850: The Latest on Industry Lawsuits and More with Michael Shindler

Michael Shindler of Four Corners Advisors educates Glenn and Dr. Producer Suzanne on the intricacies of what happened between Choice and Wyndham, a class action lawsuit against CoStar/STR and many hotel brands we all know (this is CRAZY), and interesting insight into Barry Sternlicht's different businesses.

We'll be at Hunter Hotel Investment Conference March 19-21. Will you? Today, we're talking to Lee Hunter and Teague Hunter about why YOU need to be there with us. Here's two reason: Anthony Capuano, Marriott's CEO and Ed Bastien, Delta's CEO. And a bonus reason, celebrating industry icon Bob Hunter. Plus I'll be hosting an amazing brand/owners panel.

While at California Lodging Investment Conference & [CLIC] Connect, Glenn and Producer David Mignano, CRME spoke to TODD STEVENS, Director of Hospitality with Cuningham about transforming offices into hotels, conversion and theme park design and how it relates to creating great hospitality experiences.

Yesterday during CLIC 7, Glenn and Producer Dave spoke with IHG's VP of Commercial Cesar Wurm about understanding the customer. Glenn asks Cesar if everyone is signed up for every loyalty program, then are your customers truly loyal?

We're LIVE at CLIC 7!! Glenn and Producer Dave speak with Bruce Ford of Lodging Econometrics about new hotel development in California and across the wider USA.

Our friend and industry legend Chris Green, President of Remington Hospitality has decided to retire. I share the mic with him one more time before he leaves to say farewell and to discuss his amazing new book.

I'm with my friends at Remington Hospitality hosting their annual conference. I love their corporate culture, so I grabbed their Chief HR Officer Rick Bagley to ask them about their secret sauce.

Jason Reader is COO with Remington Hospitality. While hosting their annual conference, I grabbed the recently promoted Reader to share his thoughts on what his role is and it relates to the trends in the hotel business.

Stacy Garcia, CEO of LebaTex and Chief Inspiration Officer with Stacy Garcia, Inc., has been at the forefront of the hospitality design community for years predicting industry trends. She’s got an innate knack for understanding successful hospitality design that better connects with customers in a grounded way. Enjoy this deep dive into what makes a hotel design successful, plus we discuss how she’s focused on helping the next generation of designers through her new organization Martha’s Mentors.

IHG Hotels & Resorts’ newest brand, Garner hotels, is looking to own the midscale conversion space. In this interview recorded late last week, I speak with Karen Gilbride, VP, avid hotels, Atwell Suites & Garner hotels who takes us on a VR tour of the brand’s conversion prototype. Gilbride also shares recent milestone openings and an update on where this brand is headed next since first being announced in August 2023.