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This real estate development is insane! The Harwood district is 19 blocks in Dallas, all owned by one organization. Its Harwood Hospitality Group has 15 F&B concepts (more on the way!), and a newly opened boutique hotel, the Swexon. COO Matt Minichino shares it all including how their Happiest Hour bar has the top 5 highest liquor sales in the state of Texas. Thanks to ZEL Capital Partners, the sale-leaseback guys for supporting this video.

We speak with Cynthia Kiser Murphey, general manager of Palms. She's the top exec on the property steering the resort into its latest iteration. They discuss the resort's positioning and how they're striving to appeal to both locals and tourists. Plus, she shares all about F1, the upcoming Super Bowl and the importance of live music to the resort.

Enjoy this our high impact 30-min session with industry experts Tejal N. Patel, MBA, CHIA, CHO Patel, President and CEO, Neem Tree Hospitality, Billy Gilchrist, Chief Development and Finance Officer and Rose-Lyn Gallegher, Director of Accounting at Hotel Development and Management Group. Together, we discuss industry growth, profitability challenges, opportunities, and smart solutions for reducing costs and increasing profitability, faster.

Yes, we know AI is coming. But where are we headed with how we can use it in the hotel industry? Wesley Owens of Banjaxed Solutions tells us how.

Glenn and Anthony are thankful. Here's why. Plus, hotel industry news including CBRE makes 2024 RevPAR prediction, Hilton wins Best Place top work from Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work, and, IDeaS' 2024 hotel tech predictions.

Javier Coll is Group President of the Hyatt Inclusive Collection. They've redefined the luxury inclusive experience for the modern leisure traveler. We discuss how the company and segment had radically changed in the last decade.

When I was at the RainesCo conference earlier this fall, I connected with Nancy Obstler and Stephanie Atkisson, both VPs of Sales, Marketing and Revenue with RainesCo. We discussed how essential it is to create future leaders within your organization and how to do it.

Geoff Richards is COO of Travel + Leisure Co, which has nearly 20 travel brands across its resort, travel club, and lifestyle portfolio such as Club Wyndham, Worldmark, Margaritaville, and soon Sports Illustrated.

Next year Phoenix is getting a new $1billion resort featuring a major amphitheater, sandy beaches in the desert, Mattel Adventure Park, and lots more. Grant Fisher, President and CEO of VAI Global Development shares the details of this potentially game-changing project.

View the resort's renderings here

Learn more at vairesort.com

Walt Leger has one of the coolest jobs in hospitality as President & CEO at New Orleans & Company, the organization that promotes the city. We learn what its like promoting tihis incredibly cultuarally relevant city to event managers, groups, associations, leisure tourists and more.