

Hospitality Daily Podcast
Josiah Mackenzie
Stay informed and inspired to delight people and grow your business with daily conversations with interesting people doing interesting things. Hosted by Josiah Mackenzie.
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Jan 9, 2023 • 3min
How I stay in touch with my teams on property - Scott Curran, Reneson Hotels
Scott Curran is the Chief Operating Officer of Reneson Hotels - which owns and operates hotels around California that are all in the top tier of guest satisfaction in their respective brands. Today, he’s sharing with us how he connects with his teams on property as the top operations executive for the company to stay in touch with what’s going on and identify opportunities for improvement. Follow Scott on LinkedInFeature story: Operating lessons from a top-rated hotel ownerTechnology must be easy: What Scott Curran has learned as Chief Operating OfficerA few more resources: If you're new to Hospitality Daily, start here. You can send me a message here with questions, comments, or guest suggestions If you want to get my summary and actionable insights from each episode delivered to your inbox each day, subscribe here for free. Follow Hospitality Daily and join the conversation on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram. If you want to advertise on Hospitality Daily, here are the ways we can work together. If you found this episode interesting or helpful, send it to someone on your team so you can turn the ideas into action and benefit your business and the people you serve! Music for this show is produced by Clay Bassford of Bespoke Sound: Music Identity Design for Hospitality Brands

Jan 6, 2023 • 3min
I bought a Jeep Wagoneer to rally our team - Jeremy Wells
Jeremy Wells is the Managing Partner at Longitude°, a branding group that has helped companies like 21c Museum Hotels, SALT Hotels, and Real Hospitality Group showcase their unique approach to hospitality. He’s also the Managing Partner at Flyover Developments, a hospitality development, and investment group, through which he’s preparing to open his new hotel - The Ozarker Lodge - in Branson, Missouri the summer of 2023. Today, he shares the story of something he did that was a bit unusual - but helped his team rally around the brand they were developing for their hotel. Follow Jeremy on LinkedInA few more resources: If you're new to Hospitality Daily, start here. You can send me a message here with questions, comments, or guest suggestions If you want to get my summary and actionable insights from each episode delivered to your inbox each day, subscribe here for free. Follow Hospitality Daily and join the conversation on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram. If you want to advertise on Hospitality Daily, here are the ways we can work together. If you found this episode interesting or helpful, send it to someone on your team so you can turn the ideas into action and benefit your business and the people you serve! Music for this show is produced by Clay Bassford of Bespoke Sound: Music Identity Design for Hospitality Brands

Jan 5, 2023 • 7min
Providing hospitality through collaborations - Jeremy Wells
Jeremy Wells is the Managing Partner at Longitude°, a branding group that has helped companies like 21c Museum Hotels, SALT Hotels, and Real Hospitality Group showcase their unique approach to hospitality. He’s also the Managing Partner at Flyover Developments, a hospitality development, and investment group, through which he’s preparing to open his new hotel - The Ozarker Lodge - in Branson, Missouri the summer of 2023. I’m obsessed right now with how collaborations can enable hospitality providers to offer unique offerings and experiences to their guests, and asked Jeremy how he’s thinking about this for his new hotel. Follow Jeremy on LinkedInA few more resources: If you're new to Hospitality Daily, start here. You can send me a message here with questions, comments, or guest suggestions If you want to get my summary and actionable insights from each episode delivered to your inbox each day, subscribe here for free. Follow Hospitality Daily and join the conversation on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram. If you want to advertise on Hospitality Daily, here are the ways we can work together. If you found this episode interesting or helpful, send it to someone on your team so you can turn the ideas into action and benefit your business and the people you serve! Music for this show is produced by Clay Bassford of Bespoke Sound: Music Identity Design for Hospitality Brands

Jan 4, 2023 • 3min
Did you buy the chicken? - Eleanor Erickson
Eleanor Erickson was a general manager with Hampton Inn by Hilton for 20 years before focusing her time now on providing hospitality leaders with the tools they need to create more sustainable workplace cultures. Today, she shares a story from early in her career about a question that one of her mentors asked that's made a big impression on her ever since. Follow Eleanor on LinkedInVisit Eleanor's websiteA few more resources: If you're new to Hospitality Daily, start here. You can send me a message here with questions, comments, or guest suggestions If you want to get my summary and actionable insights from each episode delivered to your inbox each day, subscribe here for free. Follow Hospitality Daily and join the conversation on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram. If you want to advertise on Hospitality Daily, here are the ways we can work together. If you found this episode interesting or helpful, send it to someone on your team so you can turn the ideas into action and benefit your business and the people you serve! Music for this show is produced by Clay Bassford of Bespoke Sound: Music Identity Design for Hospitality Brands

Jan 3, 2023 • 4min
Let’s make hospitality careers sustainable - Eleanor Erickson
Eleanor Erickson was a general manager with Hampton Inn by Hilton for 22 years before focusing her time now on providing hospitality leaders with the tools they need to create more sustainable workplace cultures. Today, she explains why.Follow Eleanor on LinkedInVisit Eleanor's websiteA few more resources: If you're new to Hospitality Daily, start here. You can send me a message here with questions, comments, or guest suggestions If you want to get my summary and actionable insights from each episode delivered to your inbox each day, subscribe here for free. Follow Hospitality Daily and join the conversation on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram. If you want to advertise on Hospitality Daily, here are the ways we can work together. If you found this episode interesting or helpful, send it to someone on your team so you can turn the ideas into action and benefit your business and the people you serve! Music for this show is produced by Clay Bassford of Bespoke Sound: Music Identity Design for Hospitality Brands

Jan 2, 2023 • 2min
Just go for it! - Thalia Manzo, Hilton Hampton Inn
Thalia Manzo is the general manager of the Hilton Hampton Inn in Daly City, California - a Reneson Hotel. We met Thalia in a previous episode where she talked about building a team culture that earned great guest reviews and helped her become a TripAdvisor Traveler’s Choice winner this year. I wanted to bring her back as we kick off a new year because towards the end of our conversation she reflected back on her career journey and overcoming fear to step into areas of increased responsibility. Today, she has a message for all of us who have big dreams and goals for what we want to do.-----Follow Thalia here on LinkedInLearn more about Reneson Hotels hereA few more resources: If you're new to Hospitality Daily, start here. You can send me a message here with questions, comments, or guest suggestions If you want to get my summary and actionable insights from each episode delivered to your inbox each day, subscribe here for free. Follow Hospitality Daily and join the conversation on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram. If you want to advertise on Hospitality Daily, here are the ways we can work together. If you found this episode interesting or helpful, send it to someone on your team so you can turn the ideas into action and benefit your business and the people you serve! Music for this show is produced by Clay Bassford of Bespoke Sound: Music Identity Design for Hospitality Brands

Dec 30, 2022 • 3min
How I think about mental health in hospitality - Hans Pfister, Cayuga Collection
Hans Pfister is the President of Cayuga Collection, and recently hosted an offsite leadership development event for his teams. One of his team members said they really appreciate how Cayuga thinks about mental health, so I asked Hans how he thinks about this - and an exercise they did at their offsite to promote mental health.Read the blog postA few more resources: If you're new to Hospitality Daily, start here. You can send me a message here with questions, comments, or guest suggestions If you want to get my summary and actionable insights from each episode delivered to your inbox each day, subscribe here for free. Follow Hospitality Daily and join the conversation on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram. If you want to advertise on Hospitality Daily, here are the ways we can work together. If you found this episode interesting or helpful, send it to someone on your team so you can turn the ideas into action and benefit your business and the people you serve! Music for this show is produced by Clay Bassford of Bespoke Sound: Music Identity Design for Hospitality Brands

Dec 29, 2022 • 5min
How we planned and hosted our leadership offsite - Hans Pfister, Cayuga Collection
Hans Pfister, President of Cayuga Collection, recently hosted an offsite leadership development event for his teams, and in this episode explains how he planned and hosted the event to encourage sharing best practices.Read the blog postFollow Hans on LinkedInA few more resources: If you're new to Hospitality Daily, start here. You can send me a message here with questions, comments, or guest suggestions If you want to get my summary and actionable insights from each episode delivered to your inbox each day, subscribe here for free. Follow Hospitality Daily and join the conversation on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram. If you want to advertise on Hospitality Daily, here are the ways we can work together. If you found this episode interesting or helpful, send it to someone on your team so you can turn the ideas into action and benefit your business and the people you serve! Music for this show is produced by Clay Bassford of Bespoke Sound: Music Identity Design for Hospitality Brands

Dec 28, 2022 • 3min
Why we need leadership offsites now - Hans Pfister, Cayuga Collection
Hans Pfister, President of Cayuga Collection, explains why he hosted an offsite leadership development event for his teams. Read the blog post (and see photos)Learn more about Cayuga CollectionFollow Hans on LinkedIn hereA few more resources: If you're new to Hospitality Daily, start here. You can send me a message here with questions, comments, or guest suggestions If you want to get my summary and actionable insights from each episode delivered to your inbox each day, subscribe here for free. Follow Hospitality Daily and join the conversation on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram. If you want to advertise on Hospitality Daily, here are the ways we can work together. If you found this episode interesting or helpful, send it to someone on your team so you can turn the ideas into action and benefit your business and the people you serve! Music for this show is produced by Clay Bassford of Bespoke Sound: Music Identity Design for Hospitality Brands

Dec 27, 2022 • 2min
Take time to be still - Sherrie Carreno, Wildhaven
Sherrie Carreno, General Manager of Wildhaven in Sonoma, California, explains why she turns to nature to rejuvenate and renew as a hospitality leader.A few more resources: If you're new to Hospitality Daily, start here. You can send me a message here with questions, comments, or guest suggestions If you want to get my summary and actionable insights from each episode delivered to your inbox each day, subscribe here for free. Follow Hospitality Daily and join the conversation on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram. If you want to advertise on Hospitality Daily, here are the ways we can work together. If you found this episode interesting or helpful, send it to someone on your team so you can turn the ideas into action and benefit your business and the people you serve! Music for this show is produced by Clay Bassford of Bespoke Sound: Music Identity Design for Hospitality Brands