No Vacancy With Glenn Haussman

Glenn catches up with AAHOA Secretary Vinay Patel who shares what’s happening in the political landscape regarded the lodging industry. They cover the recent AAHOA & AHLA Legislative Action Summit, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and Tax Reform 2.0, JOLT Act, Joint Employer, tariffs and more. First, Bruce Ford, SVP of Lodging Econometrics gives a report from The Lodging Conference and event Glenn missed and is very sad about. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Text hotel to 66866. Visit www.novacancynews.com Send us your thoughts and comments to Glenn@rouse.media, or via Twitter and Instagram @TravelingGlenn. Visit our sponsors: Duetto, Red Roof Subscribe on iTunes: No Vacancy with Glenn Haussman Subscribe on Android: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifu34iwhrh7fishlnhiuyv7xlsm Send your comments and questions to Glenn@rouse.media.  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/novacancy Follow Glenn @TravelingGlenn Find Bruce Ford on Twitter @BFinNH, and learn more at www.lodgingeconometrics.com Learn more

Glenn catches up with industry icon Jim Holthouser for tales from a storied career and what it’s like reinventing yourself after a decades long career. But first Glenn speaks with Calvin Stovall, Chief Experience Officer with ICONIC Presentations on coaching staff on delivering incredible customer experiences. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Text hotel to 66866. Visit www.novacancynews.com Send us your thoughts and comments to Glenn@rouse.media, or via Twitter and Instagram @TravelingGlenn. Visit our sponsors: Duetto, Red Roof Subscribe on iTunes: No Vacancy with Glenn Haussman Subscribe on Android: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifu34iwhrh7fishlnhiuyv7xlsm Send your comments and questions to Glenn@rouse.media.  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/novacancy Follow Glenn @TravelingGlenn Learn more at www.novacancynews.com Produced by Jeff Polly: http://www.endpointmultimedia.com/

In this special show, Glenn hosts a roundtable discussion with members of the Hospitality Mastermind Group discussing some of the biggest issues faced by designers, purchasing execs and suppliers. It’s a fantastic fast paced discussion featuring: Brian Thornton of BGT Designs; David Messersmith, Director of Hospitality Development for JMJ Development, formerly of Gatehouse Capital; Tarlene Davis, Hospitality Angelz Principal; Neil Locke, Neil Locke & Associates; Tracy Chevalier, Senior VP of Soho Myriad Art Consulting; David James, National Director of Sales and Marketing for Astoria Compass. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Text hotel to 66866. Visit www.novacancynews.com Send us your thoughts and comments to Glenn@rouse.media, or via Twitter and Instagram @TravelingGlenn. Visit our sponsors: Duetto, Red Roof Subscribe on iTunes: No Vacancy with Glenn Haussman Subscribe on Android: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifu34iwhrh7fishlnhiuyv7xlsm Send your comments and questions to Glenn@rouse.m

We feature Jonathan Halkyard, President and CEO of Extended Stay America who shares the story of transforming an organization and the future of ESA. But first, we speak with Gary Hernbroth of Training for Winners shares the secret to being prepared for that so called “offseason.” Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Text hotel to 66866. Visit www.novacancynews.com Send us your thoughts and comments to Glenn@rouse.media, or via Twitter and Instagram @TravelingGlenn. Visit our sponsors: Duetto, Red Roof Subscribe on iTunes: No Vacancy with Glenn Haussman Subscribe on Android: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifu34iwhrh7fishlnhiuyv7xlsm Send your comments and questions to Glenn@rouse.media.  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/novacancy Follow Glenn @TravelingGlenn Learn more at www.novacancynews.com Produced by Jeff Polly: http://www.endpointmultimedia.com/

Dan Cockerell started his Disney career as a participant of the Walt Disney World college program, and worked his way up to VP, Magic Kingdom, leading a team of 12,000 cast members, who entertain millions of guests every year.  Now he's sharing his leadership insight with companies all around the world. We find out what makes Disney so special and how those lessons can be used in other hospitality businesses. Plus, the state of hotel cyber security and physical security with Peg McGregor, CEO of Technovation Solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Text hotel to 66866. Visit www.novacancynews.com Send us your thoughts and comments to Glenn@rouse.media, or via Twitter and Instagram @TravelingGlenn. Visit our sponsors: Duetto, Red Roof Subscribe on iTunes: No Vacancy with Glenn Haussman Subscribe on Android: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifu34iwhrh7fishlnhiuyv7xlsm Send your comments and questions to Glenn@rouse.media.  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/novacancy Follow Glenn @Travel

We feature micro-hotel pioneer and The Pod Hotels co-founder Richard Born on birthing this trend. Learn why it's taking off and it's history. But first, we speak with Jason Fudin, CEO and Co-founder of WhyHotel on creating new luxury pop up hotel concept in newly built, luxury apartment buildings. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Text hotel to 66866. Visit the brand new www.novacancynews.com Send us your thoughts and comments to Glenn@rouse.media, or via Twitter and Instagram @TravelingGlenn. Visit our sponsors: Duetto, Red Roof Subscribe on iTunes: No Vacancy with Glenn Haussman Subscribe on Android: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifu34iwhrh7fishlnhiuyv7xlsm Send your comments and questions to Glenn@rouse.media.  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/novacancy Follow Glenn @TravelingGlenn Find Bruce Ford on Twitter @BFinNH, and learn more at www.lodgingeconometrics.com Learn more at www.novacancynews.com Produced by Jeff Polly: http://www.endpointmultimedia.com/

We feature Dianna Vaughan, Global Head and SVP, Hilton and discuss the importance of all suites hotels to the customer and its overall business strategy, her journey as an executive, the importance of environmental stewardship. But first, we speak with Kerry Ranson, Chief Development Officer Business and Acquisitions with HP Hotels who shares what its like developing hotels in 2018, the importance of off market deals and finding them, and the overall state of the deal market. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Text hotel to 66866. Visit the brand new www.novacancynews.com Send us your thoughts and comments to Glenn@rouse.media, or via Twitter and Instagram @TravelingGlenn. Visit our sponsors: Duetto, Red Roof Subscribe on iTunes: No Vacancy with Glenn Haussman Subscribe on Android: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifu34iwhrh7fishlnhiuyv7xlsm Send your comments and questions to Glenn@rouse.media.  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/novacancy Follow Glenn @TravelingGlenn Find Bruce Ford on Tw

In this episode, we sit down with Sanjay Wahi, VP of Product Management at Sojern, to explore how you can drive direct demand by meeting your guests where they are physically and mentally within the social ecosystems of Facebook, Google, and beyond. 

We feature Phil Hugh, Chief Development Officer with Red Roof to discuss their newest brand entrant HomeTowne Studios by Red Roof, the brand’s first foray into the exploding extended stay market. But first, we speak with Conrad Fort Lauderdale Beach’s General Manager Chintan Dadhich to discuss what being a GM in a hotel is like and how he creates career and customer success. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Text hotel to 66866. Visit the brand new www.novacancynews.com Send us your thoughts and comments to Glenn@rouse.media, or via Twitter and Instagram @TravelingGlenn. Visit our sponsors: Duetto, Red Roof Subscribe on iTunes: No Vacancy with Glenn Haussman Subscribe on Android: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifu34iwhrh7fishlnhiuyv7xlsm Send your comments and questions to Glenn@rouse.media.  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/novacancy Follow Glenn @TravelingGlenn Find Bruce Ford on Twitter @BFinNH, and learn more at www.lodgingeconometrics.com Learn more at www.novacancynews.com Produc

In this episode, we sit down with two of the savviest tech buying pros in our industry today, Chuck Valentino, Vice President of Operations for Vagabond Inn, and Jordan Hollander, Co-founder of Hotel Tech Report, to find out what the process of shopping for hotel technology has become, and what hoteliers can do to turn it back to their advantage. 

Go behind the scenes with Wyndham Hotels and Resorts franchising. We talk to Tom Barber, Chief Strategy and Development Officer, Wyndham Hotel Group about everything you want to know about what the company is up to for hotel development. And yes, we get some straight talk about the La Quinta acquisition. Also, in our first segment Adam Glickman of Parallax Hospitality we talk about how to make money by leveraging the wellness trend.   Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Text hotel to 66866. Visit the brand new www.novacancynews.com Send us your thoughts and comments to Glenn@rouse.media, or via Twitter and Instagram @TravelingGlenn. Visit our sponsors: Duetto, Red Roof Subscribe on iTunes: No Vacancy with Glenn Haussman Subscribe on Android: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifu34iwhrh7fishlnhiuyv7xlsm Send your comments and questions to Glenn@rouse.media.  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/novacancy Follow Glenn @TravelingGlenn Find Bruce Ford on Twitter @BFinNH, and learn more at www.lodgi

This episode is a deep dive into the current state of Atlantic City. In the first segment Glenn talks with Showboat Atlantic City General Manager Tim Kuhlman and discuss turning a once shuttered casino resort into something new and entirely different. Kulman shares how he’s making it happen (hint: lots of creativity & resourcefulness!). Then Chris Green, COO of the management company Chesapeake Hospitality talks about state of A.C. Chesapeake manages Showboat, so we get great insight into the market as well as other prevailing trends affecting the hotel business. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Text hotel to 66866. Visit the brand new www.novacancynews.com Send us your thoughts and comments to Glenn@rouse.media, or via Twitter and Instagram @TravelingGlenn. Visit our sponsors: Duetto, Red Roof Subscribe on iTunes: No Vacancy with Glenn Haussman Subscribe on Android: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifu34iwhrh7fishlnhiuyv7xlsm Send your comments and questions to Glenn@rouse.media.  Support t

Gary Mendell is turning tragedy into a movement. After losing his son Brian to the scourge of addiction, he vowed to not let this happen to others. He started Shatterproof as a national nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing the devastation the disease of addiction causes families. In this show we discuss drug addiction, creating a national movement, why this disease is prevalent and societal attitude toward drugs and lots of other difficult topics. Listen this show now and then join the movement. https://www.shatterproof.org/get-involved Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Text hotel to 66866. Visit the brand new www.novacancynews.com Send us your thoughts and comments to Glenn@rouse.media, or via Twitter and Instagram @TravelingGlenn. Visit our sponsors: Duetto, Red Roof Subscribe on iTunes: No Vacancy with Glenn Haussman Subscribe on Android: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifu34iwhrh7fishlnhiuyv7xlsm Send your comments and questions to Glenn@rouse.media.  Support the show: https://www.pa

Brian Wogernese, President and CEO, Cobblestone Hotels, just closed a deal for the purchase of Vimana Franchise Systems, which has brands such as Centerstone Hotels and Key West Inns. We talk about his current company strategy and get into why this deal happened and what it means for the future of the rapidly growing Cobblestone. First, Glenn chats with Bruce Ford, SVP of Lodging Econometrics. We get a midsummer update on state of the hotel industry, as well as what the new hotel construction pipeline means for the future of hospitality. Warning, it’s shrinking! Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Text hotel to 66866. Visit the brand new www.novacancynews.com Send us your thoughts and comments to Glenn@rouse.media, or via Twitter and Instagram @TravelingGlenn. Visit our sponsors: Duetto, Red Roof Subscribe on iTunes: No Vacancy with Glenn Haussman Subscribe on Android: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifu34iwhrh7fishlnhiuyv7xlsm Send your comments and questions to Glenn@rouse.media.  Support the sh

In this episode, we sit down with Greg Mount, President and CEO of Red Lion Hotel (RLH) Corporation to find out how his team took a 40-year old hotel brand and brought it into a new era via the RLH RevPak, and how their vision can help other hoteliers win their own markets.

Dan Cummins is a renowned comedian, television producer and host of the Timesuck podcast, in where he expresses his comedic take on historical events. But he’s also an active touring stand-up comic who’s been on shows like Conan. He’s on the road constantly, and that means staying in plenty of hotels. We get the hilarious guest perspective of life on the road. First, Glenn chats with Andrew Hazelton, Managing Director, AETHOS Consulting Group about a new type of executive management position emerging in forward thinking companies. It’s the Chief Commercial Officer. We discuss why they’re increasingly seen as critical and dissect exactly what they do and why their worth it. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Text hotel to 66866. Visit the brand new www.novacancynews.com Send us your thoughts and comments to Glenn@rouse.media, or via Twitter and Instagram @TravelingGlenn. Visit our sponsors: Duetto, Red Roof Subscribe on iTunes: No Vacancy with Glenn Haussman Subscribe on Android: https://play.google.com/m

In this episode, Glenn Haussman of the No Vacancy podcast and Estella Hale, Chief Evangelist with SHR discuss an exciting new technology survey. Fuel Travel, StayNTouch and Flip.to partnered to study perspectives from hoteliers and suppliers on industry technology and we sit down with Stuart Butler, COO of Fuel Marketing, to discuss Fuel's newly-released hospitality technology study conducted to find out if vendors and hoteliers are aligned in their expectations, with a special focus on the subject of integrations.  

Jay Stein is an intuitive, creative and insightful leader who we got on the mic. He’s the CEO of Dream Hotel Group and he discusses creating cool hotels that become part of the cultural zeitgeist and insight to who he is as an executive.  First, Glenn chats with Jennifer Hawkins, President of the public relations firm Hawkins International. She is a PR pro in harmony with rising trends, and in this show is all about wellness. You’ll be startled by how big this is going to get. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Text hotel to 66866. Visit the brand new www.novacancynews.com Send us your thoughts and comments to Glenn@rouse.media, or via Twitter and Instagram @TravelingGlenn. Visit our sponsors: Duetto, Red Roof Subscribe on iTunes: No Vacancy with Glenn Haussman Subscribe on Android: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifu34iwhrh7fishlnhiuyv7xlsm Send your comments and questions to Glenn@rouse.media.  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/novacancy Follow Glenn @TravelingGlenn Learn more at www.no

Everything changes now. OK, that’s a bit dramatic. However, aparthotels, which combine extended stay, hotel and serviced apartments create a new category that aims to push back shared economy accommodation sites. Glenn and his HeretoStay.tv producer Art Lewry discuss it from the first aparthotel in Paris, Mode Arc De Triomph. Plus, a report on Serviced Apartment Summit Europe in London. Then, Glenn chats with Larry Korman  co-CEO of Korman Communities and President of AKA, a company that gave birth to the serviced apartment industry. Now is AKA properties serve as a hideout for A-list celebrities and other people of interest. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Text hotel to 66866. Visit the brand new www.novacancynews.com Send us your thoughts and comments to Glenn@rouse.media, or via Twitter and Instagram @TravelingGlenn. Visit our sponsor: Duetto Subscribe on iTunes: No Vacancy with Glenn Haussman Subscribe on Android: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifu34iwhrh7fishlnhiuyv7xlsm Send your commen

The active use of personal guest information is the key to meeting travelers where they are. In this episode, Estella and Glenn sit down with Rich Maradik, Founder of nSight for Travel, a leading predictive marketing tools provider for our industry, to discuss what predictive marketing is, why it matters, and the best ways to use this technology to truly connect with your hotel guests.