Aug 26, 2020
Ryan MacDonald joins me
from Toronto, Canada. He is the VP of Revenue Management and
E-Commerce at Palm Holdings.
Palm is a collection of hotels: branded in the U.S. and Canada, and
independent in the U.K.
Key takeaways:
-U.K. hotels had to close, but North American hotels stayed open.
But, now, are open.
-The branded...
Aug 26, 2020
I am joined by Shelley WILLIAMS, Vice
President of Sales for the Atlantic City, New Jersey Hard
Rock International, while recording at Valencia Hotel Group's
College Station, Texas property, The George.
The hotel and casino closed down in March by governor order,
putting over 26,000 people out of work, but the Hard...
Aug 26, 2020
Khristina Ridge, Group Revenue
Manager for JMK Group joins me from
Dublin, Ireland while I’m located in a Valencia Hotel Group, The George, in College
Station, Texas, home of my alma mater, Texas
A&M University.
JMK has hotels (and coffee houses) in Ireland and the U.K.
Key takeaways:
-London is slow. Central...
Aug 26, 2020
Olivia Frawley, Director of
Sales & Marketing, with O'Donoghue Ring
Hotels, joins me from Ireland.
Once again, I'm coming to you from a Valencia Hotel Group property, The George,
a hotel in College Station, Texas, home of my alma mater.
It’s been a tough road for the Irish, like most of us, but they’re
a resilient...
Aug 26, 2020
Another amazing woman in hospitality joins me, Jessica Wells, Group Sales
Manager for Valencia Hotel Group's, The George and Calvary
Court hotels. Both across the street from each other and my alma
mater, Texas A&M University
We practiced social distancing at a very long boardroom table.
Jessica and the staff bleed...