Behind the Stays
de Zach Busekrus
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Welcome to Behind the Stays — a podcast that shares the stories behind your favorite boutique hotels, short-term rentals, and hospitality brands and the hosts, operators, and entrepreneurs who’ve brought them to life.
Every Tuesday and Friday you’ll meet the military veterans, retired flight attendants, tech entrepreneurs, school teachers, single moms, hoteliers, and real estate investors who are all, in their unique ways, shaping the future of travel and hospitality.
Discover how these visionaries — from all over the world — have built stunning landscape hotels in the mountains, designed bohemian bungalows on the beach, erected eclectic off-grid and nature-immersed escapes, and so much more.
Behind the Stays is brought to you by Journey — a first-of-its-kind loyalty program that brings together an alliance of the world’s top independently owned and operated stays and allows travelers to earn points and perks on boutique hotels, vacation rentals, treehouses, ski chalets, glamping experiences and so much more.
And I’m your host, Zach Busekrus, Head of the Journey Alliance. Alright friends, enjoy the show!
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- Why Short-Term Rentals Stopped Penciling and a Motel Did, with Chalets Hygge’s Kerri Gibson · 1 h 11 min · Episodul 404Check out Lodgify to claim your exclusive discount:65% off all yearly and bi-yearly Ultimate and Professional plansOffer Code: BTS65https://www.lodgify.com/behind-the-stays/Offer…
- This Week In Hospitality: Why Owners Want More of Marriott's Loyalty Money, Booking.com's AI Bet, and Hilton Points at the Bar · 39 min · Episodul 403Modbeans CoffeeCode for 15% off: BTS15https://modbeans.co/bts Is the line between a hotel and a vacation rental finally gone? Zach Busekrus and Ben Wolff think the stays category…
- Why a Five-Star Amazon Sheet Isn't Hospitality-Grade, with HostGPO's Jeff Iloulian · 60 min · Episodul 402PriceLabshttps://hello.pricelabs.co/dynamic-pricing/?utm_source=amb-youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nov26_amb_bts_podcast_ep3Code: BTS1530-day free trial plus 15 percent…
- Do You Really Have to Trade Identity for Distribution? WorldHotels' Jenn Parks on the New Soft-Brand Deal, Branded Residences and the Backdrop Outdoor Bet · 33 min · Episodul 401Modbeans CoffeeCode for 15% off: BTS15https://modbeans.co/btshttps://roompricegenie.com/Checkout code for 25% off:WISH26 This Week’s Guest: Jenn Parks, Vice President of…
- This Week in Hospitality: Did Amex Just Hand Airbnb the Luxury Traveler? Best Western's Identity Crisis and Andrew Humphries on the Middle East Hotel Boom · 1 h 19 min · Episodul 400Modbeans Coffee Code for 15% off: BTS15 https://modbeans.co/btsSpecial guest: Andrew Humphries — Bridge Hospitality PartnersLinkedIn…
- Why the Future of Luxury Hotels Might Not Look Like Hotels at All — with ENVI Lodges Co-Founder Noelle Homsy · 54 min · Episodul 399PriceLabshttps://hello.pricelabs.co/dynamic-pricing/?utm_source=amb-youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nov26_amb_bts_podcast_ep2Code: BTS1530-day free trial plus 15 percent…
- This Week in Hospitality: Which Hotel Would You Steal for $1? Marina Bay Sands, Ted Turner's Ranch, and the Case for Hotel Emma · 1 h 8 min · Episodul 398Modbeans CoffeeCode for 15% off: BTS15https://modbeans.co/bts Fifty episodes in, we're skipping the news and handing out the hospitality awards nobody asked for. Zach, Ben…
- From Backcountry to Frontcountry: How Janice Stitzer Built a 7-Cabin Micro-Resort · 1 h 3 min · Episodul 397PriceLabshttps://hello.pricelabs.co/dynamic-pricing/?utm_source=amb-youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=oct26_amb_bts_podcast_ep1Code: BTS1530-day free trial plus 15 percent…
- This Week in Hospitality: Can AI Fix Hotel Margins? Alex Cabañas on AI's Margin Opportunity, Expedia's Lawsuit, and the Longevity Hotel Debate · 1 h 10 min · Episodul 396This Week's Guest: Alex CabañasExecutive Chairman, Pyramid Global HospitalityFounder and CEO of Astound Ventureshttps://astound-ventures.com/ What happens when the hotel front…
- You Should Standardize a Lot — But Never The Soul of a Hotel: Dovetail + Co's Shawn Cioto on the Lean Boutique Hotel · 29 min · Episodul 395This Week’s Guest: Shawn Cioto - Vice President of Operations, Dovetail + CoLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-cioto-914264b/ Your Host: Zach Busekrus - JourneyLinkedIn…
- When Everyone Has an AI Travel Agent, What Is Airline Loyalty Actually Worth? · 1 h 1 min · Episodul 394Explore Ascend: www.joinascend.com Connect with Zach Resnick: [email protected] Connect with Cameron Resnick: [email protected] — Follow Behind the Stays on Instagram…
- An Empty Pool Is Perishable Inventory - Here's How ResortPass Turned It Into Revenue · 55 min · Episodul 393Sponsored by: Modbeans Coffee Code for 15% off: BTS15 https://modbeans.co/bts Sponsored by: https://www.lake.com/partners/behind-the-stays Michael Wolf thought his career would…
- Empower Your People: Staypineapple's Dina Belon-Sayre on Personality-Driven Hotels and the AI Threat to Independents · 36 min · Episodul 392This Week’s Guest: Dina Belon-Sayre - President, Staypineapple HotelsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dinabelon/Explore Staypineapple Hotels: https://www.staypineapple.com/…
- Hilton This Week in Hospitality: Says AI Is Coming for the OTAs, Kayak's Founders Launch Lola, and Choice Buys Harvest Hosts for $130M · 1 h 4 min · Episodul 391Scott is in Sicily, so Zach, Ben Wolff and Edwin Kramer take the docket. Edwin checks in from a new boutique hotel on Spain's Costa Blanca, and Ben is fresh from the glamping…
- The Third Way: Curator's Jennifer Barnwell on Cost Savings, Robots and the Next Chapter for Hotel Collections · 36 min · Episodul 390https://roompricegenie.com/Checkout code for 25% off:WISH26 This Week’s Guest: Jennifer Barnwell - President, Curator Hotel & Resort CollectionLinkedIn…
- Nourishment, Expression, Movement: Heidi Zimmer on Building Wild Rice Retreat on the Shores of Lake Superior · 32 min · Episodul 389https://roompricegenie.com/Checkout code for 25% off:WISH26 This Week's Guest: Heidi Zimmer — Founder, Wild Rice RetreatConnect with Heidi: https://heidi-zimmer.com/Explore Wild…
- This Week in Hospitality: Royal Caribbean Buys Half of Sandals, Uber's Hotel Play, and Big Hotel Brands Start Betting on Creators · 1 h 4 min · Episodul 388The full squad is back. Royal Caribbean is taking a 50% stake in Sandals Resorts for roughly $3 billion, and the crew breaks down why a cruise line wants an all-inclusive hotel…
- She Opened a Bachelorette Airbnb in 2020. Everyone Thought She Was Crazy. Now Everyone Copies Her Playbook. · 53 min · Episodul 387Check out Lodgify claim your exclusive discount: https://www.lodgify.com/behind-the-stays/ Femme House website: https://stayfemmehouse.com/ Femme House on Instagram…
- This Week in Hospitality: 8 Independent Hoteliers, 2 Days, 1 Recap: What We Heard at IHS Miami · 27 min · Episodul 386Fresh off Independent Hotel Show Miami, Zach and Ben break down two days of conversations with eight owners, operators, and investors from across independent hospitality.Before…
- Building Nature Nooks: How a Project Manager Turned 17 Acres of Maine Into a Glamping Business · 58 min · Episodul 385Check out Lake.com claim your exclusive discount: https://www.lake.com/partners/behind-the-stays — Every few weeks, someone emails me a vision for a stay they want to build…
- This Week in Hospitality: From Ian Schrager to AKA — Blake Danner on the Loyalty Lie, Brand Differentiation, and Staying Small · 1 h 4 min · Episodul 384Blake 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…
- He Bought His First House at 17, Sold a Company to Zillow, and Built a Second Home Empire That Hit Unicorn Status in Five Months · 1 h 0 min · Episodul 383Check out Lodgify claim your exclusive discount: https://www.lodgify.com/behind-the-stays/ — In just a moment you'll meet Austin Allison — co-founder and CEO of Pacaso, the…
- This Week in Hospitality: AI-Generated Hotels That Don't Exist, Airbnb Cuts Fees for Hosts Who Bring Their Own Demand, and Google Turns the Search Bar Into a Booking Engine · 1 h 9 min · Episodul 382TikTok Go was supposed to turn creators into a hotel distribution channel. Instead, a Skift investigation found dozens of AI-generated fake videos attached to real properties —…
- She Left Chicago, Bought 160 Acres, and Built a Glamping Retreat Business That Sells Out in Hours · 43 min · Episodul 381Check out Lodgify claim your exclusive discount: https://www.lodgify.com/behind-the-stays/ — In just a moment you'll meet Lauren Blanford from Lost Woods — a glamping retreat…
- This Week in Hospitality: Buying Hotels Off Bad Yelp Reviews & The Boutique Hotel Brand Obituary · 1 h 9 min · Episodul 380Hotel sales in the US are up 28% in the first half of 2026 — and a meaningful chunk of that activity is chasing bad Yelp reviews, not trophy assets. JMI Realty executive Drew…
- Why Blackberry Farm Doesn't Buy Ads — Matt Ferebee on Storytelling as Guest Experience · 1 h 1 min · Episodul 379Check out Lodgify claim your exclusive discount: https://www.lodgify.com/behind-the-stays/ — Explore FerebeeLane: https://www.ferebeelane.com/ Connect with Matt…
- This Week in Hospitality: Google Buys Spirit’s Data, Timeshares Are Cool Now, and Alice Sherman on the Future of Hiring in Hospitality · 1 h 23 min · Episodul 378Subscribe to This Week in Hospitality wherever you get you podcasts: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5oPExA0txHMjEI5Ye13IUyApple Podcasts…
- The Real Reason You Can't Build a Vacation Rental Brand (It's Not What You Think) — And How to Fix It · 54 min · Episodul 377Explore Inhaven: https://inhaven.com/ Connect with Ashley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-ching-inhaven-b56a843/ Connect with Zach…
- This Week in Hospitality: Airbnb & Trip Advisor Partner, IHG's Owner Gambit, and a Loyalty Program Worth More Than the Airline · 1 h 15 min · Episodul 376Airbnb just partnered with TripAdvisor to bring 425,000 experiences onto its platform — a move that signals Brian Chesky isn't just dabbling in experiences anymore, he's building…
- Why the Complaint Is the Doorway: Rachel Alday on Her New Book, "Please Do Disturb" · 57 min · Episodul 375Read "Please Do Disturb": https://pleasedodisturbbook.com/ Connect with Rachel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelalday Connect with Zach…
- This Week in Hospitality: Skift Editor-in-Chief Sarah Kopit on The Great Hotel Owner Squeeze, Aman's YouTuber Fiasco, & Marriott's Owner Concession · 1 h 12 min · Episodul 374Subscribe to This Week in Hospitality wherever you get you podcasts: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5oPExA0txHMjEI5Ye13IUyApple Podcasts…
- Sponsored Listings Are Coming to Vrbo — Plus What 2,000 Guests Actually Want from Vacation Rentals (and It's Not a Hot Tub) · 45 min · Episodul 373Connect with Tim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-rosolio-434b2a98/ Connect with Zach: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacharybusekrus/ Apply to join the Journey Alliance…
- This Week in Hospitality: Sonder is back, Fora hits a $1B valuation, The Odyssey drives travel & Google’s AI booking grab · 1 h 3 min · Episodul 372Sonder is back — sort of. Eight months after going bankrupt and stranding guests mid-stay, the brand name has been bought by a Vancouver affiliate firm that paid for one thing…
- The Godfather of Hospitality Podcasting Has Notes: Disney, Virgin, and the Quest to Be Original with Glenn Haussman · 55 min · Episodul 371Connect with Glenn: linkedin.com/in/glennhaussman Explore "No Vacancy": https://novacancynews.com/ Connect with Zach: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacharybusekrus/ Apply to join…
- This Week in Hospitality: Hot Takes on Hilton, What Hotels Should Learn from the World Cup, and Shark Tank for Route 66's Last Surviving Motels · 1 h 9 min · Episodul 370Subscribe to This Week in Hospitality wherever you get you podcasts: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5oPExA0txHMjEI5Ye13IUyApple Podcasts…
- This Week in Hospitality: How Norwegian Air Went Viral for Losing, Should Airbnb and Ennismore Hook Up? and the Slow Death of Organic Discovery on Vrbo · 1 h 15 min · Episodul 368This week, the squad breaks down Norwegian Air's World Cup Instagram stunt that cost next to nothing and generated more brand equity than campaigns with budgets a hundred times…
- This Week in Hospitality: Ideas, Stories, and Hot Takes with James McBride, Co-Founder & CEO of NIHI Hotels · 1 h 1 min · Episodul 366Subscribe to This Week in Hospitality wherever you get you podcasts: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5oPExA0txHMjEI5Ye13IUyApple Podcasts…
- Why Luxury Hospitality Is Optimizing Itself Into Irrelevance — And What To Do About It (with Colin Nagy) · 56 min · Episodul 369Connect with Colin: linkedin.com/in/colinjamesnagy/ Connect with Zach: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacharybusekrus/ Apply to join the Journey Alliance…
- How Cloudbeds Is Shaping the Future of Independent Hospitality with Their New Partnership with Journey · 49 min · Episodul 367What if the technology helping independent hotels compete with the biggest brands in the world shouldn’t feel like technology at all? Cloudbeds serves tens of thousands of…
- This Week in Hospitality: Airbnb Founder's Secret AI Lab, Bass Pro's $300M Resort Bet & The Economy Hotel Franchise Revolt · 1 h 0 min · Episodul 365Subscribe to This Week in Hospitality wherever you get you podcasts: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5oPExA0txHMjEI5Ye13IUyApple Podcasts…
- This Week in Hospitality: Pali Society Goes Bonvoy, Hilton's Incubating 5 New Brands, and Hot Takes with Skift's Hospitality Editor, Sean O'Neil · 1 h 14 min · Episodul 364Subscribe to This Week in Hospitality wherever you get you podcasts: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5oPExA0txHMjEI5Ye13IUyApple Podcasts…
- This Week in Hospitality: CoStar’s Forecast Reversal, Marriott Hits 10K Hotels, and Amsterdam’s Tourist Tax Revolt · 1 h 16 min · Episodul 363Subscribe to This Week in Hospitality wherever you get you podcasts: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5oPExA0txHMjEI5Ye13IUyApple Podcasts…
- This Week in Hospitality: The Airbnb-Marriott Deal That Almost Happened, MGM Goes Private(?), Journey & Cloudbeds Partner, & What Premium Travelers Want · 56 min · Episodul 362Subscribe to This Week in Hospitality wherever you get you podcasts: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5oPExA0txHMjEI5Ye13IUyApple Podcasts…
- This Week in Hospitality: Sonder's Founder is Back, Hyatt's New Growth Strategy, The Human Concierge Book, and L.E/Miami Recap · 1 h 6 min · Episodul 361Subscribe to This Week in Hospitality wherever you get you podcasts: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5oPExA0txHMjEI5Ye13IUyApple Podcasts…
- This Week in Hospitality: The Uber-Hotel Hookup, Expedia Optimizes for AI Agents, and Why Americans Are Skipping Europe · 1 h 4 min · Episodul 360Subscribe to This Week in Hospitality wherever you get you podcasts: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5oPExA0txHMjEI5Ye13IUyApple Podcasts…
- How an Engineer-Turned-Michelin-Chef Built Epicurate, the Experience Platform for Luxury Stays · 47 min · Episodul 359Explore Epicurate: https://epicurate.vip/ Connect with Max: https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-porterkhamsy/ Connect with Zach: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacharybusekrus/ Apply to…
- This Week in Hospitality: The World Cup Bust, Spirit's Collapse, Priceline is Back, and Aman's Move in the Texas Hill Country · 1 h 3 min · Episodul 358Subscribe to This Week in Hospitality wherever you get you podcasts: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5oPExA0txHMjEI5Ye13IUyApple Podcasts…
- This Week in Hospitality: Uber Becomes a Hotel Platform, TikTok Outperforms OTAs, and Hotels Still Don’t Own the Customer · 1 h 6 min · Episodul 357Subscribe to This Week in Hospitality wherever you get you podcasts: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5oPExA0txHMjEI5Ye13IUyApple Podcasts…
- He DJ'd for Jay-Z and Kanye — Now He's Rewiring Sound for Aman, Hyatt, and Jose Andrés · 59 min · Episodul 356Explore Raina Music: https://rainamusic.com/ Connect with Vikas: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikassapranyc/ Connect with Zach: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacharybusekrus/ Apply…
- This Week In Hospitality: Hospitality’s Muddy Middle Is Breaking — With Bashar Wali · 1 h 8 min · Episodul 355Subscribe to This Week in Hospitality wherever you get you podcasts: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5oPExA0txHMjEI5Ye13IUyApple Podcasts…
