Ask in Claude
Ask in ChatGPT
- Podcasts
- Business News
- Good Morning Hospitality
36 episodes
Good Morning Hospitality
by Skift · English
The hospitality industry is constantly growing, changing, and innovating! This podcast will bring you the top news and topics from industry experts in different hospitality fields. Good Morning Hospitality publishes two thirty-minute weekly episodes, starting Monday and Wednesday at 7 a.m. PST / 10 a.m. EST. This podcast is a part of Skift. Go to Skift.com to hear and see more industry-leading content!
Latest episodes
All episodes
OpenAI Just Bought a Booking Agent. Airbnb Opened Its API.
The episode covers three themes: (1) OpenAI’s acquisition of travel booking startup Odessia (Francis Davidson’s company) to improve AI-driven travel planning and booking UX and keep users inside…
11 Nov 2026 · 33m · 14 chaptersHow Bedbug Safety Is Becoming a Hotel Booking Advantage
Valpass founder Martim discusses why bedbug safety is becoming a hotel booking advantage, how guests now treat bedbugs as the top booking concern, and how hotels can prove real-time safety to reduce…
9 Nov 2026 · 11m · 7 chaptersAI Is Killing SEO Tricks. Here's What Hospitality Brands Should Do Instead
How AI/search systems are devaluing “SEO tricks” and AI-written slop, and what hospitality brands should do instead to win visibility and trust.
9 Nov 2026 · 13m · 5 chaptersMarriott’s Up 14%. Vrbo Flipped the Script on Airbnb.
Lodging and travel earnings roundup plus short-term rental product shifts.
4 Nov 2026 · 33m · 16 chaptersChad Rowe on Why Luxury Vacation Rentals Still Need Human Touch
Luxury vacation rental hospitality and why “human touch” still matters despite AI/tech; Moving Mountains’ culture-driven operations and owner/guest flywheel.
2 Nov 2026 · 15m · 5 chaptersAirbnb Changed the Rules. Amex Picked a Side.
Airbnb’s new guest rules (effective for reservations after Nov 20) and the operational impact on hosts/professional managers, plus Airbnb’s partnership with Amex and related booking eligibility.
28 Oct 2026 · 35m · 12 chaptersGMH Bonus: AI Could Threaten Expedia and Booking.com
Casa’s AI-driven hospitality operations and how AI may reshape OTA distribution, potentially threatening Expedia and Booking.com. Guests: Roman, CEO of Casa (hotel and apartment-hotel brand/manager).
26 Oct 2026 · 14m · 5 chaptersPavilion’s Lino Maldonado on a New Model for Vacation Rental Growth
Lino Maldonado, CEO of Stakeholders, discusses a “third model” for vacation rental growth during industry maturation, focusing on buying 100% of operators while keeping founders invested,…
26 Oct 2026 · 11m · 3 chaptersVrbo’s Subscription Exemptions Are Secret. That’s the Story.
Vrbo subscription “exemptions” that may let a small subset of users keep subscription plans despite listing suspensions; broader discussion of OTA distribution changes, rate/content parity, and…
21 Oct 2026 · 31m · 11 chaptersGMH Bonus: Sam Shank on How AI Could Reshape Online Travel
How AI “agent” assistants could change online travel distribution by bypassing human search rank and sponsored placements, shifting power from OTAs tied to Google/SEO to “specialist agents” and…
20 Oct 2026 · 23m · 13 chaptersBack in STR. Going Deeper, Not Wider. Ashley Horsley on Avari.
Ashley Horsley (COO/President of Avari) discusses returning to the vacation rental industry, Avari’s private-equity-backed strategy, and how they “go deeper, not wider” in existing markets.
19 Oct 2026 · 13m · 6 chaptersVrbo Is Raising Commissions. Airbnb Is Rebuilding Luxe. A Big Week for STR.
Post-VRMA industry recap and major OTA fee changes. Main focus is Vrbo raising commissions/fees (12% flat fee, possible extra payment-processing fee), plus Airbnb rebuilding its Luxe program, and a…
14 Oct 2026 · 34m · 18 chaptersGMH STR Live From GuestyVal: AI, Acquisitions, and What's Next.
Live from GuestyVal in Madrid/Spain, the episode covers major vacation-rental acquisitions and European market performance, plus AI/tech and revenue strategy takeaways for operators and…
5 Oct 2026 · 52m · 25 chaptersFinal Episode of GMH Hotels: A Big Week for Hotel AI and Resort M&A.
Final episode of Good Morning Hospitality Hotels Edition, reflecting on three years of weekly live hotel/short-term rental coverage and discussing two industry news items: hotel CEOs’ practical AI…
30 Sep 2026 · 43m · 14 chaptersUber Is Coming for STR. Airbnb Has an AI Agent Coming.
AI travel agents and platform competition are reshaping booking. Uber is moving into short-term rental (STR) booking via Expedia/Muse-style integrations; Airbnb is preparing an AI agent (2027).
28 Sep 2026 · 34m · 15 chaptersAirbnb Said ‘Forget Hotels.’ Now It Wants Them Everywhere.
Airbnb’s push into hotels, framed as a “forget hotels” pivot that now aims to place hotels inside Airbnb listings—especially to fill supply gaps in regulated cities (e.g., New York, San Francisco;…
23 Sep 2026 · 30m · 10 chaptersGuesty's CEO on AI, Acquisitions, and What Comes Next.
Guesty CEO Amiyad Soto discusses Guesty’s acquisition strategy (including Smiley), consolidation in the PMS ecosystem, and how AI agents will automate property-management workloads.
21 Sep 2026 · 25m · 13 chaptersAI Isn’t the Problem. How You Manage It Is.
AI isn’t the problem; “hybrid 2.0” is a people/management problem—redesigning teams, workflows, and processes around human-AI collaboration (agents), not just buying tools.
18 Sep 2026 · 27m · 9 chaptersGMH Hotels: Dorchester Said No to Scale. Here Is What That Cost.
The hosts discuss how travel brands and hotels are adapting across three areas: (1) creator marketing vs booking/commission “credit” (the broken creator-to-booking chain), (2) loyalty and corporate…
16 Sep 2026 · 35m · 15 chaptersMeta Just Entered Travel. STR Operators Should Notice.
Meta’s “Muse” travel agent experience; AirDNA’s new dynamic pricing tools for STR operators; Airbnb’s $250M housing-construction fund; using STRs to revive depopulating villages.
14 Sep 2026 · 31m · 10 chaptersGMH Hotels: Banks Now Lead Travel Loyalty. Small Hotels Beat Big Brands.
Fall travel outlook and hospitality leadership, plus two industry deep-dives: (1) why luxury hotel GMs must have a “razor sharp” point of view, and (2) how banks are becoming travel loyalty leaders…
9 Sep 2026 · 30m · 8 chaptersVrbo's Biggest Product Push Yet, and What Hosts Need to Know
Vrbo and Expedia updates for hosts and property managers, focusing on (1) sponsored listings, (2) Expedia+Vrbo package deals, (3) “Hosts with Confidence” protection products, (4) member-only…
7 Sep 2026 · 35m · 15 chaptersGMH Hotels: The $35.7 Billion Side of Hospitality Nobody Talks About
ARDA’s view of the timeshare/vacation ownership industry, including growth stats, consolidation by major hospitality brands, financing/resiliency, and consumer protection against exit/resale scams;…
2 Sep 2026 · 41m · 16 chaptersAirbnb Makes a Play for Direct Bookings
The episode discusses (1) new estimates that Booking may be leading Expedia in B2B room nights, challenging prior “Expedia is the darling” assumptions; the hosts cite BTIG/VTI estimates and note…
31 Aug 2026 · 33m · 16 chaptersWe use cookies.They keep VO running smoothly and help us improve it. Privacy policy