Redefine Hospitality

Alexander Novicov

Redefine Hospitality Podcast is a weekly podcast about learning new perspectives and rethinking how we do business. In this podcast we interview people who are challenging the status quo and making change happen. Our goal is to push ourselves and...

  • 35 minutes 51 seconds
    Episode 84: Creating A Community With Nina Taylor
    In this episode I had the pleasure to chat with Nina Taylor, the hospitality director at Layers. Nina shared with us the importance of creating partnerships, how to be community-focused and how she and her team managed to have 100% occupancy rate during a pandemic.
    5 November 2020, 9:10 am
  • 35 minutes 43 seconds
    Episode 83: A Lighthouse Hotel With Erik Nissen Johansen At Pater Noster
    In this episode I had a very interesting conversation with Erik Nissen about his new lighthouse hotel. Erik shared with us his thoughts on how hoteliers should navigate throughout the pandemic, how hoteliers can find an interesting angle to differentiate and how they can even grow the hotel.
    4 November 2020, 9:21 pm
  • 27 minutes 8 seconds
    Episode 82: Strategies Hoteliers Can Implement Right Now With Sally Beck
    In this episode we visited the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London and had a very interesting conversation with Sally Beck, General Manager at the property.
    Sally shared with us strategies that she and her team are using to drive revenue to the property.
    In this episode you will be able to learn new strategies you can implement for your own property, what new measures you need to take to reassure potential guests that your hotel is Covid Safe and much more.
    22 October 2020, 8:56 pm
  • 35 minutes 54 seconds
    Episode 81: How Serviced Apartments Are Adopting With Peter Heule
    In today's episode, we had the pleasure to interview Peter Heule and speak about how serviced apartments are adopting during this period. Peter shared with us strategies hoteliers can use today to attract people to book. He also shared with us how Yays (Concierged Boutique Apartments) are doing and expanding this year.
    15 October 2020, 10:13 am
  • 35 minutes 4 seconds
    Episode 80: How Hotels Can Build Strength Through Adversity With Nadia Pendleton
    In today's episode, Nadia Pendleton shared with us what are the most common mistakes hoteliers make, how we can improve our customer service and how hoteliers can navigate through today's challenges.
    8 October 2020, 7:48 am
  • 52 minutes 53 seconds
    Episode 79: How To Create The World's Highest Guest Satisfaction Hotel With Adele Gutman
    In this episode, Adele Gutman shared with us how she and her team managed to create the world's highest guest satisfaction hotel in the world. She shared with us ideas, strategies and things we can do to improve our guest's experience, guest satisfaction and simultaneously increase our bottom line.
    24 September 2020, 8:00 am
  • 20 minutes 48 seconds
    Episode 78: Five Things People Want To Hear from Hotels Right Now
    In this episode, I shared with you five things that guests expect to hear from a hotel right now.
    If you want to increase confidence and increase trust, these five things will definitely help you.
    18 September 2020, 9:31 am
  • 28 minutes 56 seconds
    Episode 77: How Hotels Should Market After The Lockdown
    In this episode I talked about what hoteliers should do right now and how they should market their property.
    I shared some data about recent research and how consumer behavior is changing.
    10 September 2020, 11:53 am
  • 29 minutes 7 seconds
    Episode 76: Moving Past Adversity With Stephane Vilar from nhow hotel
    In this episode we talked with Stephane from nHow hotel group. Stephane shared with us how they are coping with a new hotel brand in London, what new measures they've implemented due to the COVID and what should do in the next three to six months.
    3 September 2020, 9:10 am
  • 34 minutes 53 seconds
    Episode 75: Redefining Your Wellness Strategy With Claire Way
    In this episode, we talked with Claire Way about how hoteliers need to redefine their wellness and spa strategy. People are more aware and mindful about their habits and demand for wellbeing is on the rise, the question is how can hoteliers respond to this demand. Claire shared some brilliant ideas for hoteliers to look into and perhaps dominate.
    30 July 2020, 8:05 am
  • 34 minutes 53 seconds
    Episode 74: How To Improve Customer Experience With Monica Or
    In this episode, we interviewed a customer (service) expert Monica Or. Monica shared with us why it's important to look at our customer experience in a different way, how we can improve it and how smaller hotels can surprise their guests by doing the unexpected.
    23 July 2020, 6:08 pm
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