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Matt Talks Hospitality is a podcast for hoteliers who want to understand the technology, ideas and people shaping modern hospitality.
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How venture capital finds and funds the best hotel tech. Ft. Chris Hemmeter of Thayer Investment Partners (opens the original)
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Every hospitality startup pitches a similar story: better tech, faster growth, bigger returns. Someone has to decide which ones are worth the check. On this episode, Matt is joined by Chris Hemmeter, Managing Partner at Thayer Investment Partners. They talk about how venture capital finds and funds the future of hospitality tech: what convinces investors, what makes a business worth the investment risk, and where the smart money thinks this industry goes next.
Why wellness tourism is reshaping how hotels make money. Ft. Steve Porter of Trybe (opens the original)
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Wellness is one of the fastest-growing categories in hospitality, and for a lot of properties it has moved from a nice-to-have into a real part of how the business makes money. Steve Porter, Co-founder of Trybe, has spent years building software for exactly that part of the hotel. Steve and Matt talk about why guests now book the spa before the room, what makes it the most complex system in a hotel to run and how wellness is redefining hospitality.
The AI use cases already changing hospitality, with Gilad Berenstein of Brook Bay Capital (opens the original)
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Every hotel used to fight for a guest's attention on Google. Now guests are asking ChatGPT where to stay, what to book, even what to buy once they get to the room. That shift changes hospitality. Gilad Berenstein founded Utrip, the world's first AI travel company, which helped 225 million travelers plan trips before it sold. He now runs Brook Bay Capital, investing in AI across travel and hospitality. Gilad joins Matt to talk about the AI use cases property owners can already try as agentic AI t
A Texas multi-property operator on what it takes to build a hotel tech stack from scratch. Ft. Matt Marrs of Llano Real Estate Group (opens the original)
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Matt Marrs owns Cactus Cove Inn & Suites in Amarillo and operates a portfolio of hotels, RV parks and short-term rentals across Texas. He migrated his properties to Mews this spring, went live during peak season and signed up for every beta feature available before onboarding was done. In this episode, the two Matts talk about what drove that decision, how to think about tech across three different asset types and what it means to be an operator helping shape hotel software from the inside.
Buying a PMS: Lessons from an ex-hotelier who now works in hotel tech. Ft. Tommy Kalita (opens the original)
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Buying a new property management system is one of the biggest decisions a hotelier can make, and most of them will tell you the process is painful. Tommy Kalita has been on both sides of that process. Before joining sales and then fintech solutions at Mews, he ran his own hotel in Edmonton, Canada. In this episode, Tommy and Matt talk about what hoteliers often overlook during the RFP process, who should be involved in the decision beyond leadership and what changes for a property once a new sys
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