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Lodging Leaders

Lodging Leaders is an award-winning weekly podcast that examines news and topics trending in the hotel industry, shared through engaging stories told by co-hosts Jon Albano and Judy Maxwell, and ampli... Read more

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241 | Let’s Stay Together: New design concepts connect small-group travelers and local communities

241 | Let’s Stay Together: New design concepts connect small-group travelers and local communities

In the 19th and early-20th centuries, hotels in America offered more than room and board. They defined a community by at... Read more

11 Dec 2019

18mins

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234 | More for the Money: Upselling generates significant revenue gains for hotels

234 | More for the Money: Upselling generates significant revenue gains for hotels

Though average daily rate in U.S. hotels continues to grow year over year, hotel operators are not so eager to increase ... Read more

23 Oct 2019

31mins

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231 | Culture Club: Your hotel’s work environment may be bad for business (Labor and Hiring Part 1)

231 | Culture Club: Your hotel’s work environment may be bad for business (Labor and Hiring Part 1)

Is your hotel a fun place to work? Do your employees look forward to spending their day at your hotel? If the answers ar... Read more

25 Sep 2019

29mins

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233 | How Does Your Hotel Rate? Smart pricing strategies key to winning in a downturn

233 | How Does Your Hotel Rate? Smart pricing strategies key to winning in a downturn

It’s often said the U.S. hotel industry is a street-corner business. With that point of view, it may not take much for a... Read more

9 Oct 2019

33mins

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243 | Don’t Leave Me Now: How to reduce employee turnover

243 | Don’t Leave Me Now: How to reduce employee turnover

The annual employee turnover rate in the U.S. hospitality industry is 70 percent. When compared with 10 to 25 percent at... Read more

1 Jan 2020

33mins

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242 | Desk Sets: Hoteliers capitalize on coworking trend

242 | Desk Sets: Hoteliers capitalize on coworking trend

Coworking is a primary growth driver of the office market, reports JLL. The sector has an annual growth rate of about 24... Read more

18 Dec 2019

19mins

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235 | Lodging Leaders Spotlight: Yotel a tech-forward brand worth watching

235 | Lodging Leaders Spotlight: Yotel a tech-forward brand worth watching

Taco Bell made headlines when it opened a 70-room pop-up hotel in August in Palm Springs, California. It was a marketing... Read more

30 Oct 2019

25mins

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230 | Funding CapEx: New report tells what it takes for hotels to stay competitive

230 | Funding CapEx: New report tells what it takes for hotels to stay competitive

More than 20 years ago, a team of hotel industry consultants and asset managers got together to figure out how much hote... Read more

18 Sep 2019

29mins

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247 | Artistic Moments: Art can paint your hotel’s story

247 | Artistic Moments: Art can paint your hotel’s story

Americans for the Arts’ public-opinion survey in 2018 found citizens value the arts and believe it benefits the communit... Read more

29 Jan 2020

31mins

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226 | It’s a Long Story: Historic hotels gain new appreciation among travelers, brands

226 | It’s a Long Story: Historic hotels gain new appreciation among travelers, brands

Hotel developers and investors seeking new ideas might do well to remember history. More travelers today want an immersi... Read more

21 Aug 2019

27mins

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240 | Room at The Inn: How hotels can avoid silent nights this holiday season

240 | Room at The Inn: How hotels can avoid silent nights this holiday season

The holiday season is upon us. For many hotels, regular business tends to drop off this time of year. Seasonality takes ... Read more

4 Dec 2019

24mins

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261 | Let’s Make a Deal: Coronavirus crisis alters hotel transaction landscape

261 | Let’s Make a Deal: Coronavirus crisis alters hotel transaction landscape

The U.S. hotel industry has practically grinded to a halt in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. As Lodging Leaders shar... Read more

1 Apr 2020

18mins

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254 | High Cancellations and Low Demand: Hotel pricing in a steep downturn

254 | High Cancellations and Low Demand: Hotel pricing in a steep downturn

The U.S. hotel industry is undergoing an unprecedented experience as the new coronavirus or COVID-19 grows more and more... Read more

16 Mar 2020

17mins

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251 | Channel Mix: Hotels balance costs of guest acquisition, OTAs and overall business opportunities

251 | Channel Mix: Hotels balance costs of guest acquisition, OTAs and overall business opportunities

Online travel agencies. Hoteliers love them. Hoteliers hate them. Brand.com, GDS, call centers, travel agents, groups an... Read more

26 Feb 2020

37mins

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252 | The BulletInn #2: Coronavirus and group business; Sara Blakely of Spanx at Hunter conference; and short-term rental’s surprising shift

252 | The BulletInn #2: Coronavirus and group business; Sara Blakely of Spanx at Hunter conference; and short-term rental’s surprising shift

Welcome to the second edition of BulletInn, a news report of Long Live Lodging and its Lodging Leaders podcast. In this ... Read more

4 Mar 2020

36mins

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246 | Transitional Transactions: Hotel brokers, investors prepare for a new normal

246 | Transitional Transactions: Hotel brokers, investors prepare for a new normal

Hunter Hotel Advisors brokered the sales of more hotels in 2019 than in any year in its history. Sellers and buyers that... Read more

22 Jan 2020

36mins

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253 | Franchising Report Part 1 – Power Struggle: New hotelier organization lobbies for franchisee protection

253 | Franchising Report Part 1 – Power Struggle: New hotelier organization lobbies for franchisee protection

Fair franchising. It’s a phrase that’s been used countless times in negotiations with brands, at industry conferences an... Read more

11 Mar 2020

25mins

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265 | Franchising In Deconstruction: COVID-19 crisis amplifies problems in brand licensing

265 | Franchising In Deconstruction: COVID-19 crisis amplifies problems in brand licensing

Earlier this year, a large group of hotel owners began to organize and create a comprehensive push back at the hotel fra... Read more

15 Apr 2020

35mins

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255 | Workforce Woes: Hotels try to avoid layoffs

255 | Workforce Woes: Hotels try to avoid layoffs

Seemingly overnight, the new coronavirus pandemic has dramatically curbed travel in the U.S. Hotels are feeling the pain... Read more

18 Mar 2020

19mins

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260 | Startling Statistics: Industry analysts stunned at depth of downturn

260 | Startling Statistics: Industry analysts stunned at depth of downturn

Last week, several hospitality-focused analytical companies released data that specifically show how the coronavirus pan... Read more

30 Mar 2020

17mins

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