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LEADERSHIP
August 24, 2016074 | Increase Hotel Profits Through Financial Leadership with David Lund
David is an international hospitality financial leadership expert who has held positions as a Regional Financial Controller, Corporate Director and Hotel Manager with Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. David authored an award winning workshop on financial leadership, and he coaches hospitality executives, leads group facilitations with hospitality teams and delivers his Financial Leadership Training workshop throughout the world. read more
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LODGING LEADERS
August 17, 2016073 | Become a Blogger with Leslie Samuel
Leslie Samuel is a former university professor turned full-time blogger. The owner of Become A Blogger, and the host of the Learning with Leslie podcast, all of his content is focused on building an online business, from blogging, to marketing, to social media. In This Episode, Leslie Talks About Blogging, what it is, and what you read more
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LODGING LEADERS
August 10, 2016072 | The ONE Thing That Delivers Extraordinary Results with Jay Papasan
Jay Papasan is co-author of the best-selling book The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results, which has garnered more than 238 appearances on the national bestseller lists including #1 on the Wall Street Journal, NewYork Times, and USA Today. Jay serves as Gary Keller’s co-author and executive editor on other best-selling titles read more
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EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT & RETENTION
August 3, 2016071 | Who: The A Method for Hiring A Players for Hotels with Geoff Smart
Geoff Smart, Ph.D. is co-author of the New York Times bestselling book, Who: The A Method for Hiring, which is ranked #1 on Amazon.com on the topic of hiring talented teams. He’s also Chairman & Founder of ghSMART, a leadership consulting firm with 12 offices in the U.S. and one in London whose mission is to read more
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LODGING LEADERS
July 27, 2016070 | Mission, Vision, Culture and Change Management with Toral Desai
Toral Desai, Psy.D. is a Principal at ghSMART, where she serves private equity and Fortune 500 clients in the areas of management assessment, talent planning and organizational change initiatives. She focuses on identifying an organization’s strategic objectives to attract, develop, and retain top talent. Prior to joining ghSMART, Toral was at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, where read more
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LEGAL
July 20, 2016069 | What You Need to Know About Franchise Agreements with Jeffrey Goldstein
Jeffrey Goldstein has been working as a franchise attorney in the franchise and distribution niche for over three decades. Jeff and the Goldstein Law Firm, by choice, do not represent franchisors or suppliers; they only represent franchisees and dealers because they believe representing franchisors, especially in the litigation context, is directly harmful to your status read more
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LODGING LEADERS
July 13, 2016068 | Personality Driven Content Development with Glenn Haussman
Glenn Haussman hosts the No Vacancy podcast, a weekly on demand radio show, writes two columns per week for Hotel Management, contributes to USA Today, is a frequent keynote speaker and sought out lodging trends expert with near 20 years’ experience. Glenn is also frequently quoted in publications such as the New York Times and read more
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LEADERSHIP
July 6, 2016067 | Creating Power Teams Through Accountability and a Positive Praise Culture with Peter Ivanov
Peter Ivanov is a Virtual Teams Expert, Keynote Speaker and Executive Coach. He has 20 years of international experience leading Virtual Teams of 100+ people – spread across Eastern and Western Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and Africa – and delivered outstanding business results. His Management System “Virtual Power Teams” has won multiple corporate awards. read more
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LODGING LEADERS
June 29, 2016066 | Building a Consistent and Sustainable Sales Pipeline with Amy Infante
Amy Infante is a sales & marketing consultant to the hospitality industry. Her businesses, Plan B Consultants, Inc. and Sales4Hire™ provide cost effective, “done for you” hotel sales & marketing solutions, as well as consulting services customized to fit your needs. In This Episode, Amy Reveals … The trap that many properties fall into of only read more
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DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
June 22, 2016065 | Going Against the Grain with Hotel Impossible Designer Blanche Garcia
Blanche is a certified Interior Designer with over 18 years of experience in residential and commercial design and is the owner of B. Garcia Designs based in Montclair, New Jersey. She is also a principal designer featured in the popular Travel Channel reality series, Hotel Impossible. Blanche is a member of the American Society of read more
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FINANCING
June 15, 2016064 | Finance Your Growth and Recession-Proof Your Portfolio with Nick Sheth
Niraj “Nick” Sheth is President & CEO of the LD Capital LLC – providing commercial real estate loans from $3 million-$200 million, small business financing for deals ranging from $100,000 to $6 million, and loans for FF&E. In This Episode, Nick Talks About … His entrepreneurial journey, beginning with how got the idea in the early read more
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LODGING LEADERS
June 8, 2016063 | Generate More Leads and Sales for Your Property with Jeff Wenberg
Jeff is the Head Product Educator at Leadpages – The #1 landing page software for your business that lets you collect leads and customer contacts from sales pages, pop-up forms, social media, text messaging, and email. Jeff helps Leadpages customers achieve amazing results with the many products and features they offer, and his content has read more
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LODGING LEADERS
June 1, 2016062 | Sell More Rooms for Your Hotel Tonight with Jared Simon
Jared is a co-founder and currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer of HotelTonight, the on-demand hotel booking app. Prior to HotelTonight, Jared led partner development and served on the founding executive team at online video production and distribution pioneer TurnHere. Jared previously worked at online travel agency Orbitz, serving on the launch team for read more
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LODGING LEADERS
May 25, 2016061 | Convey and Leverage Your Sense of Place with Mark Glickman
Mark Glickman is an internationally acclaimed marketing and sales strategist, author, advisor to emerging companies, and professional speaker on topics including marketing, branding, sales and social media. Mark was selected as one of the “Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Sales & Marketing” by Hotel Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI). In This Episode, Mark Reveals read more
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CONSTRUCTION
May 18, 2016060 | Deconstructing Hospitality Construction Project Management with Stephen Siegel
Stephen is President of H-CPM (Hospitality CPM), a construction project management and owner representation firm specializing in managing hotel renovations, conversions, repositioning and new construction projects. Prior to H-CPM, Stephen served as VP of Construction for Prime Hospitality and was responsible for over $1.0B in new hotel construction and managing capital improvement for a portfolio read more
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LEADERSHIP
May 11, 2016059 | Fail a Thousand Times and Be Cause in the Matter with Dawn Berry
Dawn is President and CEO of PHD Hospitality, a full service asset management, design and development company based in Scottsdale, AZ. In just 10 years, PHD has operated, owned or managed a portfolio of up to 23 properties under management in 11 states. In 2015, PHD Hospitality ranked #85 in the Hotel Business Top 100 Management Companies read more