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Behind the Stays

Autor: Zach Busekrus

Welcome to Behind the Stays — a podcast that shares the stories behind your favorite boutique hotels, short-term rentals, and hospitality brands and the hosts, operators, and entrepreneurs who’ve brought them to life. Every Tuesday and Friday you’ll meet the military veterans, retired flight attendants, tech entrepreneurs, school teachers, single moms, hoteliers, and real estate investors who are all, in their unique ways, shaping the future of travel and hospitality. Discover how these visionaries — from all over the world — have built stunning landscape hotels in the mountains, designed bohemian bungalows on the beach, erected eclectic off-grid and nature-immersed escapes, and so muc...

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  1. This Week in Hospitality: Which Hotel Would You Steal for $1? Marina Bay Sands, Ted Turner's Ranch, and the Case for Hotel Emma – Behind the Stays
  2. From Backcountry to Frontcountry: How Janice Stitzer Built a 7-Cabin Micro-Resort – Behind the Stays
  3. This Week in Hospitality: Can AI Fix Hotel Margins? Alex Cabañas on AI's Margin Opportunity, Expedia's Lawsuit, and the Longevity Hotel Debate – Behind the Stays
  4. You Should Standardize a Lot — But Never The Soul of a Hotel: Dovetail + Co's Shawn Cioto on the Lean Boutique Hotel – Behind the Stays
  5. When Everyone Has an AI Travel Agent, What Is Airline Loyalty Actually Worth? – Behind the Stays
  6. An Empty Pool Is Perishable Inventory - Here's How ResortPass Turned It Into Revenue – Behind the Stays
  7. Empower Your People: Staypineapple's Dina Belon-Sayre on Personality-Driven Hotels and the AI Threat to Independents – Behind the Stays
  8. Hilton This Week in Hospitality: Says AI Is Coming for the OTAs, Kayak's Founders Launch Lola, and Choice Buys Harvest Hosts for $130M – Behind the Stays
  9. The Third Way: Curator's Jennifer Barnwell on Cost Savings, Robots and the Next Chapter for Hotel Collections – Behind the Stays
  10. Nourishment, Expression, Movement: Heidi Zimmer on Building Wild Rice Retreat on the Shores of Lake Superior – Behind the Stays
  11. This Week in Hospitality: Royal Caribbean Buys Half of Sandals, Uber's Hotel Play, and Big Hotel Brands Start Betting on Creators – Behind the Stays
  12. She Opened a Bachelorette Airbnb in 2020. Everyone Thought She Was Crazy. Now Everyone Copies Her Playbook. – Behind the Stays
  13. This Week in Hospitality: 8 Independent Hoteliers, 2 Days, 1 Recap: What We Heard at IHS Miami – Behind the Stays
  14. Building Nature Nooks: How a Project Manager Turned 17 Acres of Maine Into a Glamping Business – Behind the Stays
  15. This Week in Hospitality: From Ian Schrager to AKA — Blake Danner on the Loyalty Lie, Brand Differentiation, and Staying Small – Behind the Stays
  16. He Bought His First House at 17, Sold a Company to Zillow, and Built a Second Home Empire That Hit Unicorn Status in Five Months – Behind the Stays
  17. This Week in Hospitality: AI-Generated Hotels That Don't Exist, Airbnb Cuts Fees for Hosts Who Bring Their Own Demand, and Google Turns the Search Bar Into a Booking Engine – Behind the Stays
  18. She Left Chicago, Bought 160 Acres, and Built a Glamping Retreat Business That Sells Out in Hours – Behind the Stays
  19. This Week in Hospitality: Buying Hotels Off Bad Yelp Reviews & The Boutique Hotel Brand Obituary – Behind the Stays
  20. Why Blackberry Farm Doesn't Buy Ads — Matt Ferebee on Storytelling as Guest Experience – Behind the Stays
  21. This Week in Hospitality: Google Buys Spirit’s Data, Timeshares Are Cool Now, and Alice Sherman on the Future of Hiring in Hospitality – Behind the Stays
  22. The Real Reason You Can't Build a Vacation Rental Brand (It's Not What You Think) — And How to Fix It – Behind the Stays
  23. This Week in Hospitality: Airbnb & Trip Advisor Partner, IHG's Owner Gambit, and a Loyalty Program Worth More Than the Airline – Behind the Stays
  24. Why the Complaint Is the Doorway: Rachel Alday on Her New Book, "Please Do Disturb" – Behind the Stays
  25. This Week in Hospitality: Skift Editor-in-Chief Sarah Kopit on The Great Hotel Owner Squeeze, Aman's YouTuber Fiasco, & Marriott's Owner Concession – Behind the Stays
  26. Sponsored Listings Are Coming to Vrbo — Plus What 2,000 Guests Actually Want from Vacation Rentals (and It's Not a Hot Tub) – Behind the Stays
  27. This Week in Hospitality: Sonder is back, Fora hits a $1B valuation, The Odyssey drives travel & Google’s AI booking grab – Behind the Stays
  28. The Godfather of Hospitality Podcasting Has Notes: Disney, Virgin, and the Quest to Be Original with Glenn Haussman – Behind the Stays
  29. This Week in Hospitality: Hot Takes on Hilton, What Hotels Should Learn from the World Cup, and Shark Tank for Route 66's Last Surviving Motels – Behind the Stays
  30. This Week in Hospitality: How Norwegian Air Went Viral for Losing, Should Airbnb and Ennismore Hook Up? and the Slow Death of Organic Discovery on Vrbo – Behind the Stays