
Every Friday morning, This Week in Hospitality brings you the most important stories, insights, and innovations shaping the global hospitality industry — distilled and discussed by people who actually build within it.
Hosted by Ben Wolff, Scott Eddy, Edwin Kramer, and Zach Busekrus, this weekly conversation is crafted for the founders, operators, and dreamers creating the next generation of hospi... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 45 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Business NewsNews | |||

Fresh off Independent Hotel Show Miami, Zach and Ben break down two days of conversations with eight owners, operators, and investors from across independent hospitality.
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Blake Danner has spent his career inside the rooms where lifestyle hospitality was invented. Eleven years alongside Ian Schrager opening the Clift, Sanderson, and Shore Club. Seven years as founding COO of the Sydell Group, where he helped create Nom... more
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I love tuning in every Friday to listen to this team of hospitality experts. They each contribute in their own way and make the podcast entertaining and full of cool information. I learn something new every episode. Keep it up guys! Loving it!
This isn’t my normal field and came across the podcast by happenstance. I found the information and their perspective interesting to listen to. Appreciated the different points of view.. Definitely translates to other fields, in my opinion. My background is luxury retail, but transitioned into banking with quite a bit of travel. So much of the information could be useful and make you think outside the box in a business development perspective. Good listening - I’m looking forward to next one!
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Weekly, fast-paced discussions center on the evolving hospitality ecosystem, with a focus on independent hotels, boutique brands, loyalty platforms, and technology-enabled distribution. The show consistently covers ownership dynamics, brand strategy, and the role of data and AI in guest experiences, often tying global trends to tangible implications for owners, operators, and growth-focused brands. Notably, the format blends candid operator anecdotes, strategic takeaways, and practical sponsorship opportunities—making it valuable for founders, operators, marketers, and investors aiming to understand where independent hospitality is headed and how to position a brand or property for growth.
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This Week in Hospitality launched a year ago and published 45 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
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Recent guests on This Week in Hospitality include:
1. Blake Danner
2. Drew Bridges
3. Alice Sherman
4. Sarah Kopit
5. Eivind Myhre
6. James McBride
7. Sean O'Neill
8. Francis Davidson
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