You won’t want to miss the insane rants these go on sharing the things that really got in their craw last year. You’ll love what we have to say about horrible spa music, clock radios that never display the right time, bad service and of course our favorite target the TSA.

Roger Bloss, President, CEO and founder of Vantage Hospitality who shares his thoughts on giving mom and pop businesses the tool they need to succeed ... Bruce Ford, SVP Business Development, Lodging Econometrics who pitches in as co-host for the 1st half of the show; ... Sustainability is on the front of many minds and have we got a great discussion for you featuring: ... JoAnna Abrams, the CEO of MindClick who has started the Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Consortium to create a sustainability system for the lodging business, who is joined by: ... Dave Lippert, the VP of Procurement for Marriott; and ... Nick Shaffer, from US Green Building Council/LEED ... And more!

Bruce Ford, SVP Business Development, Lodging Econometrics on the state of the lodging industry from a renovation and construction perspective; ... Dave Burke, VP Sales & Marketing at The Breakers who shares the history of this great resort, what generates business for them and how he predicts the meetings market will shake out next year; ... And more!

D.K. Shifflet, Chairman & CEO D.K. Shifflet & Associates busts some major myths alongside his associate Chris Klauda such as: ... Guest Income Defines Hotel Segment Used ... Business Is Driving the Industry ... Boomers Replaced by New Target: Millennials, and more.
Also: Managing Director of Grande Lakes Orlando Jim Burns shares how to create exciting team building events to differentiate your meetings business.

Verchele Wiggins, VP,Global Brand Management, Holiday Inn Family of Brands, shares the next stages of the Holiday Inn evolution with their new social hub concept called The Hub at Holiday Inn as well as an enhanced F&B experience. ... Del Ross, VP, U.S. Sales & Marketing discusses changes in consumer’s attitudes and how IHG is creating non-traditional hospitality promotions and programs. ... Simon Scoot, VP,Global Brand Management, shares details on keeping InterContinental Hotels & Resorts differentiated from the competition. We chat about their Concierge Insider Guides for the iPad and the ultra cool the InterContinental Kitchen Cookbook app

Affinia Manhattan GM Steven Kipnis and Betsey Moser, Project Manager, Interior Design chat about how they transformed the property into a showplace of modern luxury with a $26 million transformation; ... Christina Denihan O’Donovan, Chief Comfort Officer and Stewart Slocum, Senior Director of Brand Marketing on how to transform your hotel and it’s staff into a respite of comfort and emotional security. ... Sims Foster, VP Restaurant and Bars, shares his insight on creating great partnerships that boost F&B revenue with celebrity chefs such as Daniel Boulud, Geoffrey Zakarian, Marcus Samuelson and David Burke.

Timothy Moriarty, VP of Food & Beverage at Atlantis shares his thought on how family style dining and create a read customer draw from inside and outside your hotel ... You can do BBQ at your hotel as an inexpensive way to goose sales and capitalize on this bursting trend. Chef Frederic Demers shares his secrets to great BBQ. Oh yeah, he worked for Jean Georges for 12 years! ... And we check in with our favorite F&B consultant Robert Nyman of the Nyman Group on the latest trends!

Mobile bookings have now surpassed $100 million in gross revenues for 2011 at IHG. Michael Menis, vice president web and interactive marketing share his thoughts on IHG’s mobile strategy and how they plan to maximize this new and potentially huge revenue stream. ... Hotel owners can get all the info they need to run their hotels from anywhere in th world. Tom Conophy, IHGs Chief Information Officer shares how they make it happen as well as how they are changing backbone systems to improve the reservation process. ... And more great interviews coming in the weeks ahead!

Special Guest: Bruce Ford, SVP Business Development from Lodging Econometrics ... Debunking commonly held misperceptions about the hotel business and sending you straight to the path of success ... Introducing Dan Marcec Hotel interactive newest team member and Managing Editor ... And yes, there’s more!

Special Guest: Ezekiel Maige, MP, Tanzania’s Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, who we talk with about how the country is building tourism around its natural habitats and how it distinguishes itself from the war torn countries that surround. Challenges and opportunities are all brought to light. ... We talk about social media and why hotels aren’t always getting it right ... And more!