

Good Morning Hospitality
Skift
The hospitality industry is constantly growing, changing, and innovating! This podcast will bring you the top news and topics from industry experts in different hospitality fields. Good Morning Hospitality publishes two thirty-minute weekly episodes, starting Monday and Wednesday at 7 a.m. PST / 10 a.m. EST.
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This podcast is a part of Skift. Go to Skift.com to hear and see more industry-leading content!
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Aug 14, 2023 • 38min
OTA Earnings, Maui Fires, & Glamping
This week, Jamie Lane is back on the pod!We have seen some interesting announcements in the industry and even some comments from our last couple of episodes about OTA's, credit card companies like Capital One and American Express but, in this episode we're diving into the numbers and sharing cool stories like a glamping fund announced by Outdoorsy!Oh, can you guess what is going to be in our coffee cups this week? 👀 Get your wine box from sojo with this link!Hospitality HotlineHospitality Hotline is open to everyone by using this link!📲https://www.speakpipe.com/GoodMorningHospitalityShow Notes:
HFM Merch Store! 10% off for GMH listeners that use this link
TravelNet joins GMH as an official sponsor! Click this link to check out their special offer for our listeners!
Good Morning Hospitality welcomes sojo as its newest show partner and is excited to bring automated guest amenity tech to the listeners of GMH! All of our listeners get 30 days of free amenities when using our link!
—Good Morning Hospitality is part of the Hospitality.FM podcast network and a Hospitality.FM Original. If you like this podcast then you'll also love, Behind The Stays with Zach Busekrus, that comes out every Tuesday & Friday wherever you get your podcasts!This show is structured to cover industry news within all of travel/hospitality and is recorded live every Monday morning 7am PST/10am EST so make sure you tune in during our live show on our social media channels or YouTube and join the conversation, live!Thank you to all of the Hospitality.FM Partners that help make this show possible and if you have any press you want covered during the show, fill out this form!

Aug 7, 2023 • 35min
Short-Term Rentals Are Finally Mainstream - Amex Launches STR Program
Following the Hopper & Expedia breakup, we see that American Express launches their Vacation Rental Program with industry leading operators like Vacasa, Casiola Vacation Homes, and Moving Mountains.Join us on this episode as we talk about more mainstream trends for STRs!Want to learn more about how branding can increase your company revenue? Check out this webinar happening with TravelNet and sojo on August 9th, 2023! Linked Here!Hospitality HotlineHospitality Hotline is open to everyone by using this link!📲https://www.speakpipe.com/GoodMorningHospitalityShow Notes:
HFM Merch Store! 10% off for GMH listeners that use this link
TravelNet joins GMH as an official sponsor! Click this link to check out their special offer for our listeners!
Good Morning Hospitality welcomes sojo as its newest show partner and is excited to bring automated guest amenity tech to the listeners of GMH! All of our listeners get 30 days of free amenities when using our link!
—Good Morning Hospitality is part of the Hospitality.FM podcast network and a Hospitality.FM Original. If you like this podcast then you'll also love, Behind The Stays with Zach Busekrus, that comes out every Tuesday & Friday wherever you get your podcasts!This show is structured to cover industry news within all of travel/hospitality and is recorded live every Monday morning 7am PST/10am EST so make sure you tune in during our live show on our social media channels or YouTube and join the conversation, live!Thank you to all of the Hospitality.FM Partners that help make this show possible and if you have any press you want covered during the show, fill out this form!

Jul 31, 2023 • 34min
Walmart & Expedia, Casai Goes Out of Business, & More!
In this weeks episode, you will hear many different opinions on what's happening in our industry around Expedia & Walmarts recent partnership announcement and of course, some of our thoughts around STR Operations company, Casai, closing down it's operations.Hospitality HotlineHospitality Hotline is open to everyone by using this link!📲https://www.speakpipe.com/GoodMorningHospitalityShow Notes:
HFM Merch Store! 10% off for GMH listeners that use this link
TravelNet joins GMH as an official sponsor! Click this link to check out their special offer for our listeners!
Good Morning Hospitality welcomes sojo as its newest show partner and is excited to bring automated guest amenity tech to the listeners of GMH! All of our listeners get 30 days of free amenities when using our link!
—Good Morning Hospitality is part of the Hospitality.FM podcast network and a Hospitality.FM Original. If you like this podcast then you'll also love, Behind The Stays with Zach Busekrus, that comes out every Tuesday & Friday wherever you get your podcasts!This show is structured to cover industry news within all of travel/hospitality and is recorded live every Monday morning 7am PST/10am EST so make sure you tune in during our live show on our social media channels or YouTube and join the conversation, live!Thank you to all of the Hospitality.FM Partners that help make this show possible and if you have any press you want covered during the show, fill out this form!

Jul 24, 2023 • 35min
The Next Generation of Hospitality Operators
This episode of Good Morning Hospitality, we will be talking with Louis Andrews, as he has stepped into lead the business that his father, Tim Andrews, started over 10 years ago.We got to meet with Louis at Scale Rentals in Barcelona and hear a little more of his story behind the scenes and we knew we had to get him back on GMH for a conversation that's focused around being the next generation to lead in the hospitality industry.This is one you won't want to miss!Hospitality HotlineHospitality Hotline is open to everyone by using this link!📲https://www.speakpipe.com/GoodMorningHospitalityShow Notes:
HFM Merch Store! 10% off for GMH listeners that use this link
TravelNet joins GMH as an official sponsor! Click this link to check out their special offer for our listeners!
Good Morning Hospitality welcomes sojo as its newest show partner and is excited to bring automated guest amenity tech to the listeners of GMH! All of our listeners get 30 days of free amenities when using our link!
—Good Morning Hospitality is part of the Hospitality.FM podcast network and a Hospitality.FM Original. If you like this podcast then you'll also love, Behind The Stays with Zach Busekrus, that comes out every Tuesday & Friday wherever you get your podcasts!This show is structured to cover industry news within all of travel/hospitality and is recorded live every Monday morning 7am PST/10am EST so make sure you tune in during our live show on our social media channels or YouTube and join the conversation, live!Thank you to all of the Hospitality.FM Partners that help make this show possible and if you have any press you want covered during the show, fill out this form!

Jul 19, 2023 • 20min
BONUS: AirDNA's Acquisition of Arrivalist | Demi Horvat, CEO of AirDNA
As promised, we got to go again with Demi Horvat, CEO of AirDNA, and sit down with her in order to chat about the acquisition they just announced (and tried to announce on GMH on our Monday Live Episode) of data company, Arrivalist!In this interview, Wil & Demi discuss the benefits of this new data company joining the AirDNA team and how this will overall impact DMO's, STR Operators, and Lodging as a whole.AirDNA's Press Release for more details - Linked HereGet 20% off when you subscribe to AirDNA with code GMH20 and this linkHospitality HotlineHospitality Hotline is open to everyone by using this link!📲https://www.speakpipe.com/GoodMorningHospitality—Good Morning Hospitality is part of the Hospitality.FM podcast network and a Hospitality.FM Original. If you like this podcast then you'll also love, Behind The Stays with Zach Busekrus, that comes out every Tuesday & Friday wherever you get your podcasts!This show is structured to cover industry news within all of travel/hospitality and is recorded live every Monday morning 7am PST/10am EST so make sure you tune in during our live show on our social media channels or YouTube and join the conversation, live!Thank you to all of the Hospitality.FM Partners that help make this show possible and if you have any press you want covered during the show, fill out this form!

Jul 17, 2023 • 31min
Expedia Breaks Up with Hopper, Tech Giveaways, & More!
Quick heads up for all of our regular listeners: we had some wifi issues this morning when recording so please note that's why we got this episode out a bit later than normal for some more post production to help make it a better listening experience! Also, Demi Horvat - CEO of AirDNA joins us to announce their acquisition of Arrivalist. Unfortunately, she was one of the three of us that had some wifi issues so you might not hear the full picture but we are confirmed to do a quick bonus recording with her later this week! Thank you to Kelsey (our GMH editor) for cleaning this up in a fast turn around!Who doesn't love a little bit of drama, some industry conversations, a quick special announcement, and a 30 minute Monday morning podcast?We know these are all something we live for (hopefully less drama than anything else) but get ready for a very fun episode that will have you sucked in!And don't forget, Jamie Lane is back on the pod this week! Hospitality HotlineHospitality Hotline is open to everyone by using this link!📲https://www.speakpipe.com/GoodMorningHospitalityShow Notes:
HFM Merch Store! 10% off for GMH listeners that use this link
TravelNet joins GMH as an official sponsor! Click this link to check out their special offer for our listeners!
Good Morning Hospitality welcomes sojo as its newest show partner and is excited to bring automated guest amenity tech to the listeners of GMH! All of our listeners get 30 days of free amenities when using our link!
—Good Morning Hospitality is part of the Hospitality.FM podcast network and a Hospitality.FM Original.This show is structured to cover industry news within all of travel/hospitality and is recorded live every Monday morning 7am PST/10am EST so make sure you tune in during our live show on our social media channels or YouTube and join the conversation, live!Thank you to all of the Hospitality.FM Partners that help make this show possible and if you have any press you want covered during the show, fill out this form!

Jul 10, 2023 • 38min
Hospitality Consolidation with Jesse DePinto
Something we talk a lot about on the show is acquisitions, funding, and consolidation and for this episode, we're excited to welcome Jesse DePinto, CEO & Founder of Frontdesk, to the show to talk about all the above!Recently, Frontdesk acquired Zencity, an urban operator based in Chicago.Call into the Hospitality Hotline so you can be part of the conversation on GMH!Hospitality HotlineHospitality Hotline is open to everyone by using this link!📲https://www.speakpipe.com/GoodMorningHospitalityShow Notes:
HFM Merch Store! 10% off for GMH listeners that use this link
TravelNet joins GMH as an official sponsor! Click this link to check out their special offer for our listeners!
Good Morning Hospitality welcomes sojo as its newest show partner and is excited to bring automated guest amenity tech to the listeners of GMH! All of our listeners get 30 days of free amenities when using our link!
—Good Morning Hospitality is part of the Hospitality.FM podcast network and a Hospitality.FM Original.This show is structured to cover industry news within all of travel/hospitality and is recorded live every Monday morning 7am PST/10am EST so make sure you tune in during our live show on our social media channels or YouTube and join the conversation, live!Thank you to all of the Hospitality.FM Partners that help make this show possible and if you have any press you want covered during the show, fill out this form!

Jul 3, 2023 • 38min
False Data, OTA Fraud, & Airbnb
Can you guess what our main topics are going to be just by reading this episode title? That's the point, so we're glad you're deciding to tune in!From the whole Good Morning Hospitality & Hospitality.FM crew we wish everyone of of our listeners a safe 4th of July and ask that you send us your thoughts on the conversation. It's a pretty important one and we are very thankful to have had it on the show.Call into the Hospitality Hotline so you can be part of the conversation on GMH!Hospitality HotlineHospitality Hotline is open to everyone by using this link!📲https://www.speakpipe.com/GoodMorningHospitalityShow Notes:
HFM Merch Store! 10% off for GMH listeners that use this link
TravelNet joins GMH as an official sponsor! Click this link to check out their special offer for our listeners!
Good Morning Hospitality welcomes sojo as its newest show partner and is excited to bring automated guest amenity tech to the listeners of GMH! All of our listeners get 30 days of free amenities when using our link!
—Good Morning Hospitality is part of the Hospitality.FM podcast network and a Hospitality.FM Original.This show is structured to cover industry news within all of travel/hospitality and is recorded live every Monday morning 7am PST/10am EST so make sure you tune in during our live show on our social media channels or YouTube and join the conversation, live!Thank you to all of the Hospitality.FM Partners that help make this show possible and if you have any press you want covered during the show, fill out this form!

Jun 28, 2023 • 25min
🚨Breaking News🚨 Don't Believe Everything You See on Twitter!
Jamie Lane goes viral on twitter and we of course had to chat with him about it.This is what happens when you have either false data or false data analysis... and remember folks, don't believe everything you see on Twitter 😉Read Twitter Thread here!Hospitality HotlineHospitality Hotline is open to everyone by using this link!📲https://www.speakpipe.com/GoodMorningHospitality—Good Morning Hospitality is part of the Hospitality.FM podcast network and a Hospitality.FM Original.This show is structured to cover industry news within all of travel/hospitality and is recorded live every Monday morning 7am PST/10am EST so make sure you tune in during our live show on our social media channels or YouTube and join the conversation, live!Thank you to all of the Hospitality.FM Partners that help make this show possible and if you have any press you want covered during the show, fill out this form!

Jun 26, 2023 • 34min
Supply Chain & Branding Vacation Rentals with Max Farley
We've all seen it, dealt with it, and have sometimes hated it. Turning over a property or a hotel room is hard work with tons of moving parts. This is no secret for the industry. In this episode, we're sitting down with Max Farley, Founder of sojo, to dive into some interesting topics around property logistics, tech, and what can make a turnover day suck a lot less by integrating both logistics, tech, and amenities!Hospitality HotlineHospitality Hotline is open to everyone by using this link!📲https://www.speakpipe.com/GoodMorningHospitalityShow Notes:
HFM Merch Store! 10% off for GMH listeners that use this link
TravelNet joins GMH as an official sponsor! Click this link to check out their special offer for our listeners!
Good Morning Hospitality welcomes sojo as its newest show partner and is excited to bring automated guest amenity tech to the listeners of GMH! All of our listeners get 30 days of free amenities when using our link!
—Good Morning Hospitality is part of the Hospitality.FM podcast network and a Hospitality.FM Original.This show is structured to cover industry news within all of travel/hospitality and is recorded live every Monday morning 7am PST/10am EST so make sure you tune in during our live show on our social media channels or YouTube and join the conversation, live!Thank you to all of the Hospitality.FM Partners that help make this show possible and if you have any press you want covered during the show, fill out this form!


