Category Archives: Business advice
Live Show 226 December 6th 2019
Live Show 226 Player CoHosts Stuart Butler Robert Cole Lily Mockerman Stephanie Smith Kat Mohammad Show notes 00:05 — Expedia Group Announces Executive Leadership Changes 00:34 — Online travel booking abandonment rates reach 90% 00:46 — What Ever Happened to Real Hotel Marketing? 01:00 — Gift Certificates are they a good Idea 01:10 — Site development 01:21 — Rent …
Live Show 179 January 11th 2019
Live Show Player CoHosts Holly Zoba Robert Cole Tim Peter Stuart Butler Jay Hubbs Show Notes 00:03 — Chip Conley’s ‘surf report’ for 2019 00:16 — AMP who is it good for? 00:32 — Website platforms like genesis 00:44 — Luxury travelers want more than ever before, and hotels are borrowing a tactic used by Netflix and …
Live Show 165 October 5th 2018
“How to Beat AirBnB at its Own ‘Game’” Live Show Player Co Hosts Edward StOnge Stuart Butler Valyn Perinii Robert Cole Show Notes 00:04 — Old Unicorn, New Tricks: Airbnb Has A Sky-High Valuation. Here’s Its Audacious Plan To Earn It 00:23 — How can you counter the AirBnB effect in you market — find …
Live Show 155 July 27th 2018
“Special Co-Host Brian Wise from Infor” Live Show Player CoHosts Special Co-Host — Brian Wise Edward StOnge Robert Cole Holly Zoba Tim Peter Show Notes 00:02 — Millennial and how to reach them 00:04 — Video about Millennials TOPICS – LIVE SHOW #155: Top Story 1. The evolution of US hotel RevPAR growth over 100 …
Live Show 154 July 20th 2018
“Special Guest Co-Host Kathija ‘Kat’ Muhammed Education Director for AAHOA” Live Show Player CoHosts Special CoHost — Kathija “Kat” Mohammed Director of Education, AAHOA Tim Peter Robert Cole Stuart Butler Show Notes Kathija topics; Here are some topics I would feel comfortable speaking on and adding to the conversation: Professional Development – tips to get more people engaged, …
Live Show 153 July 13th 2018
“Special Guest Co-Host Max Starkov Founder & Director of HeBs” Live Show Player Co Hosts Special guest Max Starkov Robert Cole Holly Zoba Valyn Perini Stuart Butler Show Notes 00:02 The real realities of the current limitations of blockchain functionality 00:07 current transition per miner validation is 10 minutes and 9 need to be done …
Live Show 145 May 18th 2018
“Guest CoHosts Griffin Sandberg and Tom Dibble from Screen Pilots” Live Show Player CoHosts Griffin Sandberg Tom Dibble Robert Cole Show Notes TOPICS – LIVE SHOW #145: Top Story 1. US Travel 2018 – Trends & Insights (Similarweb) https://www.similarweb.com/blog/us-travel-2018 1. 3 big ideas for 2018: Airbnb unstoppable, battle for TripAdvisor is over and new players …
Live Show 143 May 4th 2018
“May the Fourth Be With You” Show Player CoHosts Holly Zoba Robert Cole Stuart Butler Show Notes TOPICS – LIVE SHOW #143: Top Story 1. Marriott launches home-rental program http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Marriott-launches-home-rental-program Brands 2. Hilton Will Let You Control TV, Lights, Temp in Your Room From Smartphone Hilton Will Let You Control TV, Lights, Temp in Your …
Live Show 142 April 20th 2018
“Got GDPR? and other weird things like Marriotts new rewards program roll out as well as them getting into the vacation house rental business” Show Player CoHosts Edward StOnge Robert Cole Show Notes 00:06 Marriott gets into the home rental business 00:30 Hilton uses Alexa in 1,500 rooms 00:38 Hyatt is searching for middle-class growth TOPICS …
Live Show 139 April 6th 2018
“The Appearance of Dan Wacksman as our Special Co-Host” Live Show Player CoHosts Robert Cole Stuart Butler Edward StOnge Tim Peter Show Notes 00:04 Red Lion Buys Knights Inn from Wyndham 00:35 How did the merger with KSL effect Outriggers operation 00:55 TripAdvisor and how evil is evil? 01:05 How OTA’s work with a hotel …