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Want to learn more about trending restaurant and hospitality technology? The “Tech Chef”, Skip Kimpel, will create your weekly menu and take you down the path of solutions out there to help you and your team members become more efficient and your company more profitable. Add in a healthy portion of interviews from industry leaders as well as vendor chats and you have a recipe for success. This fun, weekly show is not just for the tech professionals as there are plenty of valuable take-aways ...
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Each episode of GAIN Momentum focuses on timeless lessons to help grow and scale a business in hospitality, travel, and technology. Whether you’re a veteran industry leader looking for some inspiration to guide the next phase of growth or an aspiring executive looking to fast-track the learning process, this podcast is here with key lessons centered around four questions we ask each guest.
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In this special episode of our Executive series with Vincent Somsen and Michael Goldrich, we look at how the latest artificial intelligence tools are changing the nature of work in hospitality leadership in the march towards an AI-adjacent workforce. ************* LINKS & RESOURCES ************* The GAIN Momentum Podcast: focusing on timeless lesso…
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This podcast episode dives into the transformative potential of Extended Reality (XR) within the hospitality industry, highlighting how technologies like virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality can enhance guest experiences, streamline operations, and drive sustainable growth. Host Skip Kimpel shares insights on the importance of inte…
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In this episode, we interview John Marraffino, President of VMC Media, a travel media company that operates across a variety of markets, industries and channels for over the past three decades. ************* LINKS & RESOURCES ************* The GAIN Momentum Podcast: focusing on timeless lessons to scale a business in hospitality, travel, and techno…
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Skip Kimpel welcomes John Cunningham to the Tech Chef Podcast to delve into the transformative world of Extended Reality (XR) and its implications for various industries, particularly hospitality. Cunningham, a seasoned expert in the XR field, shares his extensive background, including his military experience and roles in significant tech companies…
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In this special episode, Adam Mogelonsky interviews the Heymann brothers, Ken and Mark, who are the founders of Unifocus and Heymann2 & Associates. ************* LINKS & RESOURCES ************* The GAIN Momentum Podcast: focusing on timeless lessons to scale a business in hospitality, travel, and technology-centered around four key questions posed …
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This podcast episode features an exciting announcement about the integration of Nomad Go's innovative inventory management technology with PAR Technology's Data Central platform. David Greshler, CEO of Nomad Go, and Paul Rubin, Chief Strategy Officer at PAR, discuss how their collaboration aims to revolutionize the restaurant industry's approach to…
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In this episode, we interview Dean Winter, Managing Director of Swire Hotels. Winter has a longstanding career in hotel operations and management. Working in the Food & Beverage department for Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group for over seven years before joining management at MOHG for five more years. After joining the operations team at Swire Properti…
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In this special episode of our Executive series with Chris Tomseth and Michael Goldrich, we focus on the current travel trends to see how they apply to the modern workforce wherein executives frequently travel to different continents to manage operations across multiple time zones. ************* LINKS & RESOURCES ************* The GAIN Momentum Pod…
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In this episode, we interview Omri Shalev, cofounder and CTO of Reeco. Shalev brings a diverse software engineering background before entering hospitality technology, including LeadDaWay, M.S Bit, HARMAN International and Microsoft. ************* LINKS & RESOURCES ************* The GAIN Momentum Podcast: focusing on timeless lessons to scale a busi…
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In this episode, we interview Phelim Pekaar, CEO of P3, a hotel software company focused on the online guest journey and booking experience. Pekaar comes from a software engineering background, graduating from the University of Dublin before joining Jurys Doyle Hotel Group as a developer for over nine years. Pekaar founded P3 Hotel Software in 2001…
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In this special episode, Adam Mogelonsky and Neil Foster discuss the book “Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can’t Stop Eating Food That Isn’t Food” (2023) by Chris van Tulleken. In this chat, we cover topics including ultra-processed foods, intermittent fasting, food environments, eating as identity and what hotels can do as food habits change. *****…
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In this episode, we interviewJeff Robbins, founder of GuestInsight. Since its founding in late 1999, GuestInsight has excelled as a consumer market research platform leader, with tools specifically designed for hotel guest engagement and feedback. ************* LINKS & RESOURCES ************* The GAIN Momentum Podcast: focusing on timeless lessons …
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In this episode, we interview Custódio Barreiros, founder and president of EIP MGT GmbH, a European hospitality firm focused on solving technological problems for the end users. Barreiros is a second-generation hotelier, having worked from an early age in hotels across the continent. On the hotel side, he has worked for Accor, Grange Hotels, Hilton…
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In this episode, we interview Daan de Bruijn, Cofounder of Bookboost. De Bruijn brings a diverse hospitality background before cofounding Bookboost CRM in early 2017. For non-hospitality experience, he worked as a research analyst at Rabobank Nederland, in customer loyalty at VenturesOne and at DDB Consulting based out of Amsterdam. ************* L…
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In this special episode, we sit down with GAIN Managing Partner, Michael Cohen, to discuss the emerging megatrend of being the ‘Nomad Executive’ and working while living aboard. Cohen goes into detail about his experiences over the past few years in founding and running a company while living in multiple different countries and time zones. ********…
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In this episode, we interview Sondre Rasch, Cofounder and CEO of SafetyWing. With SafetyWing, Rasch is building a platform to provide easily accessible travel medical insurance for remote workers and nomad executives. Prior to this, Rasch has cofounded three other software companies – SolidHost, NorJobs and Superside – while also acting as a policy…
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In this episode, we interview Shane O’Flaherty, the Global Director of Travel and Hospitality at Microsoft. O’Flaherty comes from a sales, marketing and customer relationship background prior to joining Microsoft in their travel division. His earlier background in hospitality includes acting as the Director of Business and Leisure Marketing at Pref…
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In this episode, we interview Jim Rowe, Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Jonas Hospitality, Property Systems. Rowe is a seasoned veteran in the hospitality technology industry. He was a Delphi regional sales director at Newmarket International for four years, director of sales at Springer-Miller Systems for over two years and director …
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In this episode, we interview Matthew Opferkuch, CEO and cofounder of The Laundry Rooms. Opferkuch is a longstanding hotel operator and executive before cofounding The Laundry Rooms in August 2019. He held senior roles including director of F&B, hotel manager and general manager at Fairmont Hotels & Resorts for over 15 years. In 2006, he became the…
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In this episode, we interview Charlie Osmond, cofounder of Triptease. Osmond brings a diverse background to Triptease, starting as an engineer in the British Army before cofounding Decidedly which he launched, grew and exited over 12 years. His next venture was FreshMinds Talent which, as before, he launched grew and exited over 12 years, while sim…
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In this episode, we interview Nima Anvar, CEO of GuestChat. Anvar was the general manager of the Siesta Hotel in Grenada for over two decades before founding GuestChat in January 2021 as a hotel chatbot provider leveraging the latest in large language models. ************* LINKS & RESOURCES ************* The GAIN Momentum Podcast: focusing on timel…
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In this special episode of the GAIN Momentum Podcast, we’re looking at what hotel technology vendors can do to best prepare for HITEC, happening this year in Charlotte, June 25-29, in terms of sales team preparation, marketing tactics, booth design, networking events, press releases and looking for strategic partnerships. ************* LINKS & RESO…
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In this episode, we interview Michael Levie, co-founder of citizenM. Levie has a wealth of hotel technology and operations experience. He was at Sonesta for 16 years and at NH Hotels for over three years, before cofounding citizenM (and acting as chief operations officer) in early 2005. Levie formally left citizenM in late 2021 after 17 years and c…
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In this episode, we interview Anthony Melchiorri, author, including his latest book “Show Up”, and TV show host, including Hotel All Stars. Melchiorri has been a hotel executive for over three decades. For the past 14 years, he has been the Founder and Managing Director of Argeo Hospitality, a hotel management company based out of New York. *******…
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In this episode, we interview Frank Pitsikalis, Senior Vice President of Strategy at Agilysys. Pitsikalis is the Founder and CEO of ResortSuite, a fully integrated hospitality management software system that was founded in 1999 and acquired by Agilysys in early 2022. From that point on, Pitsikalis has acted as the SVP of Product Strategy for Agilys…
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In this episode, Adam Mogelonsky and Neil Foster, fellow GAIN Advisors, discuss the nonfiction book “Generations” (2023) by Jean M. Twenge PhD and its implications for hospitality in terms of finding customers amongst Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z, as well as how the workforce is changing amongst these generations. As background, here is th…
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In this episode, we have Richard Valtr, Founder at Mews. Valtr started Mews as a property management system in 2012 from the Czech Republic, which has since expanded to include a global team and thousands of hotels worldwide. ************* LINKS & RESOURCES ************* For more information about GAIN, head to: https://gainadvisors.com/ Adam Mogel…
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In this episode, we have Brent Hayhurst, Director of Program Development at Curator Hotels and Resorts Collection. Before entering the hospitality industry, Hayhurst worked at Verizon for over nine years. He was next a senior manager for corporate marketing, digital, and sponsorship management initiatives at Hilton. From February 2021 onwards, Hayh…
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In this episode, we have Ryan King, Senior Vice President, Americas at Shiji Group. King brings a diverse background of industry experience from both the hotel operations and the technology sides. Within the greater Washington DC area, he has held senior positions at the Sheraton Pentagon City, Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square, The Doyle Coll…
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In this episode, we have Warren Dehan, President of Maestro PMS. Dehan has worked at Maestro PMS (formerly Northwind) since 1978, and has acted as company president over two decades. The company’s emergence as a foremost property management system provider is outlined in the episode, so give it a listen! ************* LINKS & RESOURCES ************…
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In this episode, we have Mark Hope, senior vice president of development at Coast Hotels. Hope started his longstanding hospitality career in the front office at Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, the Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel & Marina (now Pacific Gateway Hotel), and then The Hotel Grand Pacific. Following this, he began his now-30-years-long career a…
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In this episode, we have Christopher Hunsberger, co-founder and chief operating officer of Appellation, a new hotel brand born from an elegant merger of the culinary and hospitality worlds. Hunsberger brings well over three decades of hospitality experience prior to founding Appellation. A longstanding veteran of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, hi…
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In this episode, we have John Smallwood, president at Travel Outlook, the maker of Annette, the virtual hotel agent. John Smallwood has several decades of experience in hospitality technology, having founded Travel Outlook in 2006 as a hotel call center for premium and luxury brands. More recently, Travel Outlook has built an industry-leading conve…
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In this episode, we have Shannon McCallum, vice president of hotel operations at Resorts World Las Vegas. McCallum has an extensive hospitality career, including senior roles at the Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, ARIA Resort & Casino, and Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino before her current role. She has also been …
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In this episode, we have Tanya Pratt, vice president of Opera Cloud strategy and product management at Oracle Hospitality. Pratt has been in hospitality for her entire career, first on the hotel side before moving over to the hospitality technology side. For the former, Pratt started in Delta Hotels and Resorts for over ten years in operations then…
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In this episode, we have Frank Reeves, co-founder and CEO of Avvio, and chief evangelist at SHR Group. As CEO of Avvio, Reeves has been dedicated to delivering innovative technologies and new distribution networks to grow direct bookings for hotels since the company’s founding in 2003. In late 2022, Avvio was acquired by Sceptre Hospitality Resourc…
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In this episode, we have Neil Foster, immediate past president of HFTP (Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals). Foster has over two decades of experience in hospitality technology, with a diverse perspective based on his career spanning different sides of the hotel equation. Starting as an IT manager for Westin Hotels & Resorts then an…
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In this episode, we have Frank Trampert, senior vice president and managing director of commercial and global strategy for hospitality at Sabre Corporation. Trampert brings to this podcast an immense skillset in hospitality, technology and international commercialization, including a 13 years at Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group as well as being managing…
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In this episode, we have Luis Segredo, CEO of Data Travel, LLC, the maker of the Hapi platform that maps then migrates data from multiple hospitality sources for above-property and enterprise-level managers. Segredo’s hospitality technology experience includes over 18 years at MTech, followed by roles as president at Newmarket International and EVP…
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In this episode, we have Robert Stevenson, CEO of INTELITY, a guest experience platform with rich staff operations and ticketing backend for hospitality, casino and residential end markets. Stevenson has an incredibly diverse technology career. Prior to his present six-plus years at INTELITY, he has held positions as SVP of product development and …
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In this episode, we have Adam Glickman, vice president of brand strategy at Actabl. Glickman career in hospitality started out at Waldorf=Astoria in business development. Glickman next spent 13 years at InterContinental Hotels Group, working in reservation products, hotel products, marketing and partner programs before becoming the director of glob…
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For our 13th episode, we interview Karen O’Neill, a GAIN Advisor and GAIN’s chief revenue officer, as well as the co-founder and COO of RationalAI. O’Neill has an extensive career in hospitality technology. Following over 14 years at MICROS Systems (now part of Oracle Hospitality, O’Neill has held vice president or president-level roles at StayNTou…
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For our twelfth episode, we interview Eva Fayemi, cofounder and CEO at Bond Agency as well as a GAIN Advisor. Based out of Lisbon, Portugal and London, England, Bond Agency focuses on helping next-generation tech companies unlock rapid growth. Outside of Bond, Fayemi has a broad background of marketing, hospitality and technology expertise, holding…
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For our eleventh episode, we interview Steven Bronken, head of Global Hospitality at Ruckus Networks. A Canadian based out Halifax, Nova Scotia, Steven Bronken’s hospitality career encompasses his tenure at The Halifax Club, director of business development at Elfiq Networks, and executive vice president of marketing and brand management at Safety …
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For our tenth episode, we interview Anne Bleeker, cofounder and managing director of In2 Consulting, a business communications agency, and a GAIN Advisor. Anne Bleeker’s career in corporate communications and public relations spans over two decades, including senior positions at Radisson SAS, Jumeirah Group and Future Pipe Industries Group. Foundin…
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For our ninth episode, we interview Jeff Bzdawka, the Chief Executive Officer of Knowland, an event intelligence and hospitality sales solution provider. Jeff Bzdawka has a vast array of hospitality technology experience on both the buyer and the seller side. His career spans over two decades at Hyatt Hotels, occupying a variety of roles including …
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For our second On The Road episode, Adam went down to New York to attend ILC Cultivate (July 11-12, 2023). In between sessions on how next-generation technologies are impacting hotels, conference delegates were each asked, “What’s the number one way that hotels can deploy artificial intelligence and web3 tools right now?” ************* LINKS & RESO…
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Joining the show today, I am excited to have Troy Hooper, Chief Executive Officer at Hot Palette America. Troy Hooper joined Pepper Lunch as one of the three global business unit CEO’s for the brand, and oversees Pepper Lunch’s parent company in North America, Hot Palette America. Troy brings 30 years of unparalleled experience in hospitality, oper…
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In the seventh episode, we have Nick Horgan, the chief commercial officer (CCO) for the hospitality revenue optimization platform, Amaze Insights. Nick Horgan had a long tenure at Newmarket International, working there since 1995 and after the company’s acquisition by Amadeus in 2014 through to mid-2021. During this time, Horgan’s sales numbers spe…
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In this special On The Road episode while at HITEC 2023 (June 26-29, 2023, Toronto), Adam and Jason asked exhibitors and attendees one key question about hotel technology: “How is your company cutting through the digital marketing noise?” As background, the phrase ‘digital noise’ refers to all the various ways that we are all collectively bombarded…
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