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Glenn and Craig get to drink wine with Sarah Dandashy, Askaconcierge.tv! This show goes totally off the rails and we barely got to any planned content. But our misfortune is your gain as Producer Dave surprises us with an appearance by the Calvin Tilokee, the man behind @revparblems and host of @midlifecrisispodcast.

Jan Freitag, National Director of Hospitality with CoStar, shares good news about the state of hospitality from a rooms revenue perspective. He's joined by Chris Green, CEO of Chesapeake Hospitality who shares what he is seeing across his property portfolio. Hint: Fall room sales are off the charts!!!

Design expert Mike Suomi is back to talk about how COVID continues to influence the future designs of hotels. Plus, we take a look at some great projects. Watch the video version at: https://youtu.be/4g-1PWj1iK4

We are live from The Pierre, one of the most luxurious hotels in the world. We sit with GM Francois-Olivier Luiggi to continue our conversation about elite guest experience and his involvement with the James Beard Foundation.

Wow! We did a live show from the center of the world, Time Square!!! Featuring Tom Harris, President of the Times Sq Alliance. We celebrate all that is amazing about NY. Plus, special appearance by The Naked Cowboy. Now that's what we call a show!

Laurie Gardner is a regional and sales development director with IHG. We make a spin on the classic screwdriver cocktail with fresh squeezed orange and soda water, then discuss amazing and horrible conference swag, share stories from the road and Glenn complains about how is it possible an Avenger cannot qualify for a mortgage. After this show, it's very possible she'll need new employment after a...

Michael Shindler of Four Corners Advisors, Inc. rejoins to talk about hotel investments. We address, bid vs ask, where's the money on the sidelines we keep hearing about, and are development deals about to pop because of more positive industry outlook.

Today we've got trio of powerful high level award winning GMs from some of Marriott International's most well known North American hotels. Marion Harper Treskin is Complex General Manager, JW Marriott Parq Vancouver; Christine Devers is Complex General Manager for the Renaissance New York Times Square, W Times Square and W Union Square and Jacqueline Volkart, MBA is Dual General Manager, The Ritz-...

Cintas is launching a new program called Total Clean, and they chose to do their soft launch on our program! Learn how they're reinventing what it means to be clean at the hotel level and learn about how they're uniform rental program saves hoteliers $$$ while also ensuring staff has a hygienically clean outfit every day they work. Thanks to Nicole Beall and David Mesko for the great conversation.

Robert Cole is CEO of  HVMG - Hospitality Ventures Management Group , a leading hotel management company with dozens of hotels in many parts of the country. We discuss their positive outlook on future travel, the dilemma of wanting to get people back to work but are unable to find them -- hint, they need 500 people right now -- and we discuss why housekeepers never seem to get out of the housekeep...

Producer Dave and Producer Danyetta battle it out to see who's producing reigns supreme! Plus, we drink Irish mules and Glenn shares what it was like getting back on the road this week. 

Mike Taylor of JD Power discusses the potential of vaccine passports, and then Chris Green, CEO of Chesapeake Hospitality joins with Glenn on location in Jacksonville, FL.

We speak to Pilar Arizmendi, VP of Sales & Marketing for Palladium Hotel Group, about the successful reopening of their properties in Mexico, Caribbean, and Jamaica. Stay Safe Plus is a free medical care insurance offered through the company and is changing the way guests can feel safe traveling. And there's even live entertainment!

Scott Curran, COO of Reneson Hotels, joins us to talk about he is using COVID as an opportunity to push this family owned company forward.

Did you know that African Americans and Hispanics make up 80% of hotel jobs, but only 1% of executive positions. Neither did we and it is eye-opening! We talk to Rob DelliBovi and Nathan Goodman Jr about the launch of HMentors, a new program connecting mentors to mentees with the specific goal of getting kids of underserved and minority communities real jobs with a pathway for future success. Plus...

Glenn Haussman and Chris Green, the CEO of Chesapeake Hospitality share a lively and encouraging discussion about the green shoots sprouting as the travel & hospitality sector recovers.  This session was held for the Entrepreneur's Organization.  Some takeaways: Chesapeake was very conservative with their cash leading up to the pandemic - 18 months of payroll in the bank.  They sacrificed much to...

Drink a French Kiss Martini with us as we chat about best side trips we ever took during a conference, the first concerts we ever attended, plus, we really enjoy making fun of Producer  David Mignano, CRME .  Craig Sullivan  and I welcome the wonderful  Amy Montgomery  to the show!

John Belden (Chairman & CEO) and Thom Geshay (President) of Davidson Hospitality Group join for an incredible conversation about optimism, opportunity, taking care of the team and so much more. Do not skip watching this show!

CEO Rob Palleschi joins us to talk about the current status of the G6 portfolio and how they are envisioning the future as we continue to move towards recovery.

After our amazing Broadway discussion a few weeks ago we go off-Broadway and talk to Dan Wackerman of The Peccadillo Theater Company.

Radisson Hotel Group's Chief Development Officer Phil Hugh shares how the company has changed during the last year with new leadership and lots of other surprises. We discuss strategy, market opportunities, reinventing the company during this past year and much more.

Opportunity is abounding, or is it? We talk to W Chris Green, CHA, CEO of Chesapeake Hospitality, a top hotel management company. He shares what his owners are thinking about on how they'll be handling investments as we come out of the collective Covid coma.

Listen now to Friday Night Audit, our celebration of cocktails, happy hour and stories of life on the road! This week my amazing cohost Craig Sullivan , Producer  David Mignano, CRME and I are joined by the incredible Alicia Cannon , of  AJC Design  Live. We discuss our favorite places to drink during conferences, the events with the best parties, and laugh at the idea of space hotels, and much mo...

We talk to Mitchell Hochberg, President of Lightstone Capital, about their investments in the Moxy Brand, including their new location in South Beach.

The Adapters is a a book and video series focused on Gutsy Genius Thinkers of the 4th Age. Do you know how to adapt? What makes meaningful change? How do you do it? Learn how as we discuss it with Sean Worker of T5 Strategies who partnered with our very own Glenn on this project.