BONUS SHOW: Hotel WiFi Strategies for a Data Dominant World
No Vacancy Live and No Vacancy News
Release Date: 01/26/2017
1002: Why Beverage Trends Matter More Than Ever for Hotel Profitability
No Vacancy Live and No Vacancy News
Beverage has moved from a supporting role to a real revenue driver in hotel F&B, and that shift isn’t accidental. #NoVacancyNews I’m joined by Adrian Biggs, Director of Advocacy at Bacardi, to talk through what their latest global trends report reveals about how — and when — guests are actually drinking. This isn’t guesswork. Bacardi builds this report using global ambassador insight, consumer research across multiple countries, and real operator behavior. The result is a clearer picture of where beverage demand is heading and how hotel bars can respond. What stood out most to me...
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Friday Night Audit Flashback: Where This Whole Mess Started
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Because it’s STILL the holidays, I’m rerunning something that still makes me smile — episode one of Friday Night Audit. This show started in 2021, smack dab in the middle of COVID, when a lot of us in the hotel business felt disconnected, stuck at home, and spending way too much time on video calls. We also missed the best part of conferences: hanging out at the bar afterward, talking shop, telling stories, and laughing at how completely cuckoo this business can be. So we built Friday Night Audit to feel like that moment. The idea was simple: hotel people as real people, having a...
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Flashback to Just Before Everything Changed: A Live Conversation from Early COVID
No Vacancy Live and No Vacancy News
This week, as I look back on podcasts that mattered to me over the last 10 years of No Vacancy and Rouse Media, I’m sharing some episodes that reflect where the industry — and all of us — actually were at the time. This one is difficult, but important. It’s one of the first live shows we ever did, recorded just before COVID shut everything down. At that point, we were still learning what this virus was, how it spread, and what it might mean for travel and hotels. I went live on LinkedIn with Anthony Melchiorri and Dr. Primas, a New York–based physician with deep experience in travel...
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What FIFA 2026 Really Means for Hotel Development
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Everyone talks about FIFA 2026 like it’s a guaranteed win for hotels. The reality is more complicated. I connected with Bruce Ford of Lodging Econometrics to look at the actual hotel development, renovation, and conversion activity tied to FIFA host cities across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico — and to answer a question hoteliers ask every time a mega-event comes to town: Should you really build for this? On #NoVacancyNews, Bruce breaks down where hotels are being added, where renovations matter more than new builds, and why most smart owners don’t bet long-term strategy on short-term...
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Help Support Rock Out Myeloma — January 15
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I spoke with Allen Rolleri about his family’s experience dealing with multiple myeloma, a rare and incurable form of cancer. The Rock Out Myeloma fundraiser takes place January 15, raising funds to support families facing the financial realities that come with long-term treatment. On #NoVacancyNews, Allen explains what the diagnosis meant in practical terms, how quickly his family had to learn about the disease, and why costs outside of medical bills often become part of the challenge. The conversation stays focused on awareness gaps, everyday expenses people don’t anticipate, and how...
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FNA 196: Old Year, New Friends
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Happy Holidays! In our 2025 sendoff show Glenn, Craig and Dr Producer Suzanne welcome Raj Chudasama and Sara Pinto of M1Intel. They seem nice enough so the crew thought it would be fun to get to know them over some happy hour cocktails and some laughs to kick off the holiday season Friday Night Audit style.
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1001: Hospitality’s 2025 Reckoning — And What Comes Next in 2026
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We got something cool for episode 1001! Props to at the podcast for this one. I joined an end-of-year roundtable with some of the most thoughtful voices in media to reflect on what actually mattered in 2025 and what could reshape 2026. Huge thanks to everyone who brought real perspective (and disagreement) to the table: 🎙️: Katie Cline — Suite Success 🎙️: — 🎙️: — 🎙️: & — On , I focused on two things that kept showing up in every conversation this year — and won’t go away in 2026: • the confusion and overconfidence around AI, and • the...
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Episode 1,000: Still Showing Up 10 Years Later
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Well… this happened. This is episode 1,000 of No Vacancy is live. What started as me, a mic, and no real plan (OK, the original plan was to dominate the universe, but that proved too ambitious) turned into a platform that somehow became part of how this industry talks to itself. This episode purposely short. No guest. No agenda. Just a pause to acknowledge the milestone — and the timing. In 2026, turns 10, which makes this episode feel a lot like a major milestone with everything lining up. On , I touch on how the show started, how it shifted from audio to video, and why consistency...
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What the Global Hotel Pipeline Actually Says About 2026
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Everyone keeps asking the same question: Is hotel development slowing down? The global numbers say something very different — and far more nuanced. I checked in with Bruce Ford of Lodging Econometrics for a worldwide pipeline update that cuts through assumptions and looks at what’s really happening across regions, segments, and timelines. On #NoVacancyNews, Bruce explains why room counts remain historically high, why developers deliberately push openings into later years, and why renovations and conversions now matter as much as ground-up construction. This conversation focuses less on...
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Luxury Is Changing: What Matters Now According to Hotel Leaders in Las Vegas
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Luxury no longer means chandeliers and thread count. It means connection, memory, and how guests feel long after checkout. I caught up with Robert Reitknecht at INSPIRE Luxury, hosted by the International Luxury Hotel Association, live from Resorts World Las Vegas. (Important context: this was my 10th day in Vegas, so expectations were appropriately managed.) On #NoVacancyNews, Robert explains how luxury hotels move from performative service to genuine connection, why frontline teams shape the guest story more than any design element, and how leaders must “lean into the brand” without...
info_outlineDuring this in-depth show you'll learn all about:
- Tips for hotels and other venues to maximize their bandwidth and keep up with the increasing demands being placed on guest Wi-Fi networks
- Addressing data privacy concerns for guests when using guest Wi-Fi networks
- Up-and-coming trends such as data analytics, online search using voice as an interface, etc.