Checking In with Anthony & Glenn

Michael Medzigian is the Chairman and CEO of Watermark Lodging Trust, Inc., a company which owns many highly prized assets in city centers and other unique high barrier to entry resort markets. We talk the upside of the downside, Watermark's ongoing strategy and glean many important tidbits about investing in hotels and working in the career of hotel investment. He is also a Director of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, serves on the Board of its Hospitality Investment Roundtable and is a member of its Industry Real Estate Financing Advisory Council. He also serves on the Marriott Owner Advisory Council.

After our incredible first interview with Bill Walshe, President and CEO of Viceroy Hotels & Resorts, and our amazing trip to Hotel Zena in Washington D.C., we get more inspirations and insights. Plus, we learn about their post covid strategy and where they're currently seeing a competitive advantage.

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!

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-Carlton, South Beach and The Ritz-Carlton Bal Harbour, Miami. This show is about resiliency and building toward future successes! #hospitality #hotelnews #hotelier #hotelsandmotels #hotelrevenue #lodging #hotelinvestment #novacancy #newhotel #hotels #hoteliers #hospitalitynews #hospitalitytrends #hotelmanagement #travel #hospitalityindustry #hotelbusiness #businesstravel #hoteltrends #investment #interview #accommodations #hospitalitystrong #resort

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, 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 housekeeping department. Plus, some clever ways to reduce hotel expenses.