Hospitality Talks

2020 has been possibly the worst year of operating performance in the last five decades. A year-over-year GOP decline of over 70%, placed the GOP margin at the lowest levels in recent history. All hotel companies put forth initiatives to curb the losses. J. Robison Hays lll – President & CEO, Ashford Hospitality Trust; Robert Mandelbaum – Dir. of Research Information Services, CBRE Hotels Research; and Daniel del Olmo – President & COO, Sage Hotel Management joined Sam-Erik Ruttmann and Abid Butt to discuss the cost optimization strategies.

State of U.S. Lodging Industry & Outlook

Pandemic has been devastating to the hospitality industry. With vaccine rollout, 2021 shows a slow rebound with leisure markets performing well. Please join Sam-Erik Ruttmann and Abid Butt to discuss the “State of U.S. Lodging Industry and Outlook. Our panelists include Rich Hightower – Managing Director, Evercore ISA; Ryan Meliker – President & Co-Founder, Lodging Analytics Research & Consulting; and Chad Cooley – Co-Founder and Managing Director, AWH Partners.

State of U.S. Lodging Industry & Outlook

Pandemic has been devastating to the hospitality industry. With vaccine rollout, 2021 shows a slow rebound with leisure markets performing well. Please join Sam-Erik Ruttmann and Abid Butt to discuss the “State of U.S. Lodging Industry and Outlook. Our panelists include Rich Hightower – Managing Director, Evercore ISA; Ryan Meliker – President & Co-Founder, Lodging Analytics Research & Consulting; and Chad Cooley – Co-Founder and Managing Director, AWH Partners.

Today hospitality is being transformed into a digital technology-enabled industry, making its way into every aspect of the customer journey. This week Hospitality Talks is discussing “Digital Transformation & Impact on Hospitality”. 

Sam-Erik Ruttmann and Abid Butt is joined by Jordan Hollander – Chief Executive Officer HotelTechReport.com; Shane O’Flaherty – Global Director, Travel & Hospitality Microsoft; and Stuart Greif – EVP Innovation & Strategy Forbes Travel Guide to discuss how the industry will evolve with technological innovations.

Today hospitality is being transformed into a digital technology-enabled industry, making its way into every aspect of the customer journey. This week Hospitality Talks is discussing “Digital Transformation & Impact on Hospitality”. 

Sam-Erik Ruttmann and Abid Butt is joined by Jordan Hollander – Chief Executive Officer HotelTechReport.com; Shane O’Flaherty – Global Director, Travel & Hospitality Microsoft; and Stuart Greif – EVP Innovation & Strategy Forbes Travel Guide to discuss how the industry will evolve with technological innovations.

Sam-Erik Ruttmann and Abid Butt are thrilled to have Alison Eyring Ph.D. - Chief Executive Officer, Organization Solutions and Corinne Williams - Senior Vice President, Organization Solutions join us for a particularly relevant discussion in the current crisis, about Resilient Leadership. When times are tough, leaders and their teams handle adversity in different ways. Some break under pressure, others flex, regroup and survive. Great leaders and organizations emerge stronger. They bounce back and thrive, creating environments that stand the test of time. This session will explore strategies for leaders to build capacity for resilience. We’ll be discussing what leaders can do to build personal and team resilience and how to strengthen resilience capability across your organization to turn adversity into an advantage.

Hospitality Talks is delighted to bring together three unique boutique brands together in our next episode “Boutique Hotel Brands – Strategies & Opportunities”. Sam-Erik Ruttmann and Abid Butt will be joined by three remarkable professionals, Roland Fasel - Chief Operating Officer, AMAN; Christoph Hoffman - CEO & Partner, 25hours Hotels; and Alexander Schneider – President, Nikki Beach Hotels & Resorts for this discussion.

Hospitality Talks is delighted to coordinate discussions surrounding sustainability in the two-part series. What are the key issues with sustainability and what can the tourism and travel industry particularly hotels do to implement best practices? Please join Sam-Erik Ruttmann and Abid Butt for a conversation with Stewart Moore – Chief Executive Officer and Founder Earth Check, Michael Kwee – Managing Director YKnot Sustainability and Jeff Smith – Vice President Sustainability Six Senses Hotels, Resorts, and Spas. We will hear about the systems currently in place and the corresponding results.  Latest trends particularly during the COVID pandemic. We will discuss what can the industry do to help implement sustainable practices?

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The hospitality industry has been evolving and has had a significant change propelled by the pandemic. Leadership skills have been tested in handling crises and leading scattered teams in remote working environments. New technologies have been developed and adopted at lightning speeds to cope with changing circumstances. Both Sam-Erik Ruttmann and Abid Butt are thrilled to have maestros; Alasdair Trotter – Partner & Managing Director, Innosight and Dan Cockerell – Principal, Cockerell Consulting Group to discuss Innovation Culture.

After a very challenging 2020, small recovery signs are encouraging. We have all been in survival mode. How do we shift from surviving to thriving? Sam-Erik Ruttmann and I are grateful to be joined by Puneet Chhatwal - Managing Director & CEO, The Indian Hotel Company Ltd; Stefan Leser - Chief Executive Officer, Langham Hospitality Group and Peng Sum Choe - Chief Executive Officer, Pan Pacific Hotel Group to discuss “Strategies to Thrive”. This amazing panel of professionals will share their insights on, how the hotel organizations might operate differently in 2021 and the plans for this transition year. We will also discuss the growing business segments and the markets that are strengthening.