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Agnelo Fernandes, Chief Strategy Officer & EVP of the Terranea Resort, a luxury resort in southern California, discusses being creative with luxury in the covid era. It's all about how getting creative, micro market marketing and anticipating new ways guests want to experience a luxury hotel product.

World's Top Concierge Sarah Dandashy, then Tracy Prigmore on "She Has A Deal," a competition to help women investors break into hotel ownership. Read about it here: http://novacancynews.com/article/she-has-a-deal-announces-pitch-competition-winning-teams/

In a special podcast feed only show we catch up with Bruce Ford, SVP of Lodging Econometric to talk about the hotel industry landscape, what's changing and what to expect in the future in terms of consumer demand, owner opportunity, the new hotel construction pipeline and more.

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. Dr. Donald W. Wise ▣ Hospitality Real Estate Investment Banking, 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.

The screened 6.1 million passengers nationwide last week (October 12 through October 18), the highest weekly number since the coronavirus pandemic began. United Airlines launching new routes, Motel 6 CEO fires ad agency over racially charged comments.

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.