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NextGen in Lodging is a monthly podcast that examines systemic and trending issues in the hospitality industry. Co-hosts Davonne Reaves, Chris Henry, and Omari Head unlock the brain trust through interviews with emerging leaders in travel and tourism to share their thoughts and ideas for fresh strategies to combat system wide challenges. The next generation of executives strive to revolutionize the hospitality industry for the 21st century. https://hotelnewsnow.com https://www.linkedin.com/c ...
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On the latest episode of the Hotel News Now podcast, CoStar Group's Colin Sherman talks about how the extended-stay sector is performing.توسط Hotel News Now
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On this month's episode of the Next Gen in Lodging podcast, hosts Chris Henry and Omari Head chat about the future of hospitality in higher education.توسط Hotel News Now
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In this podcast interview, Woodmont Lodging's Michael Blank talks to HNN's Bryan Wroten about 'the little guy' in the hotel industry, hotel owners with small portfolios, and how they're navigating the current environment.توسط Hotel News Now
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IHG Hotels and Resorts is on a mission to double its Hotel Indigo portfolio and opening boutique-style, uniquely-designed hotels around the world.توسط Hotel News Now
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Major Chinese markets see signs of hotel demand pickup in second half of 2025 (with STR's Jesper Palmqvist)
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In this episode, STR's Jesper Palmqvist speaks with CoStar News' Trevor Simpson about the latest hotel performance trends in the Asia-Pacific region.توسط Hotel News Now
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In this episode, cybersecurity, privacy and hospitality attorney Robert Braun from JMBM talks about an online invasion of privacy lawsuit filed against Accor and how it comes down to the use of tracking pixels on websites.توسط Hotel News Now
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Vision Hospitality's Mitch Patel on growing leisure market share and challenges for developers
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Mitch Patel, CEO and founder of Vision Hospitality, joins the show to talk about the slew of challenges he's facing as a hotel developer and operator amid uncertain market conditions. He also explains what's happening in leisure travel, including his prediction on how things will shake out.توسط Hotel News Now
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John Schultzel, chief growth officer for Maine-based Olympia Hospitality, sits down with Hotel News Now's Stephanie Ricca to talk about how stories power independent hotels. He updates listeners on the company's growth strategy in university towns and shares his take on today's travel trends.توسط Hotel News Now
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HNN's Bryan Wroten and Terence Baker go over the discussions held at the 2025 International Hospitality Investment Forum EMEA in Berlin, noting on the overall optimistic mood as hoteliers figure out strategies for potential global economic disruptions.توسط Hotel News Now
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STR's Jesper Palmqvist joined the HNN podcast to discuss hotel demand trends in Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand.توسط Hotel News Now
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Hotel News Now's Natalie Harms and Dan Kubacki discuss their takeaways from the Hunter Hotel Investment Conference 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia.توسط Hotel News Now
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Crown Hospitality Consulting's Amanda Chivers and ABD Creative's Amy Draheim joined the Next Gen in Lodging podcast to discuss leading in the hospitality industry as a woman.توسط Hotel News Now
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Rob Brandenberg, general manager of the 1 Hotel Seattle, joins the HNN podcast to discuss the imminent opening of the 1 Hotel Seattle in April.توسط Hotel News Now
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In this episode, PM Hotel Group's Joseph Bojanowski and CoStar News' Jonathan Lehrfeld talk about how the latest decisions by the Trump administration on federal agencies is affecting the Washington, D.C. hotel market.توسط Hotel News Now
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On this week's episode, STR's Jesper Palmqvist discusses Singapore's performance so far in 2025.توسط Hotel News Now
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Next Gen in Lodging hosts Davonne Reaves and Omari Head remind hoteliers to not let the current political climate effect diversity, equity and inclusion in the hospitality industry.توسط Hotel News Now
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In this episode, Mandarin Oriental's Tiffany Cooper talks about how the luxury hotel guests want less opulence and more connections and experiences that are authentic to the locale.توسط Hotel News Now
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In this episode, STR's Amanda Hite talks about the factors at play in the latest U.S. hotel industry forecast and how hoteliers are managing the stabilizing challenges in front of them.توسط Hotel News Now
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In this interview at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit, BWH Hotels President and CEO Larry Cuculic talks about the way he's challenged his team to be more effective and efficient to drive revenue to hotel owners, which will in turn help the company achieve it's goal of hitting 5,150 hotels in five years.…
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HNN's Bryan Wroten and Sean McCracken provide their thoughts and takeaways from the American Lodging Investment Summit 2025 in Los Angeles.توسط Hotel News Now
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Bruce and Kameko Burdine joined the Next Gen in Lodging podcast to discuss how they got into hotel ownership after starting with short-term rentals.توسط Hotel News Now
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Japan was one of the hottest countries for tourism demand in 2024, and so far into 2025, it seems unlikely that will change. But are there any signs on the horizon of a cool down? STR's Jesper Palmqvist joins the podcast for our monthly check in on the Asia Pacific regionتوسط Hotel News Now
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In this episode, HNN's Stephanie Ricca, Sean McCracken and Bryan Wroten discuss the predictions the team made back in January 2020 of what the hotel industry would be like in 2025.توسط Hotel News Now
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In this episode, Karl McElligott, food and beverage director at Olympia Hospitality, talks about the growing popularity — and number of options — of mocktails and other zero-proof drinks that give guests more options when dining or having a night out.توسط Hotel News Now
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While the availability of financing will be better for hotel investors and developers, borrowers who are willing to get more creative on how they finance deal are most poised for success, according to Peachtree Group's Greg Friedman.توسط Hotel News Now
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Hotel News Now's Stephanie Ricca invites Hertelier founder Emily Goldfischer to the podcast to discuss travel trend buzzwords taking over social media, and whether or not they have staying power. From me-moons to hurkle-durkling, Ricca and Goldfischer share real data driving these trends, plus plenty of laughs about the absurd words travel marketer…
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Can South Korea's tourism industry weather the political storm (and other 2024 Asia-Pacific takeaways with Jesper Palmqvist)
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On the latest episode of the Hotel News Now podcast, STR's Jesper Palmqvist said that geopolitical issues don't always show up in hotel performance immediately, and South Korea is likely to continue to see strong travel demand.توسط Hotel News Now
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The Waldorf Astoria New York has been closed since 2017 to make way for a massive renovation and reimagining of the historic property. Managing Director Luigi Romaniello joins the podcast to talk about how that process has gone and what he believes will get guests most excited after reopening in Spring 2025.…
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Wanderland's Alicia Zur-Szpiro and Saar Shai joined the Next Gen in Lodging podcast to talk about the inspiration behind their hospitality consultancy and how to market to the younger generations.توسط Hotel News Now
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Mark Laport founded Concord Hospitality Enterprises in 1985, making 2025 their upcoming 40th anniversary. He and Concord Chief Operating Officer Will Loughran join the podcast to discuss how the Raleigh, North Carolina-based company has grown incrementally over four decades to roughly 150 hotels.توسط Hotel News Now
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Highlights from across the Hotel News Now podcast network in November.توسط Hotel News Now
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In HNN's monthly check-in on the Asia Pacific region, STR's Jesper Palmqvist highlights some of the markets that are currently exciting hoteliers, and some that are generating more concern.توسط Hotel News Now
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Kingsbury Financial's Tommy Beyer joined the Next Gen in Lodging podcast to discuss how networking through professional organizations helped him early on in his career in the hospitality industry.توسط Hotel News Now
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On the eve of Thanksgiving in the U.S., CoStar's Emmy Hise joins the show to talk about what hoteliers can be thankful for.توسط Hotel News Now
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In this episode, labor attorney Andria Ryan outlines the likely changes to U.S. labor laws and rules under the incoming Trump administraiton.توسط Hotel News Now
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Truist Securities' C. Patrick Scholes joined the HNN podcast to recap third-quarter earnings calls from hotel brands and publicly traded real estate investment trusts.توسط Hotel News Now
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Prism Hotels & Resorts founder Steve Van discusses the ins and outs of his former company's acquisition by Aimbridge Hospitality in 2021 and how that decision was more emotionally charged than he expected.توسط Hotel News Now
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Former Chesapeake Hospitality and Remington Hospitality executive W. Chris Green joins the podcast to talk about the recent wave of mergers and acquisitions involving hotel management company and how he navigated a deal himself.توسط Hotel News Now
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News editor Sean McCracken recaps some of Hotel News Now and CoStar News' top stories and podcasts from October. Stories featured in this podcast include: Six months in, Aimbridge's CEO focuses on hotel owners and building relationships Tell Me More: Data fuels '25 travel trends around hotel restaurants, off-the-beaten-path destinations and set-jet…
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STR's Jesper Palmqvist and Matthew Burke join the podcast to discuss the latest across the Asia Pacific region, including whether recent stimulus efforts -- and the Golden Week holiday -- will help spur a travel rebound in China.توسط Hotel News Now
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Choice Hotels International's Ken Townsend, Jacquelyn Peterson and Marcus Thomas join host Omari Head to discuss how their company's SOAR program has sought to expand the pool of hotel owners to underrepresented groups like those who are black, Hispanic, native Americans, women or veterans.توسط Hotel News Now
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CoStar's Emmy Hise and Randyl Drummer join the HNN podcast to discuss why Seattle is in a better position than many other West Coast markets.توسط Hotel News Now
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HNN's Bryan Wroten and Trevor Simpson share their thoughts and what they heard from second full day of the Lodging Conference 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona.توسط Hotel News Now
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HNN's Bryan Wroten and Trevor Simpson share their takeaways from the first day of the Lodging Conference 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona.توسط Hotel News Now
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On this episode of the Next Gen in Lodging podcast, host Chris Henry speaks with Mauna Kea Beach Hotel's Kansas Henderson and Club Med's Sebastien Favre about how hotels can play a role in the prevention of overtourism.توسط Hotel News Now
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In this episode, Hilton's Jess Petitt speaks about the company's 2025 Trends Report, which calls 2025 the "year of the travel maximizer" as travelers want to get the most out of their trips.توسط Hotel News Now
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STR's Jesper Palmqvist joins the HNN podcast to talk about varying degrees of performance across the Asia Pacific region, the impacts of sporting events from F1 in Singapore to the Australian Football League, and takeaways from recent headlines like Oyo's pending acquisition of G6 Hospitality and China's new stimulus package.…
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Preparing for hurricane season is a year-round job, and HVMG's Jamison Conrey joins the HNN podcast to talk about how his company works to best prepare properties and employees for storms.توسط Hotel News Now
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In this episode, Pyramid Global Hospitality's Patrick Berwald talks about how creating value and quality experiences in food and beverage set hotels apart from the competition as well as Pyramid's Purple Mynt concepting program.توسط Hotel News Now
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Cade Watanabe, president of Unite Here Local 5 in Hawaii and co-chair of a ongoing national campaign that lead to more than 10,000 hotel workers striking over Labor Day weekend joins the Hotel News Now podcast to discuss why hotel workers are walking off the job and why they believe providing workers with better pay and working conditions is vital …
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