John Schultzel, chief growth officer for Maine-based Olympia Hospitality, sits down with Hotel News Now's Stephanie Ricca to talk about how stories power independent hotels. He updates listeners on the company's growth strategy in university towns and shares his take on today's travel trends. 

HNN's Bryan Wroten and Terence Baker go over the discussions held at the 2025 International Hospitality Investment Forum EMEA in Berlin, noting on the overall optimistic mood as hoteliers figure out strategies for potential global economic disruptions. 

STR's Jesper Palmqvist joined the HNN podcast to discuss hotel demand trends in Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand.

Hotel News Now's Natalie Harms and Dan Kubacki discuss their takeaways from the Hunter Hotel Investment Conference 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. 

Rob Brandenberg, general manager of the 1 Hotel Seattle, joins the HNN podcast to discuss the imminent opening of the 1 Hotel Seattle in April.

In this episode, PM Hotel Group's Joseph Bojanowski and CoStar News' Jonathan Lehrfeld talk about how the latest decisions by the Trump administration on federal agencies is affecting the Washington, D.C. hotel market. 

On this week's episode, STR's Jesper Palmqvist discusses Singapore's performance so far in 2025.

In this episode, Mandarin Oriental's Tiffany Cooper talks about how the luxury hotel guests want less opulence and more connections and experiences that are authentic to the locale. 

In this episode, STR's Amanda Hite talks about the factors at play in the latest U.S. hotel industry forecast and how hoteliers are managing the stabilizing challenges in front of them. 

In this interview at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit, BWH Hotels President and CEO Larry Cuculic talks about the way he's challenged his team to be more effective and efficient to drive revenue to hotel owners, which will in turn help the company achieve it's goal of hitting 5,150 hotels in five years.