Today’s guest has extensive global experience in designing mixed use developments. He has a passion for design and uses that passion to create beautiful spaces. Host Dan Ryan is joined by Aaron Richter, The Senior Vice President of Design for Equinox Brands at Equinox to talk about hospitality and what it all means to him 

Takeaways: 

• Having a good sleep cycle is incredibly important to having a productive day and keeping you on track.
• Building a community around your hospitality center and making it all in a walkable area is one way to feel a sense of community. 
• People don’t go to hotels to drink at the pool anymore. Now, people are considerate of their health and want to travel to a place where they feel healthier and get a better experience. 
• Being social is an important part of your well being. You want to be a part of the community that you are in.
• You don’t need to have your hospitality space be the “cool new thing” or be a different space for everyone. Instead, just build your space to the people you want to attract to the space.
• Make sure that you are showing appreciation for all the members of your team so they feel recognized and their hard work is being noticed. 
• When designing a hospitality space, you want to keep the guests on the property and part of that is by having everything be visible to the guests as they are more likely to engage with something if they can see it first.

Quote of the Show:

13:34 “People are waking up again to the fact that oh I should take care of myself. My health is important. My immunity is important. This is all very topical and germane at the moment. People are saying I want to live a different way.”

Links:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-richter-7b7b45/
• Website: https://careers.equinox.com/

Shout Outs:

0:40 Starwood 

3:39 Barry Sternlicht

3:42 Park Lane Hotel

3:46 Patrick Jwuan

3:51 Vespa

11:09 Eurov

20:43 Josiah McKinsey

22:47 Dina Lamanna

22:49 HOK

23:00 Nike

23:09 Pottery Barn

24:30 “Rookie Smarts” by Liz Wiseman

25:07 John Hoke

32:18 Johnny Ives

32:19 Steve Jobs

46:23 Whole Foods

46:26 Trader Joe’s 

50:43 Seattle Mariners

51:00 Tiki Barber

1:00;18 Lone Tree Scout Reservation

Ways to Tune In: 

• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0A2XOJvb6mGqEPYJ5bilPX
• Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/defining-hospitality-podcast/id1573596386
• Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGVmaW5pbmdob3NwaXRhbGl0eS5saXZlL2ZlZWQueG1s
• Amazon Music: ​​https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8c904932-90fa-41c3-813e-1cb8f3c42419
• Podbean: https://www.defininghospitality.live/
• Youtube : https://youtu.be/54p3A9mNfFA