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New York, NY is one helluva town and Vijay Dandapani sits in the middle of its vibrant hotel business. As President & CEO at Hotel Association of New York City he has the insider's understanding of how the City's hotel business works and we share it with you.

Andrew Broad, Managing Director at RobertDouglas, and Stephen Schwanz of ZEL Capital Partners discuss financing solutions helping hoteliers either protect their properties from CMBS debt, or finding investment capital in this difficult market to develop hotels.

In April 2019 we interviewed Celebrity Cruises CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo (now she's Vice Chairman, External Affairs with parent company Royal Caribbean) as part of the Checking In with Anthony and Glenn podcast.

She's out with a new book called Making Waves, so we wanted to re-runt his classic interview.

Here's the rundown:

Hosts Anthony Melchiorri and Glenn Haussman speak with Celebrity Cruises CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, a dynamic business leader whose vision and strategy has propelled Celebrity Cruises to become the performance leader in the Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) portfolio. Her record-breaking results and industry firsts have earned her a reputation as a trailblazer in the complex maritime industry.

We learn everything you need to know about this incredible executive.

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Carrie Nielsen of Group One Partners joins Glenn, Craig and Producer Dave for some laughs, booze and eventual sadness, regret and disdane for her decision making.

Robin Kirk, President and Partner at Maverick Hotels and Restaurants, discusses looking towards in 2024.

Ben Reinberg, Founder of I Own It, joins to talk about mentoring. Why does he find it important to help others and why is it important for people to find a good mentor? How can people be sure they found the right mentor?

Happy Halloween! Glenn and Producer Dave investigate Halloween Horror House and chat with the GM of Philadeplphia's Halloween Nights at Eastern State Penitentiary. We explore the SPIRIT of Hospitality at this unique attraction.

Hilton broke ground on the first ever Project H3 extended stay hotel brand (official name coming soon!). Brand leader Isaac Lake shares some critical details about the property, the brand and how they got shovels in the ground just five months after announcing the brand. Kudos to Bharat Patel, CEO of Sun Companies for taking the plunge as first franchisee. Thanks to our amazing partners ZEL Capital Partners -- the sale-leaseback guys -- for supporting this video. Leverage your exisiting portfolio to build one of these!

The only thing scarier than Halloween is another episode of Friday Night audit! Ghoul Glenn, Cryptkeeper Craig and Dead and Loving It Dave celebrate the holiday weekend with the anything but frightening Jessica Janis!

It's time to celebrate those that have transformed the modern hotel business. It was such an honor to hel select the Inaugural inductees to the International Hospitality Institute's Hall of Fame!

The list of living inductees includes:

*Richard Branson

*Marylin Carlson Nelson

*Sheila Johnson

*David Kong

*Bill Marriott

*Danny Meyer

*Ian Schrager

*Horst Schulze

*Isadore Sharp

*Barry Sternlicht

Congrats to everyone!!!!