Hospitality Is Freedom

Slick Talk: The Hospitality Podcast

06/16/21

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52m

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With 15 years of experience in fast growing tech-startups, Marcus has successfully built up a leading PMS and Channel Manager for vacation rentals from scratch. During this journey, he has gained substantial knowledge about two-sided marketplaces, VC funding, growing companies and more importantly getting more bookings!

Join us and know how to successfully build a leading PMS and Channel Manager for vacation rentals from scratch.

Risk is something we can’t avoid and you know this! But... you can sure minimize your risk when it comes to putting things in place like NoiseAware & Safely.com! Safely have you, your guests, and your homeowner covered if anything goes wrong or gets damaged and guess what!? By having a NoiseAware device in your homes, you’ll have everything you need in order to have peace of mind!

In this episode, we explore:

03:46 - Background of the guest

06:23 - Creation of Hostaway

08:47 - Creating Game 53

11:47 - What is Game 53 look like

14:32 - Is creating a PMS beneficial?

17:54 - Big changes prior to Covid-19

24:18 - Consolidation of Tech

32:09 - Gap between hotels and vacation rentals

35:35 - Importance of guest’s experience

40:07 - Development side of Hostaway

44:17 - Travel Destinations

Connecting with the Guest:

Website: www.hostaway.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marketingmarcus

Email: marcus@hostaway.comSlick Talk Website & Socials: https://bit.ly/3uCsm6H

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Previous Episode

The Role Technology Plays In The Short-Term Rental Industry

June 9, 2021

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41m

As the Chief Executive Officer, Emir is in charge of Rabbu’s growth and visionary efforts. Being a natural entrepreneur and follower of Real Estate, Emir turned a spare bedroom above his detached garage into the genesis for a new asset class within Real Estate and into an opportunity for investors to create more value while de-risking their portfolio through Rabbu.

Prior to founding Rabbu, Emir was a Senior Product Manager at NBC Sports which he joined as part of the acquisition of KYCK. Emir joined KYCK as a free intern, after failing to find satisfaction as a Civil Engineer, and eventually worked his way up to be the Vice President of Operations when it was acquired by NBC Sports.

Emir was originally born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (formerly Yugoslavia) and was forced to flee there when a civil war broke out. After spending 6 years in Germany, Emir moved to the United States at the age of 12. Having survived civil war and beaten cancer, Emir is conditioned to beat adversity and not to take any situation and opportunity for granted.

Join us today to know the role of technology in the short-term rental industry.

Risk is something we can’t avoid and you know this! But... you can sure minimize your risk when it comes to putting things in place like NoiseAware & Safely.com! Safely has you, your guests, and your homeowner covered if anything goes wrong or gets damaged and guess what!? By having a NoiseAware device in your homes, you’ll have everything you need in order to have peace of mind!

In this episode, we explore:

04:09 - Background of the guest

12:23 - Creation of Rabbu

13:36 - Controlling the access to the property

17:04 - Building a Technology Platform

22:14 - Why specialization is important

26:17 - Most challenging things when building a platform

31:06 - Keeping up with all the changes

35:56 - Managing Crossovers

Connecting with the Guest:

Website: https://rabbu.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emirdukic/

Slick Talk Website & Socials: https://bit.ly/3uCsm6H

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Next Episode

Being ICONIC!

June 23, 2021

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51m

Calvin is the Chief Experience Officer and Iconicity Enthusiast for ICONIC Presentations, LLC. Calvin specializes in delivering high-energy, customized keynote presentations for organizations that desire to reach or maintain ICONIC status. Calvin focuses on delivering the perfect blend of business concepts, story-telling and music themes to bring home an impactful message that touches both the heads and hearts of his audiences.

Calvin designed a practical and systematic technique called The ICONIC FrameworkTM to help organizations achieve and maintain iconic status in the eyes of their customers. Calvin is also host of The ICONIC Mindset podcast where he and his co-host John Avola share the secrets behind what it takes to make your business, idea or movement iconic.

This episode is sponsored by our friends at NoiseAware & Operto! NoiseAware is the only 100% privacy safe noise monitoring solution so get with NoiseAware so you don’t waste any time while you grow your professional and amazing business! Use SLICKTALK20 to get 20% off your noise devices with NoiseAware!

Our show partners at Operto are the leading solution for operators to enhance their operations by integrating with your property management software and making sure all smart devices create a contactless guest experience while streamlining operations. Check them out on their website, send me a message or just let them know Wil sent you and you’ll be in great hands!

In this episode, we explore:

03:22 - Background of the guest

05:29 - Homewood Suites Creation

09:03 - Lodging Options

13:32 - Becoming an entrepreneur and creating iconic presentations

18:51 - Importance of being authentic

25:04 - Knowledge vs Passion

28:23 - Pragmatic Optimism

34:25 - Being consistent

46:37 - What is inimitability?

Connecting with the Guest:

www.iconicpresentations.net