Sep 30, 2026
Hotels keep saying they can’t find people. PRIDE Industries is showing them where to look.
Darleyn Pazdel, SVP of Workforce Inclusion at PRIDE Industries, joins me on No Vacancy to talk about a workforce hotels still overlook: people with disabilities.
PRIDE already puts this into practice across hospitality,...
Sep 29, 2026
There’s a big difference between hearing about a hotel brand and actually getting inside one with the people building and operating it.
I toured a brand-new HomeTowne Studios by Red Roof in Bradenton, Florida with Hiten Patel of Dhruv Management, which operates the hotel, and Matt Hostetler, Chief Development Officer...
Sep 28, 2026
Last week at the My Place Hotels of America conference, I talked with Jeff Thomas, VP of Marketing, about how a smaller hotel company competes against brands with much bigger marketing budgets.
Jeff says My Place started experimenting with AI back in 2022,
using it to create visual content at scale, personalize...
Sep 27, 2026
Glenn Haussman talks with Brian Quinn, Chief Development Officer at My Place Hotels, from the My Place Hotels of America conference about one of the biggest forces shaping hotel development right now: conversions.
Brian explains why owners keep bringing conversion opportunities to
My Place, how the company is expanding...
Sep 26, 2026
Glenn Haussman talks with Sarah Dinger, EVP of Franchise Relations at My Place Hotels, from the My Place Hotels of America conference about Trend, the company’s new conversion offering.
Sarah explains how Trend gives owners more flexibility to adapt a
property to its market while My Place keeps its original...