We're live at the TWA Hotel at JFK with Tyler Morse, Chairman and CEO of MCR Hotels, the USA's third largest hotel ownership and operating group. We go behind the scenes of this incredible hotel, learn the way they operate profitable hotels and how the Taylor Swift hotel effect is real.

Florence Li, Songtsam's International Director of Sales & Marketing and daughter of the founder, Baima Duoji, joins the show to talk about the amazing boutique hotels they have in Tibet & Yunnan Provinces of China and why people should head there for their next vacation.

Producer Dave has joined together with the Arts & Design High School in Manhattan to come up with a unique program to bring two organizations together for a mutual benefit. Hear how this partnership will offer opportunities for local students and guests alike while potentially piloting a program that can be used globally.

Lisa Cain is an Associate Professor at Florida International University. Today we discuss an FIU/UNLV partnership designed to elevate female hospitality leadership.

Our guest never showed up, so we tap dance. :-)

We have a whose who of guests on the show today to talk about everything that DEI Advisors has accomplished in the past year. David Kong, Rachel Humphrey, Dorothy Dowling, and Lan Elliott join the show to discuss what they've learned over the last year and what the future holds.

Yasmine Mustafa is CEO & Co-Founder of ROAR. Her mission is cultivating safer workplaces and empowered communities. Here's how she's doing it in the hotel business.

Patrick Goodard is President of Brightline Trains, and also a former hotel management company executive. Now he's workig to reinvent train travel in America starting in Florida. We discuss how he's melding hospitality into high speed train travel betwen Miami and Orlando.

Dan Flannery is CEO of Cape Resorts, his first CEO slot after leading EDITION with Marriott. We discuss his journey as a new CEO, his new challenegs and take a look at back at his former brand.

Faced with continuing challenges, Travis Murray, President, Deanne Frame, HR Director, and Jennifer Driscoll, VP Revenue Management at McNeill Hotel Company aren't shying away from finding new ways of efficiently running a management company for happy owners and hotel guests.