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GAIN Momentum
Each episode of GAIN Momentum focuses on timeless lessons to help grow and scale a business in hospitality, travel, and technology. Whether you’re a veteran industry leader looking for some inspiration to guide the next phase of growth or an aspiring executive looking to fast-track the learning process, this podcast is here with key lessons centered around four questions we ask each guest.
Episodes
GAIN MomentumHotel Leadership in the Post-Material World | with Jannes Sörensen
In this episode, we interview Jannes Sörensen, founder of the Kepler International Hospitality Academy. Prior to this, Sörensen has a rich history of luxury…
GAIN MomentumArtificial Intelligence Changes the Entire Business Model | with Tata Crocombe
In this episode, we interview Tata Graham Crocombe, an independent hotel owner based out of the Cook Islands, including family-friendly The Rarotongan Beach…
GAIN MomentumThe LinkedIn Executive and Best Practices for a B2B Marketplace | with Zoe Koumbouzi
In this Executive Series episode, we interview Zoe Koumbouzi, a fellow GAIN Advisor to discuss the growth of LinkedIn as a marketing tool for both individuals…
GAIN MomentumFlexible Accommodations at the Caribe Royale Orlando | with Amaury Piedra
In this episode, we interview Amaury Piedra, managing director at Caribe Royale Orlando, a 1,337-key, all-suite property that appeals to numerous customer…
GAIN MomentumThe Philosophy and Psychology of Deploying New Technology | with Simone Puorto
At long last we interview fellow GAIN advisor, Simone Puorto, and author of “We Are The Glitch” (2024). Puorto is the founder of Travel Singularity and Rebyu…
GAIN MomentumFounding and Leading with Integrity | with Sean Gorman
In this episode, we interview Sean Gorman, President and CEO of SafetyNet Access. Gorman has been CEO of SafetyNet Access for over 25 years. More recently, he…
GAIN MomentumWe Are Selling Outcomes Not Technology | with Bryson Koehler
In this episode, we interview Bryson Koehler, CEO of Revinate. Koehler brings a wealth of technology experience to his current role at Revinate where his role…
GAIN MomentumThe AI-Adjacent Executive and Using AI for Senior Hotel Roles | with Vincent Somsen
In this special episode of our Executive series with Vincent Somsen and Michael Goldrich, we look at how the latest artificial intelligence tools are changing…
GAIN MomentumThe Medium Is Still the Message for Digital Marketing | with John Marraffino
In this episode, we interview John Marraffino, President of VMC Media, a travel media company that operates across a variety of markets, industries and…
GAIN MomentumCash Flow Is King for Any Startup or Scaleup | with Ken & Mark Heymann
In this special episode, Adam Mogelonsky interviews the Heymann brothers, Ken and Mark, who are the founders of Unifocus and Heymann2 & Associates…
GAIN MomentumProgressive Luxury with EAST Hotels and The House Collective | with Dean Winter
In this episode, we interview Dean Winter, Managing Director of Swire Hotels. Winter has a longstanding career in hotel operations and management. Working in…
GAIN MomentumThe Transcontinental Executive and How Travel Tech Works | with Chris Tomseth
In this special episode of our Executive series with Chris Tomseth and Michael Goldrich, we focus on the current travel trends to see how they apply to the…
GAIN MomentumThe Choice to Scale After the Product Is Ready and Tested | with Omri Shalev
In this episode, we interview Omri Shalev, cofounder and CTO of Reeco. Shalev brings a diverse software engineering background before entering hospitality…
GAIN MomentumRallying a Global Tech Company Around Waypoints | with Phelim Pekaar
In this episode, we interview Phelim Pekaar, CEO of P3, a hotel software company focused on the online guest journey and booking experience. Pekaar comes from…
GAIN MomentumDiscussing the Book "Ultra-Processed People" for Hotels | with Neil Foster
In this special episode, Adam Mogelonsky and Neil Foster discuss the book “Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can’t Stop Eating Food That Isn’t Food” (2023) by…
GAIN MomentumPivoting a Tech Company into the Hospitality Industry | with Jeff Robbins
In this episode, we interviewJeff Robbins, founder of GuestInsight. Since its founding in late 1999, GuestInsight has excelled as a consumer market research…
GAIN MomentumLiving in Many Countries and Working at Many Companies | with Custódio Barreiros
In this episode, we interview Custódio Barreiros, founder and president of EIP MGT GmbH, a European hospitality firm focused on solving technological problems…
GAIN MomentumDelivering Moments of Truth with Unified Data | with Daan de Bruijn
In this episode, we interview Daan de Bruijn, Cofounder of Bookboost. De Bruijn brings a diverse hospitality background before cofounding Bookboost CRM in…
GAIN MomentumThe Nomad Executive and How to Work from Anywhere | with Michael Cohen
In this special episode, we sit down with GAIN Managing Partner, Michael Cohen, to discuss the emerging megatrend of being the ‘Nomad Executive’ and working…
GAIN MomentumThe Growth of Remote Work and Virtual Companies | with Sondre Rasch
In this episode, we interview Sondre Rasch, Cofounder and CEO of SafetyWing. With SafetyWing, Rasch is building a platform to provide easily accessible travel…
GAIN MomentumPlatforms for Enabling the Next Generation of Hoteliers | with Shane O'Flaherty
In this episode, we interview Shane O’Flaherty, the Global Director of Travel and Hospitality at Microsoft. O’Flaherty comes from a sales, marketing and…
GAIN MomentumYour Niche is How You Add the Most Value | with Jim Rowe
In this episode, we interview Jim Rowe, Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Jonas Hospitality, Property Systems. Rowe is a seasoned veteran in the…
GAIN MomentumHow Technology Enables a New Breed of Hotel Brands | with Matthew Opferkuch
In this episode, we interview Matthew Opferkuch, CEO and cofounder of The Laundry Rooms. Opferkuch is a longstanding hotel operator and executive before…
GAIN MomentumThe Reason Behind Hotel Tech Integration Challenges | with Charlie Osmond
In this episode, we interview Charlie Osmond, cofounder of Triptease. Osmond brings a diverse background to Triptease, starting as an engineer in the British…
GAIN MomentumA Caribbean Hotelier's Perspective on Hotel Technology | with Nima Anwar
In this episode, we interview Nima Anvar, CEO of GuestChat. Anvar was the general manager of the Siesta Hotel in Grenada for over two decades before founding…
GAIN MomentumHITEC 2024 Sales and Marketing Preparation Special
In this special episode of the GAIN Momentum Podcast, we’re looking at what hotel technology vendors can do to best prepare for HITEC, happening this year in…
GAIN MomentumBuilding Tech Architecture from the Ground Up | with Michael Levie
In this episode, we interview Michael Levie, co-founder of citizenM. Levie has a wealth of hotel technology and operations experience. He was at Sonesta for 16…
GAIN MomentumEncouraging Your Good Team Members to be Great | with Anthony Melchiorri
In this episode, we interview Anthony Melchiorri, author, including his latest book “Show Up”, and TV show host, including Hotel All Stars. Melchiorri has been…
GAIN MomentumThe Significance of Executive Team Alignment | with Frank Pitsikalis
In this episode, we interview Frank Pitsikalis, Senior Vice President of Strategy at Agilysys. Pitsikalis is the Founder and CEO of ResortSuite, a fully…
GAIN MomentumDiscussing the Book "Generations" for Hospitality | with Neil Foster
In this episode, Adam Mogelonsky and Neil Foster, fellow GAIN Advisors, discuss the nonfiction book “Generations” (2023) by Jean M. Twenge PhD and its…
GAIN MomentumHospitality Technology is a Triple Platform | with Richard Valtr
In this episode, we have Richard Valtr, Founder at Mews. Valtr started Mews as a property management system in 2012 from the Czech Republic, which has since…
GAIN MomentumScaling a Collection Within the Independent Hotel Niche | with Brent Hayhurst
In this episode, we have Brent Hayhurst, Director of Program Development at Curator Hotels and Resorts Collection. Before entering the hospitality industry…
GAIN MomentumAdapting a Global Product to Local Territories | with Ryan King
In this episode, we have Ryan King, Senior Vice President, Americas at Shiji Group. King brings a diverse background of industry experience from both the hotel…
GAIN MomentumBest-to-Market Will Outwin First-to-Market | with Warren Dehan
In this episode, we have Warren Dehan, President of Maestro PMS. Dehan has worked at Maestro PMS (formerly Northwind) since 1978, and has acted as company…
GAIN MomentumHow Hotel Software Vendors Are Evaluated | with Mark Hope
In this episode, we have Mark Hope, senior vice president of development at Coast Hotels. Hope started his longstanding hospitality career in the front office…
GAIN MomentumInnovating on All Fronts with a New Hotel Brand | with Christopher Hunsberger
In this episode, we have Christopher Hunsberger, co-founder and chief operating officer of Appellation, a new hotel brand born from an elegant merger of the…
GAIN MomentumBusiness Ideas that Work in More Than One Way | with John Smallwood
In this episode, we have John Smallwood, president at Travel Outlook, the maker of Annette, the virtual hotel agent. John Smallwood has several decades of…
GAIN MomentumVendor Scalability at Las Vegas Casino Resorts | with Shannon McCallum
In this episode, we have Shannon McCallum, vice president of hotel operations at Resorts World Las Vegas. McCallum has an extensive hospitality career…
GAIN MomentumGetting Perspective on Each Person's Role | with Tanya Pratt
In this episode, we have Tanya Pratt, vice president of Opera Cloud strategy and product management at Oracle Hospitality. Pratt has been in hospitality for…
GAIN MomentumScaling is a Team Sport | with Frank Reeves
In this episode, we have Frank Reeves, co-founder and CEO of Avvio, and chief evangelist at SHR Group. As CEO of Avvio, Reeves has been dedicated to delivering…
GAIN MomentumExperience is a Double-Edged Sword | with Neil Foster
In this episode, we have Neil Foster, immediate past president of HFTP (Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals). Foster has over two decades of…
GAIN MomentumNever Get Distracted from Your Core Vision | with Frank Trampert
In this episode, we have Frank Trampert, senior vice president and managing director of commercial and global strategy for hospitality at Sabre Corporation…
GAIN MomentumFinding a Sweet Spot as You Scale Up | with Luis Segredo
In this episode, we have Luis Segredo, CEO of Data Travel, LLC, the maker of the Hapi platform that maps then migrates data from multiple hospitality sources…
GAIN MomentumSelling Into Service Companies Requires Customer Service | with Robert Stevenson
In this episode, we have Robert Stevenson, CEO of INTELITY, a guest experience platform with rich staff operations and ticketing backend for hospitality…
GAIN MomentumEngaging with Customers and Actionable Insights | with Adam Glickman
In this episode, we have Adam Glickman, vice president of brand strategy at Actabl. Glickman career in hospitality started out at Waldorf=Astoria in business…
GAIN MomentumThe Right Senior Teams and Customer Success | with Karen O'Neill
For our 13th episode, we interview Karen O’Neill, a GAIN Advisor and GAIN’s chief revenue officer, as well as the co-founder and COO of RationalAI. O’Neill has…
GAIN MomentumBreaking Through the Vendor Noise | with Eva Fayemi
For our twelfth episode, we interview Eva Fayemi, cofounder and CEO at Bond Agency as well as a GAIN Advisor. Based out of Lisbon, Portugal and London…
GAIN MomentumRelationships and Reputations | with Steven Bronken
For our eleventh episode, we interview Steven Bronken, head of Global Hospitality at Ruckus Networks. A Canadian based out Halifax, Nova Scotia, Steven…
GAIN MomentumLocalization of Communications in a Globalized World | with Anne Bleeker
For our tenth episode, we interview Anne Bleeker, cofounder and managing director of In2 Consulting, a business communications agency, and a GAIN Advisor. Anne…
GAIN MomentumSelling Tech by Managing Change | with Jeff Bzdawka
For our ninth episode, we interview Jeff Bzdawka, the Chief Executive Officer of Knowland, an event intelligence and hospitality sales solution provider. Jeff…
GAIN MomentumOn the Road: ILC Cultivate - Deploying AI Right Now
For our second On The Road episode, Adam went down to New York to attend ILC Cultivate (July 11-12, 2023). In between sessions on how next-generation…
GAIN MomentumA Great Team Always Triumphs | with Nick Horgan
In the seventh episode, we have Nick Horgan, the chief commercial officer (CCO) for the hospitality revenue optimization platform, Amaze Insights. Nick Horgan…
GAIN MomentumOn the Road: HITEC 2023 - Cutting Through the Digital Noise
In this special On The Road episode while at HITEC 2023 (June 26-29, 2023, Toronto), Adam and Jason asked exhibitors and attendees one key question about hotel…
GAIN MomentumDon't Be So Far in Front of the Parade | with Greg Beatty
In the fifth episode, we have Greg Beatty, a GAIN advisor based out of Bangkok and hospitality technology executive with a USA law degree. With positions…
GAIN MomentumFrameworks Are Everything | with Michael Cohen
In the fourth episode, we have Michael Cohen, the managing partner for Growth Advisors International Network (GAIN), hospitality and travel tech advisor and…
GAIN MomentumTech Buyers, Users and Market Validation | with Ira Vouk
In the third episode, we speak with Ira Vouk, (https://iravouk.com/) the renowned author of "Hospitality 2.0" In this captivating podcast episode, Ira Vouk…
GAIN MomentumBuyer Behavior Has Changed Forever | with Jess Hayes
In the second episode, we have Jessica Hayes, an advisor for Growth Advisors International Network (GAIN), owner of Hayespitality (https://hayespitality.com)…
GAIN MomentumThe Non-negotiables | with David Millili
In the inaugural episode, we have David Millili, the co-founder of Growth Advisors International Network (GAIN) and CEO of LodgIQ. David Millili is a renowned…