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We've all heard the stories of a party gone wrong. There are so many "what ifs" that go through our head on how it could've been prevented. Well there is a solution for all Short Term Rental hosts and managers and that solution is NoiseAware. The only 100% privacy safe noise monitoring solution.  I got to go and spend some time with the NoiseAware team in Texas at their headquarters and sat down with Madison, Director of Marketing, and talked about there story, the rise of the brand, and what it actually means to be 100% privacy safe! Tune in and hear how NoiseAware can help you with your vacation rental business and the ways it helps prevent you from having to ask yourself the "what if" questions.  For all my listeners, we are giving you a discount code to use if you'd like to purchase any NoiseAware devices for your property! The team at NoiseAware and myself are always available to help answer questions and make sure you and your guests are taken care of! Use promo code: SLICKTALK to get 15% off your pur

With the amazing growth in travel, Chris Maughan the CEO of I-PRAC, had experienced a heartbreaking experience with some travelers that were scammed out of thousands of dollars while going on a family vacation and when he saw this, Chris knew he had to do something. As an expert in the short term rental industry and being the hospitality provider  that he is, he knew it wouldn't get better by just talking about it. It would only get better by taking action.  Chris and I dive into a passionate conversation about fraud protection and verification. This is a topic that is discussed in the industry but not to the level that it should be. I-PRAC and myself want to open that conversation to all who care about the industry and our guests. Slick Talk Website Join I-PRAC today to build trust with your guests!  Click Here and Join The Slick Talkers Community This podcast is proudly sponsored by AirDNA click here to learn more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Creating processes and tools to better benefit your guests and team is incredibly challenging sometimes. In this episode I sit down with Michael Robinson who is co-founder of StayShare! Stay Share’s unified platform increases revenue by empowering group bookings, split payments, insurance services and full integrations that improve the guest experience. They lower your risk and liability through their multi-guest insights and intelligent fraud detection. All with the security that the blockchain has to offer. I really enjoyed this episode and getting to know Michael and his team through some partnerships happening with the podcast and my other business called StayLux!   Slick Talk Website  Vote for Slick Talk in the ShortyzAward show!  Become an OFFICIAL Slick Talker!  AirDNA is a proud sponsor of this podcast! To get on their tools mentioned in this episode, click here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 3 of the Vacation Rental Mastermind Series: Ingrid from TravelNest and I sit and discuss why its key to diversify your property on different channels and its importance when trying to reach different markets and guests! This is a very useful and important practice for anyone with one or more properties! We also get to see an inside look on what it takes for a company like TravelNest when it comes to partner relationships and how key of a role it is to ensure that everyone is on the same page and same goal! Also, please vote for the podcast to win a Shorty Award at the Shorty Award Ceremony in London during March 11th & 12th! Slick Talk Site TravelNest.com/SlickTalk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 2 of the Vacation Rental Mastermind Series is a very fun and exciting one as we (Meg from TravelNest & Myself) sat down and created our ways that you can make your STVR listing work in your favor to increase your bookings! This episode was created and designed for anyone who is really new or is looking to enhance their current listing! There is so much to cover but I think the TravelNest team has everyone covered!  To learn more about TravelNest and what they can do to help you manage your listing(s) on more than one channel, just click here!  Also, don't forget to vote for Slick Talk for the #ShortyzAwards! Click here to vote! Slick Talk Site Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Landau is the host of Unlocked Podcast and the creator of VRMB (Vacation Rental Marketing Blog)! I consider him the worlds leading expert of vacation rentals! He and I sat down and discussed the "101 of hosting" and what it takes in this exciting journey and rise of the vacation rental sector of hospitality! This is a 10 episode/week series with the Masterminds involved in Vacation Rentals and so to start it off, Matt Landau was the perfect guest to have with me in the launch of the series that was all inspired by a blog post that Slick Talk was featured in! Tune in every week for the next 10 weeks in order to hear from Masterminds and the show sponsors! To see more about AirDNA click here! More to come out on the show with them and you can see it all by becoming an official "Slick Talker" through my online community coming soon! Also, please vote for Slick Talk in the 2020 #ShortyzAward! Click here to vote! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you into Vacation Rentals? Are you into hospitality? Well, you're not going to want to miss this epic 10 episode series on Slick Talk! I have sat down and talked with some of the biggest players in the Vacation Rental side of hospitality and we discussed anything and everything. From hosting and maximizing your property, management companies, tech, and fraud prevention for you and your guests, this series is a must listen to! What better way to start off the new year and decade!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bringing modern room service convenience to your guests is a snap with TrayAway. Once a guest has completed their meal, they simply click a TrayAway device to notify hotel staff their tray is ready for retrieval. Delivery, meal completion, and do not disturb times are recorded, providing hotel staff all tray locations and activity times for stress free management. Dirty trays and trolleys cluttering the hallways are now a thing of the past with TrayAway. Hear Josh Johnston, President and Co-Founder of TrayAway, discuss the unique entrepreneur experience in the hospitality space and his innovative way on solving the problem of dirty room service trays laying in the halls with no proper way to track and retrieve them to improve survey scores and of course my favorite subject, the guest experience! TrayAway Slick Talk: The Hospitality Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More than 1 million vacant positions (and still growing faster than any other industry) hospitality is one of many industries that are struggling with a worker shortage. A new job is added every 2.5 seconds and employers are looking for candidates with very specific skills to fill positions who will thrive in a demanding, fast-paced environment. Although it might seem like there aren't enough quality workers to fill every position, employers in the industry still have reason for hope as they look to build out their workforce. At least, that’s the belief of Ron Mitchell, CEO of Virgil, which owns Hcareers - a redesigned hospitality job platform. Listen to this episode of Slick Talk: The Hospitality Podcast to see what Hcareers is all about and how you or an employer can really use this re-launched tool to your advantage! Hcareers.com slicktalkthepodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The creator of Meatball Shop, Seamores Restaurant, Well Well, and some other unique businesses coming out, Michael and I got to sit down and dive into entrepreneurship and what that looked like for him and then of course at the end we got into a nice conversation about owners in hospitality making decisions off of a P&L instead of guest/team experience! To see more episodes go to: www.slicktalkthepodcast.com/podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Acker, the professional speaker and author of  "Speak With No Fear" is not only amazing at what he does but has been a close friend and mentor of mine from my early trouble maker days to the man I am today. Podcasting isn't as scary as speaking in front of a live crowd but the tools and fundamentals are applicable. I personally have applied these methods to how I podcast and couldn't be more thankful!  Give this episode a listen and I hope you enjoy! mikeacker.com Speak With No Fear slicktalkthepodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tidbits for the Emerging Hospitality Professional was designed to aid in the professional development for the next generation of hospitality professionals. The tidbits are useful and vital to developing and navigating a successful career in the hospitality industry. This book will benefit students and faculty of hospitality education by providing resources and strategies to excel academically and professionally in the hospitality industry. Tidbits for the Emerging Pineapple Professional serves as a guiding agent for career and professional development and the best practices in the hospitality environment. The resources provided are transferable to other business-related industries such as retail, sports management and entertainment. Hospitality students and emerging hospitality professionals will find this book as a solid road map to building a successful and meaningful career in the hospitality industry. Highly recommend this book! If you want to win a FREE copy then just text "slicktalk" to 31996 and we

I had the pleasure of having Melissa on my show during a very busy week! She is so talented in this subject as she should be because she has built her business off of this method and it works! A little bit about her: Melissa Agnes is an author, keynote speaker, and strategic advisor to some of the world’s leading brands. She has worked with organizations from NATO to Hilton and just about everything in between. Her book “ Crisis Ready: Building an Invincible Brand in an Uncertain World ” is taught in higher education courses around the world, including in Harvard University and Homeland Security courses. About Crisis Ready (Melissa’s book): No matter the size, type, or industry of your business, Crisis Ready was designed to provide your team with the insight into how to be perfectly prepared for anything life throws at you. Organizations that are crisis ready are more than just resilient. They’re INVINCIBLE. Crisis Ready is the ultimate roadmap to business invincibility. To find out more, go to here site: h

So often marketers and hoteliers miss key points and aspects of the overall experience and in this episode, I was on the award winning Fuel Hotel Marketing Podcast with some amazing leaders in this industry! We put together our Top 5 Ways to Bridge The Gap Between Marketing and Operations and how that can be applied to any and every property!  So if you listen to my show then you need to also listen to Fuel Hotel Marketing Podcast as well! You will not regret it! www.slicktalkthepodcast.com/podcast www.fueltravel.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aurmur is the changing and setting the standard on how guests check in with their unique smart lock system and automation for ensuring the little details for all guests are as smooth as can be. I had the pleasure of meeting with Curtis, the owner of Aurmur, and we talked about what has happened with his experience as an Airbnb & VRBO host in the Seattle market that created his unique tech and software for enhancing the guest experience along with the host experience and making it easier to be a better host. Check out Aurmur and their unique services and of course, the Checkout Button!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of my first episodes I ever did was a live episode and tour onsite at a property and I had the pleasure to sit with the GM, Ron Gladney, while we talked about the RL brand and some of the aspects of now the worlds biggest third party property management, Aimbridge Hospitality. We dove into some of the cool experiences that come from being in the hospitality industry and his awesome experiences and memories of being with some very VIP guests while also remembering all guests are important... the true meaning of hospitality and taking care of the associates. You can be apart of the Hotel RL experience and get your free 8oz cup of coffee (my favorite part!)  Just click the link above to book your next stay at one of the 9 RL properties! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a hotelier and industry nerd, I have followed UP Hotel Agency on social medias because they have been doing things differently and I was attracted to them as a brand and a company making a noticeable difference in the industry! As my first international guest, David Ohandjanian and myself dive deep into hotel marketing and what that looks like in todays world for hotels and properties in general.  I love the Award Winning value David and his team bring to the industry and I think this is the episode all hoteliers should use to break down the tools that are available to them to make sure they secure direct bookings more than the OTA's do and of course engages the whole team in order to secure that human to human connection. UP Hotel Agency site: uphotel.agency Podcast site: slicktalkthepodcast.com Want to attend the live podcast shows in Olympia Washington? Click Here!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's not often I get to do an episode with someone I have worked with before and so when Joshua and I connected about doing an episode, I knew we had to do it! I love the knowledge and depth Joshua brings to the table! This is a must listen!  Joshua Rockwell is the Assistant Director of Food & Beverage at the Omni Tucson National Resort, located in Tucson Arizona.  Josh leads the food & beverage division for the resort, including: banquets & catering, three restaurants, a full service pool bar, In-Room Dining, and the servicing of two PGA golf courses. Josh has worked in the hospitality industry for the past 20 years in numerous high end hotels and resorts including Hyatt Hotels, Marriott International, and Omni Hotels & Resorts, among others.  Inside of those 20 years Josh served in the United States Navy as a Structural Mechanic of fighter jets and was deployed overseas for his entire service.  After serving in the military Josh completed his bachelor degree in Hospitality Business Management at Washingto

Seth and I linked up on Instagram and got to talk about the ever-changing side of the industry called SEO and the powerful ways to use it at your best to increase your direct bookings and of course, getting the most bang for your buck for any of the independent properties out there in hotel and vacation rental markets! To see the video go to: openroadhospitality.com/video Thank you to River Inn at Seaside for letting us record on your beautiful property! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bart and I talk about BlueFox and little bit of the powerful uses for foot traffic and data used to optimize revenue and marketing strategies for all types of businesses in the hospitality industry! Listen all the way through for a little gift to all of our listeners! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices