss the current catastrophic situation that folks attempting to enjoy some travel are experiencing, an update on the Registration Scheme for accommodation in England and the...

This week we are joined by Prakash Krishnamurthy, director, owner relations and portfolio management, Europe, IHG, to talk about what owners want, how they are viewing loyalty and how everything is better when we are people who help people. Strategic PR from hotel experts. New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR company which understands investing in hotels and the many rol...

Ricky Kapoor, Managing Director, Palm Holdings UK joins us for this week’s New Tricks where we ponder the perils of foreign travel this summer amidst the current chaos of the Passport Office and whether, once the government has sorted that out, they might turn their attention to the sector and its pressing need for stability. We admire the resilience and patience of our industry and its ability to...

Welcome to the latest episode of New Tricks, where we are joined by Tim Wheeldon, managing director at Zeal Hotels. We look back at car park networking at IHIF, what the cost of living and labour crises mean for the sector and thinking about working ‘with the planet, not against it’. Strategic PR from hotel experts. New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR company which unde...

Refreshed from an Easter break, New Tricks returns this week to discuss Macron’s chest hair and election glory, lengthening booking windows and increasing consumer confidence in the sector. Daniel Johansson, Director of Development and Acquisitions at Cheval Collection kindly joins us and shares his views on all of this plus how the team at Cheval is preparing for an imminent return to conferencin...

This week we are joined by Marloes Knippenberg, CEO Kerten Hospitality, where we discuss turning experience into reality, how mixed use means full use of space and how women need to buddy up. Strategic PR from hotel experts. New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR company which understands investing in hotels and the many roles within them. This podcast is a chance to mull...

Dimitris Mittas, Vice President Finance, Europe Global Asset Solutions joins us on New Tricks this week to discuss the rise of asset management as owners continue to seek advise from independent experts in the wake of the pandemic and the soothing tones provided to lenders. And as travel restrictions ease, the thriving tourism industry on Ibiza looks forward to welcoming visitors back to its shore...

This week we’re joined by Ago Hotels co-founder Lionel Benjamin, where we discuss how hotels are focussing on value creation, whether you should put a car park in your restaurant and what this all the means for the future of florists. Strategic PR from hotel experts. New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR company which understands investing in hotels and the many roles wit...

On New Tricks this week we’re joined by Mo Sondhi, Senior Director, Debt Finance at OakNorth Bank as we inch ever closer to the Quarter of Reckoning. We discuss the opportunities the pandemic presented to proactive operators, the need to understand what is underpinning demand and how a flexible operating model is the key to ultimate glory. Strategic PR from hotel experts. New Tricks is the weekly...

Welcome to the latest episode of NewTricks, where we are joined by Richard Farrar, managing director of Leaf Hospitality. Richard talks about his route into ownership and how the pandemic brought about the year of automation. Strategic PR from hotel experts. New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR company which understands investing in hotels and the many roles within them....