Hannah Smith is a Senior Consultant at STR (I am a huge geek/fan of STR from my hotel management days) and she was able to join me to discuss all the data and findings they are discovering over at STR! In this episode, you will hear us talk about what the road to recovery looks like, key things hotels are doing in order to get occupancy, short term and long term trends and the newest Q3 Updated Forecast!

Go to the Slick Talk blog to see the PDF Data Deck that Hannah put together for all of you to see while you listen!

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STR Website

STR Twitter

Slick Talk Website & Socials

Slick Talk Blog with Data Deck Provided by Hannah!

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I wanted to put this on Slick Talk because I love including you all in what else is going on with me and other things that I am involved in! I don't know how many of you know this yet but, I have a 2nd show/podcast called Good Morning Hospitality! It goes live every Monday morning with my two co-hosts, Michael Goldin from NoiseAware & Michael Ros from Bidroom.com! I would love your support (thank you all for those who already follow everything going on!) by liking the socials and subscribing on YouTube!

I put together an audience survey as well! It only takes two minutes to answer these six questions and it means the world to me to be able to update and enhance the content for you all!

Good Morning Hospitality

Slick Talk Audience Survey

Slick Talk Website & Socials

NoiseAware

Bidroom.com

Guardhog

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Cindy has been a serial entrepreneur since she was 19! A true go-getter! She was the first to develop a new kind of residential hospitality and co-founded Niido and Natiivo residential communities designed for homesharing which resulted in a first-ever partnership with Airbnb, Brookfield Property Partners & Citibank.

 Now Co-Founder of Orion Haus, Cindy and her team are changing the landscape of how we look at the housing & vacation rental market by providing a solution that encourages their renters to list their unit on marketing sites like Airbnb, VRBO, and others! 

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Orion Haus Website

Orion Haus Instagram

Slick Talk Website & Socials 

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As you see above in the title of this episode, Michael Tingsager from Hospitality Mavericks Podcast and myself dive in on his incredible journey in the industry. We talked about his upbringing in the industry and how his career evolved over the years and what jumping into the podcast world did for him and his businesses.

Michael & I are both apart of the Hospitality Game Changers Group with Josh Kopel from Full Comp, Adam Knight from Proven Principles Podcast and Shaun De Vries with Open Pantry. All of these guys have been on my show and vise versa and we are honored with the ability to team up and join forces from all walks of life and experience in the hospitality industry!

Join our community with over 250 Hospitality Game Changers today!

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Hospitality Mavericks Podcast

Slick Talk Website & Socials

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Heather Richer & myself talk about the creation and purpose of ASTRHO (Association For Short Term Rental Homeowners) and the important role this platform and community provides to this segment of hospitality and why it's important for homeowners, as a stakeholder in the industry, to have these tools, resources, courses, and a community.

There is so much to cover in this episode, so I highly recommend that if you're a short term rental homeowner, that you sign up and join the platform to learn more. If you're a property manager, get your owners connected so they can be more involved and to understand the roles they play in the short term rental industry.

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ASTRHO Website

Slick Talk Website & Socials

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As promised, we are back with Part 2 of the Data Driven Recovery series featuring Tanya Pratt from Oracle Hospitality! In this second episode, Tanya and myself focus on taking the data we saw from Oracle's Data Driven Recovery Report as discussed in episode 1 and how it will carry on into the upcoming years as hotels, travel, and hospitality as a whole recovers from COVID19 and what trends we see being apart of a long term solution leading into 2021 and so on.

Mentioned in this episode:

Oracle Hospitality Website

Data Driven Recovery Report

Skift

Oracle Hospitality Facebook

Oracle Hospitality LinkedIn

Slick Talk Website & Socials

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Tanya Pratt from Oracle Hospitality and I discuss the data they found in their recent survey in partnership with Skift about the recovery of the hospitality industry. In this first episode of a two part series, we will dive into the findings of their Data Driven Recovery Report and how the impact COVID19 has shaped the drive to destination market!

This is a two part series so make sure you subscribe to Slick Talk on whatever platform you listen on so that you don't miss the exciting episode(s) to come!

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Oracle Hospitality Website

Data Driven Recovery Report

Skift

Oracle Hospitality Facebook

Oracle Hospitality LinkedIn

Slick Talk Website & Socials

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When I think of the term "setting standards" I think back to the days of Army basic training and school with my platoon sergeant saying those words to me multiple times a day... "we set the standard and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. You're in control of what standards you live up to so set your standards higher than what anyone or anything could set for you"

Robin & Heather Craigen are setting standards with how they have built and displayed Moving Mountains. In this episode you're gonna hear the most influential words that you could find today. The amount of knowledge and passion Robin has for what he and his team do on a daily basis is just incredible and exactly the reason why he was declared a Destinationaire earlier this year.

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Moving Mountains 

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Destinationaire Award Article

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Back in April I had the pleasure of interviewing Jessica for a different series I was working on. Unfortunately I never published that series but little did I know that she would pop up on my radar once again for the Destinationaire Award! 

Jessica and her two daughters run Barefoot Vacation Rentals based in California! We first met through the Rent Responsibly team and I love getting to see their story play out!

In this episode we will talk about professional management, industry advocacy, and what Jessica and her team did to get through these hard times during COVID19!

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Barefoot Vacation Rentals

Rent Responsibly

NoiseAware

Cleaning Certification by VR Scheduler

Slick Talk Website & Socials

Destinationaire Award Article

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Bob & Ian are the creators of Casal dei Fichi and are a great example of what the power of creative freedom can do for your life, community, and industry! As one of the first recipients of the Destinationaire Award earlier this year, in this episode you will find out what make Bob & Ian fit the Destinationaire standards and how you can make a difference by implementing simple eco-friendly changes to your business!

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Casal dei Fichi

The Book Direct Show

Slick Talk Website & Socials

The Destinationaire Award Article

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