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This week we were joined by Nick Daniels and Tristan Gadsby, Alliants’ co founders. We celebrated the company’s 15th anniversary by discussing the growth of messaging, rising adoption of AI and whether hotels should consider kidnapping as a new revenue stream.


New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR company which understands investing in hotels and the many roles within them.
This podcast is a chance to mull over the current goings on in Hotel Land and chat to some pleasant folk about things that they know.
Emily Newman has an in depth knowledge of the hotel sector from both investor and consumer sides and has built up a reputation for skilful and strategic PR.
Katherine Doggrell is a genius with the written word and a journalist with 20 years’ experience in the sector.⁠newdogpr.co.uk⁠⁠emily@newdogpr.co.uk⁠
Twitter: ⁠@newdogpr⁠
LinkedIn: ⁠@newdog-pr⁠

On this episode of New Tricks we're joined by Heather Byron, SVP Services at Alliants. Whilst historically technology hasn't been the best of friends with hotels, the tide is turning as hotels enjoy the many benefits of being able to deliver exceptional experiences to customers with the added bonus of driving revenue and building loyalty, enabled by some cracking tech.



Staff are also reaping the benefits of using technology to delight customers and acting as valuable advocates to their current and future employees.



All that plus personal plunge pools, whether we could collectively buy half of Accor, and why we only podcast when it's sunny.



New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR company which understands investing in hotels and the many roles within them.
This podcast is a chance to mull over the current goings on in Hotel Land and chat to some pleasant folk about things that they know.
Emily Newman has an in depth knowledge of the hotel sector from both investor and consumer sides and has built up a reputation for skilful and strategic PR.
Katherine Doggrell is a genius with the written word and a journalist with 20 years’ experience in the sector.⁠newdogpr.co.uk⁠⁠emily@newdogpr.co.uk⁠
Twitter: ⁠@newdogpr⁠
LinkedIn: ⁠@newdog-pr⁠

This week on New Tricks we’re joined by Richard Clarke, managing director, Global Hotels & Leisure at Bernstein to discuss hotels as consumer brands, combining travel and sleeping in the most efficient of ways and the latest efforts by Airbnb to make itself as reliable as a hotel front desk.

New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR company which understands investing in hotels and the many roles within them.
This podcast is a chance to mull over the current goings on in Hotel Land and chat to some pleasant folk about things that they know.
Emily Newman has an in depth knowledge of the hotel sector from both investor and consumer sides and has built up a reputation for skilful and strategic PR.
Katherine Doggrell is a genius with the written word and a journalist with 20 years’ experience in the sector.newdogpr.co.ukemily@newdogpr.co.uk
Twitter: @newdogpr
LinkedIn: @newdog-pr

This week on New Tricks we’re joined by Tim Dodd, partner at Maples Teesdale. After a film and music review, we moved on to discussing the changing consumer behaviour influencing the merging of concepts and mixed use operational real estate as well as the continued investor interest in luxury and mild speculation on who might buy Travelodge. We rejoice in the knowledge that Goldie Lookin Chain continue to thrill and delight audiences and marvel at Shaun Ryder’s talents for reading an autocue.



New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR company which understands investing in hotels and the many roles within them.
This podcast is a chance to mull over the current goings on in Hotel Land and chat to some pleasant folk about things that they know.
Emily Newman has an in depth knowledge of the hotel sector from both investor and consumer sides and has built up a reputation for skilful and strategic PR.
Katherine Doggrell is a genius with the written word and a journalist with 20 years’ experience in the sector.newdogpr.co.ukemily@newdogpr.co.uk
Twitter: @newdogpr
LinkedIn: @newdog-pr





This week we are joined by Stephanie Ricca, editorial director of Hotel News Now, to discuss Travelodge, the view from NYU and whether you should be racked with a lifetime of guilt for taking a hotel room from a duck.



New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR company which understands investing in hotels and the many roles within them.
This podcast is a chance to mull over the current goings on in Hotel Land and chat to some pleasant folk about things that they know.
Emily Newman has an in depth knowledge of the hotel sector from both investor and consumer sides and has built up a reputation for skilful and strategic PR.
Katherine Doggrell is a genius with the written word and a journalist with 20 years’ experience in the sector.newdogpr.co.ukemily@newdogpr.co.uk
Twitter: @newdogpr
LinkedIn: @newdog-pr

This week we are joined by Stephanie Ricca, editorial director of Hotel News Now, to discuss Travelodge, the view from NYU and whether you should be racked with a lifetime of guilt for taking a hotel room from a duck.



New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR company which understands investing in hotels and the many roles within them.
This podcast is a chance to mull over the current goings on in Hotel Land and chat to some pleasant folk about things that they know.
Emily Newman has an in depth knowledge of the hotel sector from both investor and consumer sides and has built up a reputation for skilful and strategic PR.
Katherine Doggrell is a genius with the written word and a journalist with 20 years’ experience in the sector.newdogpr.co.ukemily@newdogpr.co.uk
Twitter: @newdogpr
LinkedIn: @newdog-pr

In this episode of New Tricks we’re joined by sector consultant, Philip Ward, as we ponder whether Wyndham and Choice shall leap into the pumpkin carriage and go to the Acquisition Ball. We also consider what Whitbread would do with the cash from the rumoured sale of their F&B business. And if that weren’t enough, there is a NewDog branded pen up for grabs.



New Tricks is the weekly podcast from NewDog PR, a strategic PR company which understands investing in hotels and the many roles within them.
This podcast is a chance to mull over the current goings on in Hotel Land and chat to some pleasant folk about things that they know.
Emily Newman has an in depth knowledge of the hotel sector from both investor and consumer sides and has built up a reputation for skilful and strategic PR.
Katherine Doggrell is a genius with the written word and a journalist with 20 years’ experience in the sector.newdogpr.co.ukemily@newdogpr.co.uk
Twitter: @newdogpr
LinkedIn: @newdog-pr