Smack Hospitality Cast
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Smack Hospitality Cast
3d ago
President Hospitality, Travel and Wellness @Questex
Let’s say 2023 was not quite the year of deal-making within the industry.
Then what does the future have in stock for #hospitality and #realestate?
Alexi Khajavi President Hospitality, Travel and Wellness at Questex set down with Flo at last week’s IHIF to discuss trends, the role of technology and his personal “meandering” career journey.
Alexi and his team are deeply embedded in the #hospitalityindustry and run events to inform and connect industry insiders around the globe. With the help of the Investor Sentiment Index and at least one ear ..read more
Smack Hospitality Cast
1M ago
CEO @ACCOR for Premium, Midscale & Economy in Europe and North Africa ..read more
Smack Hospitality Cast
3M ago
CEO @ YOTEL
Yes, you can do things differently! Even in the hotel business.
Listen to 2024’s first smack episode and learn from YOTEL CEO Hubert Viriot how the brand has established a new status quo in the travel business over the past decade.
YOTEL has been rocking its own way from the beginning, by focusing on highly tech-savvy customers and the future of traveling, instead of sticking to beaten paths. Some of its milestones: being the first non-luxury brand in an eternity to construct a new property in New York and making hourly hotel bookings sexy again.
Hubert has not only seen this baby ..read more
Smack Hospitality Cast
5M ago
Head of Public Policy DACH & CEE @Airbnb
What happens when Airbnb meets hotel management?
Well, confessions were made by Dr. Ellen Madeker Head of Public Policy for Germany, Austria, Switzerland (DACH) & Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) at Airbnb and Phil during a live podcast recording at the Berlin Travel Festival.
A lot has changed in the apartment rental business and sharing economy in the last couple of years and some of that is thanks to Airbnb, which has given a face to a formerly often overlooked part of the hospitality industry and offered a new economic lifeline to a bunch of ..read more
Smack Hospitality Cast
6M ago
Vice President, F&B Strategy & Development Europe, Middle East, and Africa @Hilton
This episode will leave you hungry for more! ?
Emma Banks Vice President, F&B Strategy & Development Europe, Middle East, and Africa at Hilton joined us for an episode of SMACK at the recent Future Hospitality Summit in Abu Dhabi hosted by the Bench to tell us her story. Fritz and Emma discussed the gourmet plate of all hospitality topics: F&D. Wait, F&D?! Yes, Food & Drinks as Emma rightfully calls it. Let’s be honest: has anyone ever used the word “beverage” in a normal context?
Emm ..read more