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13 episodes
The Grand Tourist

Lucrezia Buccellati: Maintaining a Legacy of Elegance

For more than 100 years, Buccellati has been known for combining technical prowess with elegant, timely designs in jewelry, tableware, and accessories. On this episode, Dan speaks with Lucrezia Buccellati about the Italian company’s founder Mario Buccellati, growing up in th…

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Global Thought Leaders

Checking in with Siew Kim Beh, CapitaLand and Ascott

BHN reporter Claudia Schergna chats with Siew Kim Beh, chief financial and sustainability officer of CapitaLand Investment and managing director for Japan and Korea at The Ascott Limited, about how the lines between hotels, extended stays and aparthotels are blurring, accessib…

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Future Hospitality Summit

Episode 155: Building Swiss Hospitality in the Heart of Abu Dhabi

In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Building Swiss Hospitality in the Heart of Abu Dhabi, Georgette Davey, Managing Director of Abu Dhabi Hospitality Academy - Les Roches, discusses how the Academy is bringing Swiss hospitality excellence to one of the region's fastest-growing…

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The Unfamiliar Shift

Nomada Hotel Group’s Kimberly Walker on Staying Small, Staying Human

Episode Summary:Kimberly Walker didn't build a hotel brand, she built a philosophy. In this episode, Kimberly, founder and creative director of Nomada Hotel Group — a portfolio of boutique hotels revived from historic buildings across California's Central Coast — joins Ari…

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No Vacancy

How Hotels Use AI Without Losing Control of Guest Data

Hotel employees already juggle enough. They don't need 10,000 system steps standing between them and the guest. Kevin King, CEO of Shiji Group, joins me on No Vacancy to talk about how #AI strips away that complexity so hotel teams spend more time focusing on hospitality. But…

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What The Luxe

95. Aja Raden on Diamonds, Luxury and Lies

Aja Raden began her career designing engagement rings before turning to writing, using books like Stoned and The Truth About Lies to trace how objects come to be considered valuable, and what happens when that agreement breaks down. In this episode, Anant Sharma sits down with…

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Hotel Moment

Recast: Sky Mitchell on succeeding in modern hospitality

In this recast episode of Hotel Moment, Karen Stephens sits down with Sky Mitchell, Founder and CEO of Basecamp Resorts. From getting fired and using a car loan to buy her first piece of land to building a $600 million hospitality empire, Sky shares her remarkable journey of e…

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The Turndown

Caryl Helsel: Hotels need to change everything except hospitality

Hotels are rethinking almost everything: technology, revenue management, distribution, AI, and how they compete for demand. But Caryl Helsel, Founder and CEO of Dragonfly Strategists, believes the industry cannot afford to lose one thing in the process: hospitality itself. In…

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