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ESLA Icons & Experts 4: Peggy Berg
Welcome to the newest episode of Icons and Experts, brought to you twice a month in partnership with the Extended Stay Lodging Association. (www.esla.org)
Every other week we highlight either a person who’s had unmistakable impact on the extended stay hotel industry, or we’ll learn from extended stay experts how to maximize opportunity and find success in the extended stay hotel category.
On this episode we feature the amazing Peggy Berg.
Most recently we all know her as founder and president of the Castell Project for this portion of her career where she striving to help create opportunity for others. But before that she spent decades making change. She was the first female employee elected by the PKF partnership. Plus, so much more.
Today’s cohost is Mark Skinner who I first got to know when he was also with The Highland Group.
Today’s episode is sponsored by Dellisart Hospitality (www.dellisart.com) -
NYU Conf: Why a Hotel Asset Manager Matters
What does an asset manager do anyways and why are property level people sometimes freaked out by them. Peter Kressaty, CCO with LW Hospitality Advisors shares how these folks can be a great partner because they've been there done that and bring in fresh eyes. Thanks to our friends at Unifocus , technology that drives value, for supporting this video!
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875: The Essense of Creating Luxury Hospitality
Ashish Verma, Senior Vice President, Luxury Division, The Unbound Collection by Hyatt talks about how he under his leadership The Chatwal is now recognized among the top luxury boutique hotels, voted #1 of the 20 Best Hotels in New York City by Condé Nast Traveler in 2022 as well as one of the Best City Hotels in the Continental U.S. by Travel + Leisure in 2021. How was he able to make that happen?
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Bonus: Reinvigorating Your Hotel’s Revenue Opportunity
Last week Glenn hosted a great session on revenue opportunity for his friends at Hotel Business Magazine and IDeaS.
As maximizing revenue opportunity becomes more complicated, it’s essential to get back to basics. In this thought leadership discussion, experts share the fundamentals of creating, executing and mastering a robust revenue management strategy that increases overall profitability while eliminating lost opportunity.
Moderator: Glenn Haussman, Founder/Host, No Vacancy Live podcast
Panelists: Cesar Wurm, Vice President of Commercial, Premium Brands, IHG Hotels & Resorts
Federica Bresciani, Director of Revenue, Lefay Resorts
Klaus Kohlmayr, Chief Evangelist & Development Officer, IDeaS -
874: Data, Guts and Marketing with BWH Hotels' SVP/ CMO Park
Joelle Park, SVP & Chief Marketing Officer at BWH Hotels shares the company's strategy of leveraging its mothership brand through it’s "Life's a Trip" campaign to promote all its brands. Plus, how AI affects advertising, staying authentic and why travel influencers actually matter.
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NYU Conf: What AutoCamp, Courtyard By Marriott and Extended Stay Hotels Have in Common
Paul Novak, partner at Whitman Peterson, is an original thinker. Currently, he’s invested in AutoCamp, which just did a distribution deal with Hilton, is highly focused on extended stay, and back in the day was involved in the early days of Courtyard by Marriott and helped both those companies find their way into midscale and economy properties. Wow! Thanks to our friends at Unifocus , Technology That Drives Value, for supporting this video. This video was recorded during NYU IHIIC.