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The Proven Principles Hospitality Podcast Weekly interviews with hospitality experts and industry thought leaders uncovering the tactics, insights, and practices of world-class performers.

Welcome to The Proven Principles Hospitality Podcast! From hotels to short term rentals, this show is aimed at demystifying the inner workings of the hospitality industry. Join us each week as we feature expert interviews, while breaking down the tactics and habits of hospitality insiders and world-class performers. Hosted by Adam Knight, Co-Founder of Recreation Vacation Rentals, hospitality vete

ran and operations expert with 25-years across luxury brands and independent hotel companies. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Visit https://theprovenprinciplespodcast.com to learn more.

New Episode! "AI in the Hospitality Industry: The Future of Guest Experience: Luca Zambello, Jurny"Luca is the Co-founde...
24/05/2023

New Episode! "AI in the Hospitality Industry: The Future of Guest Experience: Luca Zambello, Jurny"

Luca is the Co-founder and CEO of Jurny, an AI-driven hospitality platform that seamlessly automates operations and guest experiences through vertical integration and connectivity. This is a company that has taken the traditi...

Luca is the Co-founder and CEO of Jurny, an AI-driven hospitality platform that seamlessly automates operations and guest experiences through vertical in…

New Episode! "Finding Your Story: Juliana Hahn, Hospitality Copywriter"Juliana is a content creator and copywriter speci...
14/12/2022

New Episode! "Finding Your Story: Juliana Hahn, Hospitality Copywriter"

Juliana is a content creator and copywriter specializing in writing for the hospitality and tourism industry. If you’ve ever been responsible for writing an email to a guest, promoting a new offering, or creating content for ...

Juliana is a content creator and copywriter specializing in writing for the hospitality and tourism industry. If you’ve ever been responsible for writing…

New Episode! "How to get on the first page of an OTA: Bart-Jan Leyts, Loreca"Bart-Jan is the Founder of Loreca, a compan...
30/11/2022

New Episode! "How to get on the first page of an OTA: Bart-Jan Leyts, Loreca"

Bart-Jan is the Founder of Loreca, a company specializing in online revenue strategies for the hospitality industry. They’ve developed an algorithm that enables hotels to have better control of their rates over multiple booki...

Bart-Jan is the Founder of Loreca, a company specializing in online revenue strategies for the hospitality industry. They’ve developed an algorithm that …

New Episode! "Starting your hospitality investment journey: Alex Jarbo, Sargon Investments"Alex is a short-term rental d...
09/11/2022

New Episode! "Starting your hospitality investment journey: Alex Jarbo, Sargon Investments"

Alex is a short-term rental developer and manager in Ashville, NC. A former Marine who found his way to real estate investing, he now runs Sargon Investments, a short term rental development company that is working on 650 cab...

Alex is a short-term rental developer and manager in Ashville, NC. A former Marine who found his way to real estate investing, he now runs Sargon Investm…

New Episode! "Digitizing Hospitality: Dr. Josef Vollmayr, limehome"Josef is the Founder and Managing Director of limehom...
19/10/2022

New Episode! "Digitizing Hospitality: Dr. Josef Vollmayr, limehome"

Josef is the Founder and Managing Director of limehome, a European hospitality company with over 3,000 managed units, and is built on digitizing the guest experience and day to day operations. The discussion about automation ...

Josef is the Founder and Managing Director of limehome, a European hospitality company with over 3,000 managed units, and is built on digitizing the gues…

New Episode! "How Human Resources is Evolving: Sue Sanders, HVMG"Sue is the EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer at HVM...
12/10/2022

New Episode! "How Human Resources is Evolving: Sue Sanders, HVMG"

Sue is the EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer at HVMG, a hospitality management company based in Atlanta. You could make a strong argument that the common thread through which many of today’s challenges in hospitality are ...

Sue is the EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer at HVMG, a hospitality management company based in Atlanta. You could make a strong argument that the co…

New Episode! "Insights from SiteMinder’s 2022 Changing Traveller Report: Jason Lugo, SiteMinder"Jason is the Market Vice...
05/10/2022

New Episode! "Insights from SiteMinder’s 2022 Changing Traveller Report: Jason Lugo, SiteMinder"

Jason is the Market Vice President for the Americas at SiteMinder, the world’s leading open hotel commerce platform. The company recently released its 2022 Changing Traveler Report. Featuring insights from 8000 traveler inter...

Jason is the Market Vice President for the Americas at SiteMinder, the world’s leading open hotel commerce platform. The company recently released its 20…

New Episode! "Improve your recruiting game: Thad Price, Talroo"Thad is the CEO of Talroo, a data-driven job advertising ...
28/09/2022

New Episode! "Improve your recruiting game: Thad Price, Talroo"

Thad is the CEO of Talroo, a data-driven job advertising platform that helps hiring managers reach the candidates they need to build their essential workforce. It’s hard to get your head around the changes in the labor market...

Thad is the CEO of Talroo, a data-driven job advertising platform that helps hiring managers reach the candidates they need to build their essential work…

New Episode! "Comfort, Control, And Convenience in Hotel Technology: Tanya Pratt, Oracle Hospitality"Tanya is Vice Presi...
21/09/2022

New Episode! "Comfort, Control, And Convenience in Hotel Technology: Tanya Pratt, Oracle Hospitality"

Tanya is Vice President at Oracle Hospitality and leads the OPERA Cloud Strategy and Product Management teams. Prior to joining Oracle Hospitality, Tanya spent over 20 years at Fairmont Hotels and Resorts in Hotel Operations,...

Tanya is Vice President at Oracle Hospitality and leads the OPERA Cloud Strategy and Product Management teams. Prior to joining Oracle Hospitality, Tanya…

🎙️🎧 Growing a Hospitality Brand w/ Will Parry,  Will is the CEO and Director of ALTIDO, a company that manages Airbnbs, ...
14/09/2022

🎙️🎧 Growing a Hospitality Brand w/ Will Parry,

Will is the CEO and Director of ALTIDO, a company that manages Airbnbs, serviced apartments, hotels, and private residences across Europe.

This is a classic episode of intending to talk about one thing, and pivoting to discuss something totally different. As someone who has spent much more time in the short term rental space over the past couple of years, I’ve watched ALTIDO grow and become fascinated by their bootstrapped beginnings to become one of Europe's largest players. Having Will on the show felt like being able to talk with myself 5 years from now.

We discuss growth, vision, knowing when and where to get out of your comfort zone and discuss resisting when everyone in your space is going one direction and decidedly going the other way.

People from all over hospitality are jumping into entrepreneurship, and whether you’re in short term rentals, hotels or a hospitality service provider, I hope that we touch on a point or two that speaks to what you may be going through right now and helps you figure out your next steps.

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We made it! Episode 100 is live!This is a short one. A thank you for supporting the show for the past two years and a li...
14/09/2022

We made it! Episode 100 is live!

This is a short one. A thank you for supporting the show for the past two years and a little insight on the next 100.

New Episode! "Growing a Hospitality Brand: Will Parry, ALTIDO"Will is the CEO and Director of ALTIDO, a company that man...
14/09/2022

New Episode! "Growing a Hospitality Brand: Will Parry, ALTIDO"

Will is the CEO and Director of ALTIDO, a company that manages Airbnbs, serviced apartments, hotels, and private residences across Europe. This is a classic episode of intending to talk about one thing, and pivoting to discus...

Will is the CEO and Director of ALTIDO, a company that manages Airbnbs, serviced apartments, hotels, and private residences across Europe. This is a clas…

🎙️🎧 The Next Steps for the Hotel Business w/ Mitch Patel, Vision Hospitality GroupMitch is the President and CEO of . Th...
31/08/2022

🎙️🎧 The Next Steps for the Hotel Business w/ Mitch Patel, Vision Hospitality Group

Mitch is the President and CEO of . The company holds a growing portfolio of hotels affiliated with brands such as and , including the company's first boutique hotel, in Chattanooga, TN.

We used to do ‘after action reports’ after big events. They were meetings and reports to discuss what happened, what went wrong and what went right. We’d include several departments and managers to make sure we covered as many bases as possible, then made sure to share learnings with everyone, and have the report available to reference for the next big event.

As the summer travel season of 2022 comes to a close, and the hospitality industry (perhaps) takes a moment to breathe after record occupancies and tight staffing, there is now news of another economic storm that could derail its fragile recovery.

This episode could be looked at as an after action report of sorts. Mitch takes us through his company’s experience not just over the past couple of years but over several previous crises, what they’ve learned that made them stronger and how they’re approaching the litany of challenges that continue to emerge. We touch on finances, consumer behavior, staffing and most crucially, how company culture is the linchpin to it all.

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New Episode! "The Next Steps for the Hotel Business: Mitch Patel, Vision Hospitality Group"Mitch is the President and CE...
31/08/2022

New Episode! "The Next Steps for the Hotel Business: Mitch Patel, Vision Hospitality Group"

Mitch is the President and CEO of Vision Hospitality Group. The company holds a growing portfolio of hotels affiliated with brands such as Hilton and Marriott, including the company's first boutique hotel, The Edwin in Chatta...

Mitch is the President and CEO of Vision Hospitality Group. The company holds a growing portfolio of hotels affiliated with brands such as Hilton and Mar…

🎙️🎧 We're back! Our latest episode is live! This week we're talking with Keith M. Cestare, General Manager at the Ambass...
24/08/2022

🎙️🎧 We're back! Our latest episode is live! This week we're talking with Keith M. Cestare, General Manager at the Ambassador Chicago.

We're calling this one "The 21st Century Hotel General Manager".

How has the job of a hotel GM changed over the past couple of years? This is a question that only something like the pandemic could cause us to ask because in spite of pre-pandemic musings about culture, employee development and company growth, the job was quickly moving into “managing by spreadsheet” territory.

Today, we’re having discussions about flexibility, development and attracting new entrants into the industry; things that almost feel a little foreign but they’re topics that are forcing GM’s to find new ways of addressing old problems.

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What struck me in this conversation was that much of what Keith and I discussed isn’t anything new. What’s different however is that leaders must bring authenticity to their positions now more than ever. You can no longer say one thing and do another. Your team is watching and evaluating what and how you do what you say, and if you don’t have enough people on your team because they keep leaving, this might be a you problem, not a them problem.

New Episode! "The 21st Century Hotel General Manager: Keith Cestare, Ambassador Chicago"Keith is the General Manager at ...
24/08/2022

New Episode! "The 21st Century Hotel General Manager: Keith Cestare, Ambassador Chicago"

Keith is the General Manager at the Ambassador Chicago. How has the job of a hotel GM changed over the past couple of years? This is a question that only something like the pandemic could cause us to ask because in spite of p...

Keith is the General Manager at the Ambassador Chicago. How has the job of a hotel GM changed over the past couple of years? This is a question that only…

New Episode! "The demographic effects on hospitality technology: Sebastien Leitner, Cloudbeds"Sebastien is the Vice Pres...
13/07/2022

New Episode! "The demographic effects on hospitality technology: Sebastien Leitner, Cloudbeds"

Sebastien is the Vice President of Partnerships at Cloudbeds, an all-in-one hospitality management software platform. A question I’ve been wrestling with lately is “can you provide luxury level service if hotels are moving to...

Sebastien is the Vice President of Partnerships at Cloudbeds, an all-in-one hospitality management software platform. A question I’ve been wrestling with…

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