Checking In with Anthony & Glenn

Uncertainty or not? We dive deep into the hotel business financial and investment outlook based on what we heard and learned at ALIS along with expert Michael Shindler of Four Corners

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We're headed to the Americas Lodging Investment Summit so we're giving you a preview show. Glenn and Craig Sullivan discuss how they see the state of the hotel business as it pertains to ALIS.

Sorry this didn't post Monday as planned.

Fabian Bartnick of Infinito Revenue Management Solutions and PerfectCheck, discusses how hotel F&B is missing out on optimization and how that issue can be solved. Plus, lots more!!

Today we go behind the scenes and get a site tour of the Ritz Carlton New York, Nomad and chat with GM Bastian Germer.

Erica Lipscomb is the SVP Revenue Strategy at Crescent Hotels & Resorts where we discuss retention in the workplace, revenue growth in group & negotiated biz, potential industry uncertainty and a focus on rate efficiency.

The Darwin Hotel is a new Atlanta based hotel that has some unique and exclusive rooms and suites. Shyam Patel owns the hotel and he joins us along with Alfonce McKinney, GM of the property, to talk about the development of some of their unique rooms and how they are positioning the property in the up and coming city.

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HRS SVP of Hotel Supplier Relations Lukasz Dabrowski joins the show to talk about how the variety of uncertain economic indicators (inflation / energy costs / potential for recession) are re-shaping dialogue around dynamic pricing vs fixed rates. We will also dive into how those same economic factors – as well as more automation and technology – are influencing the size and scope of corporate RFPs and how and why corporations are consolidating their catalogue of preferred hotel suppliers in the quest for more value

Alex Mai, Head of Development, Latin America & Caribbean, for Choice Hotels Int'l, joins us to talk about the outlook for 2023, especially with the recent acquisition of Radisson Hotels Americas.

Glenn and Anthony recap their holiday season and talk about their focus and goals for 2023.

Gareth Fraser from BirchStreet Systems discusses the essential nature of hospitality automation. Operational costs are rising while the ability to charge higher room rates is ebbing making new strategies key to success in 2023. We discuss how hoteliers are leveraging automation to lower costs to create increased bottom line profitability.

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