SHR Soundbites

Olga Sommer MIH, SJS Sommer, Director of Revenue Management, for the soon-to-open Nobu Hotel London Portman Square, talks about opening a hotel amid a pandemic, how the pandemic has changed revenue management as well as the data used to forecast, and much, much more.

Annemarie Gubanski, Founder & CEO, Taktikon Consultancy, joins me from Stockholm to talk about the upcoming November 5th Revenue Forum Webinar on metasearch.

Marta Varela, Director of Revenue Strategy, with Barcelo Hotel Group, joins me from Madrid, Spain.

Marta talks about her 8 hotels in various locations, the changes she's made as a revenue manager, and how to move forward.

Mike Medsker, Founder of Focal Revenue Solutions, joins me from Denver, Colorado.

Mike talks about how the pandemic has changed revenue management, whether de-automating is a good idea, what data revenue managers should try to use to forecast, and much more!

Harold Henning Jr., Director of Hotel Revenue Management with Resort World Casinos, joins me from Jamaica, Queens, New York.

Having re-opened a month ago, business is good, all things considered, with loyal guests clamoring to get in.

Sam Riches, Director of Sales & Marketing at the soon-to-open, Nobu Hotel London Portman Square, joins me.

Nobu is coming out with a mobile app that I wanted to talk with Sam about.

Emanuele COSOMATI, Hotel Manager with HOTEL illuster coming to us from outside of Zurich, Switzerland.

While Switzerland has been lauded as the model for managing the pandemic, their border country lock downs have not helped their hotels.

Anja Luthje , formerly with Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, now founder of Unique Hospitality Solutions, https://www.aluhs.com, coming to us from San Francisco, California.

Anja will be participating on a panel at #cyberhitec you won't want to miss, ‘How Women in Hospitality Technology Shape the Industry.’

Kristie Santora Rasheed, CRME, General Manager of The Dewberry Charleston joins me from Charleston, South Carolina.

A luxury, independent property working to keep safe and profitable, Dewberry is now only open 5 days a week—close Mon afternoon and open Wed afternoon.

Francisco Macedo FIH, GM, Cliveden House, joins me from outside of London. Clivedon not only closed down for 3 months, but Francisco lived there to ensure all adjustments needed to re-open were in place.