We speak to Rachel Phillips-Buck of Pharos Resources about making students' lives easier while at school, how schools can better engage students, and how this all actually applies to the hotel business.

Ed Hoganson, Crestline Hotels and Resorts' EVP, CFO & Chief Investment Officer discusses the essential role of people in the hotel business, how the company is seeing increasing hotel demand every month since July, the disparity between urban and suburban hotels, the company being ranked #1 by JD Power for Guest Satisfaction Among Third-Party Hotel Management Companies and of course many other critical issues you need to hear about.

Industry expert Dr. Donald Wise, he founded CBRE and is CEO of Turnbull Capital Group, joins the show to talk about hotels in distress. While things are glum for many, he shares ideas and suggestions to get hoteliers back on track. Plus, we demystify hotel financing and explain all sorts of jargon such as LIBOR to help you better understand how it all works.

Anthony interviews the owner of the brand new Rockaway Hotel in Queens Long Island.

We talk to John Lancaster, Regional VP of Emerging Markets, Franchise Development and Owner Relations at Choice Hotels International. Topics include how to get underserved communities a path to hotel ownership, how to get hotel financing if you never owned a hotel, and information on some resources offered by Choice Hotels to help those interested in hotel ownership.

We speak to Julienne Smith, SVP of Development for IHG Americas, about how brands can continue to grow responsibly during the pandemic and an exciting new brand, voco Hotel Brands.

David G. Schwartz, the Director of the Center for Gaming Research and instructor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, about Las Vegas, the gaming industry in general, and his new book At The Sands, which focuses on the history of the Sands casino resort. It's a blast of a history lesson where The Mob and Sinatra took center stage.