The Role Technology Plays In The Short-Term Rental Industry

Slick Talk: The Hospitality Podcast

06/09/21

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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/

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How Hybrid Events Are Here To Stay

June 2, 2021

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Andy McNeill is a travel and hospitality entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in his profession. He is the CEO and founder of American Meetings, Inc., an industry-leading meetings and events agency that produces thousands of live and virtual meetings annually for Fortune 500 clients. He is also the co-host of the Destination Everywhere Podcast, a top travel, and hospitality podcast that highlights bucket-list destinations, luxury hotels, local cuisine, and must-do activities. Andy is a significant voice in the hospitality, meeting, and travel industries.

Join us today and learn more about American Meetings services and The Destination Everywhere Podcast.

This episode is sponsored by Hostfully! Hostfully is an industry-leading software company that provides property managers and hoteliers with a property management platform and amazing digital custom guidebooks that will make your guests' experience with you 10X better! Use SLICKTALK20 to get $100 off of their property management platform and two months free of their premium digital guidebooks!

In this episode, we explore:

02:50 - Background of the guest

04:10 - How American Meetings Inc. started?

07:20 - Virtual Events

09:48 - What are Hybrid Events?

12:52 - Destination Everywhere Podcast

16:55 - Biggest Key Takeaways in the Podcast

19:51 - What are “4 Seasons” Experience

23:49 - Futuristic Hotel Concept

25:15 - Flexible Lodging

27:57 - Finding Ways to Innovate the Business Operation

Quotes from the episode

“Business is important but experience is first.”

Connecting with the Guest:

Instagram -

@atmcneill

@americanmeetingsinc

@destinationeverywherepodcast

Facebook -

@americanmeetings

@destinationeverywherepodcast

https://www.facebook.com/andy.mcneill

LinkedIn -

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-mcneill

https://www.linkedin.com/company/ami-global-meetings-solutions-inc.

Twitter -

@amermeetings

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Hospitality Is Freedom

June 16, 2021

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52m

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