http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/tscmd/tc/5544 en-us This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Business Michael Chaffin and the Solutions Squad bat around various hospitality topics including news, tips and reviews of new products and services. Special guests appear frequently. Call-in your questions or give us your take on the topics being discussed. Join us for an interesting hour. Shows are rebroadcast as a podcast the following week on www.indiehotelier.com This Podcast was created using www.talkshoe.com 720 http://www.talkshoe.com/custom/images/icons/TC-5544-MainIcon.jpg http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/tscmd/tc/5544 100 100 Michael Chaffin indieHotelier Michael Chaffin and the Solutions Squad bat around various hospitality topics including news, tips and reviews of new products and services. Special guests appear frequently. Call-in your questions or give us your take on the topics being discussed. Join us for an interesting hour. Shows are rebroadcast as a podcast the following week on www.indiehotelier.com This Podcast was created using www.talkshoe.com Michael Chaffin indiehotelier@gmail.com clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-70841.mp3 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:02:44 -0500 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-70841.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-70841.mp3 Newmarket International Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #46 Newmarket International 48:43 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-50109.mp3 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:02:53 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-50109.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-50109.mp3 Special Guest, Russ Reeder, president and COO of NxTV, Inc. Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #45 Special Guest, Russ Reeder, president and COO of NxTV, Inc. 48:36 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-43877.mp3 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:09:01 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-43877.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-43877.mp3 Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #44 Green Update with Tony Longhurst 35:20 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-41379.mp3 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:01:24 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-41379.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-41379.mp3 JDA joins us to kick around revenue management...should be fun. Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier 43 JDA joins us to kick around revenue management...should be fun. 54:52 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com//TC-5544/TS-39040.mp3 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:16:06 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com//TC-5544/TS-39040.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com//TC-5544/TS-39040.mp3 Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #42 52:56 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-36744.mp3 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:08:57 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-36744.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-36744.mp3 Toby Bloomberg, president of Atlanta-based Bloomberg Marketing and author of the Diva Marketing Blog, joins us on the show tomorrow for perspective and comment on what's brewing in the hospitality world of social media and marketing. Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #41 Toby Bloomberg, president of Atlanta-based Bloomberg Marketing and author of the Diva Marketing Blog, joins us on the show tomorrow for perspective and comment on what's brewing in the hospitality world of social media and marketing. 56:24 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com//TC-5544/TS-35402.mp3 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:02:57 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com//TC-5544/TS-35402.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com//TC-5544/TS-35402.mp3 Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #40 1:14:24 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-35388.mp3 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:59:00 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-35388.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-35388.mp3 Special Guests, Northwind Maestro Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #39 Special Guests, Northwind Maestro 1:07:09 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-31439.mp3 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:02:34 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-31439.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-31439.mp3 Thomas Owadenko, CEO and founder of Trivop joins us this week. Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #38 Thomas Owadenko, CEO and founder of Trivop joins us this week. 49:11 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-30706.mp3 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:03:25 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-30706.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-30706.mp3 Adam, founder of Vibe Agent will join us to review this new travel mash-up and to discuss the evolution of social media and web 2.0 Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #36 Adam, founder of Vibe Agent will join us to review this new travel mash-up and to discuss the evolution of social media and web 2.0 56:05 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-30914.mp3 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:02:59 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-30914.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-30914.mp3 Special Guest, Chris Clarke, founder of the new Chrispitality hospitality wiki. Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #37 Special Guest, Chris Clarke, founder of the new Chrispitality hospitality wiki. 1:08:04 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-29813.mp3 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:02:16 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-29813.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-29813.mp3 The Art of Being Lucky Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #35 The Art of Being Lucky 1:03:25 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-25948.mp3 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:02:26 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-25948.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-25948.mp3 We're joined by Julie Squires and Sherry Heyl to discuss the emerging world of social media and web 2.0 Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #34 We're joined by Julie Squires and Sherry Heyl to discuss the emerging world of social media and web 2.0 1:19:36 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-24894.mp3 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:02:30 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-24894.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-24894.mp3 Topic TBD...suggest a topic, send an e-mail to indiehotelier@gmail.com Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #33 Topic TBD...suggest a topic, send an e-mail to indiehotelier@gmail.com 1:01:27 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-24386.mp3 Thu, 24 May 2007 15:00:01 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-24386.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-24386.mp3 Special Guest, Glenn Hasek, publisher and editor of Green Lodging News, leads a discussion on green trends in the lodging industry and gives us take on the recent HD and NRA conferences. Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #32 Special Guest, Glenn Hasek, publisher and editor of Green Lodging News, leads a discussion on green trends in the lodging industry and gives us take on the recent HD and NRA conferences. 1:07:25 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-22298.mp3 Fri, 18 May 2007 10:00:09 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-22298.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-22298.mp3 Topic Sharpening Your Saw...Keeping Up with New Media Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #31 Topic Sharpening Your Saw...Keeping Up with New Media 1:27:04 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-19658.mp3 Fri, 11 May 2007 11:04:57 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-19658.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-19658.mp3 Tim Fanning leads a discussion about Preventive Maintenance. Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #30 Tim Fanning leads a discussion about Preventive Maintenance. 1:08:09 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-18404.mp3 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:04:17 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-18404.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-18404.mp3 Hotel Development...Build to Last Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #29 Hotel Development...Build to Last 1:02:48 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-17204.mp3 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:03:25 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-17204.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-17204.mp3 The Shift...why exponentially emerging technologies are so important to Hospitality Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #28 The Shift...why exponentially emerging technologies are so important to Hospitality 48:59 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-16071.mp3 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:02:06 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-16071.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-16071.mp3 Tony Longhurst gives us a live update from Cornell's Sustainability Through Innovation conference. Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #27 Tony Longhurst gives us a live update from Cornell's Sustainability Through Innovation conference. 1:13:37 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-13749.mp3 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:06:55 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-13749.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-13749.mp3 TBD...Please suggest a topic. indiehotelier@gmail.com Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #26 TBD...Please suggest a topic. indiehotelier@gmail.com 47:29 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-12383.mp3 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:00:42 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-12383.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-12383.mp3 Your People Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #25 Your People 58:03 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-12382.mp3 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:04:02 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-12382.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-12382.mp3 Branding and what value a Franchise brings to a hotel project Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #24 Branding and what value a Franchise brings to a hotel project 50:59 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-10981.mp3 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:04:35 -0400 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-10981.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-10981.mp3 Subject is...Branding and the Value of a Franchise Affiliation Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #23 Subject is...Branding and the Value of a Franchise Affiliation 56:50 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-10726.mp3 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:16:17 -0500 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-10726.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-10726.mp3 Leave Room Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #22 Leave Room 55:30 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-9348.mp3 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:04:13 -0500 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-9348.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-9348.mp3 Suggest a topic...indiehotelier@gmail.com Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #21 Suggest a topic...indiehotelier@gmail.com 55:09 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-8817.mp3 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:05:06 -0500 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-8817.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-8817.mp3 Experience vs. Price and Tony Longhurst gives us an update on Sustainability. Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #20 Experience vs. Price and Tony Longhurst gives us an update on Sustainability. 1:14:03 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-8448.mp3 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:04:01 -0500 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-8448.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-8448.mp3 This Week's Theme...When Things Go Bad Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #19 This Week's Theme...When Things Go Bad 1:07:21 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-8225.mp3 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:03:49 -0500 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-8225.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-8225.mp3 The Art of Hospitality Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #18 The Art of Hospitality 1:10:02 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-7517.mp3 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:00:03 -0500 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-7517.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-7517.mp3 We're priveleged to have Tony Longhurst with us to discuss the very hot topics of sustainability and social responsibility. Tony will review trends, benefits and the latest scorecard on how North American and European hotels are faring in their efforts. Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #17 We're priveleged to have Tony Longhurst with us to discuss the very hot topics of sustainability and social responsibility. Tony will review trends, benefits and the latest scorecard on how North American and European hotels are faring in their efforts. 1:19:06 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-7213.mp3 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:04:33 -0500 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-7213.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-7213.mp3 Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #16 54:03 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-6233.mp3 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:00:24 -0500 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-6233.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-6233.mp3 Michael Chaffin and the Solutions Squad discuss the minimum wage, investment in people and why our industry has a "low wage" reputation. Call-ins welcome! Business Michael Chaffin #14 Investing In People Michael Chaffin and the Solutions Squad discuss the minimum wage, investment in people and why our industry has a "low wage" reputation. Call-ins welcome! 1:01:31 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-5324.mp3 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:24:16 -0500 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-5324.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-5324.mp3 We had lots of technical difficulties trying to record this show. So, look for a better version rebroadcast at www.indiehotelier.com Business Michael Chaffin #13, Branding We had lots of technical difficulties trying to record this show. So, look for a better version rebroadcast at www.indiehotelier.com 17:33 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-4714.mp3 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:04:07 -0500 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-4714.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-4714.mp3 Michael Chaffin and his band of Solutions Squad members will discuss the merits of independent vs. franchised hotel operations. This should be really interesting! Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #12 Why Independent? Michael Chaffin and his band of Solutions Squad members will discuss the merits of independent vs. franchised hotel operations. This should be really interesting! 57:20 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-4437.mp3 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:41:09 -0500 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-4437.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-4437.mp3 This week's guests are Anna Morris, better known as Virtual Anna, and Leigh Anne Dolecki, President of the Northern California Concierge Association. We will wrap-up the subject of Can You Trust Your Concierge? which we started on the October 25th show. Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #11 Can You Trust Your Concierge?, Part 2 This week's guests are Anna Morris, better known as Virtual Anna, and Leigh Anne Dolecki, President of the Northern California Concierge Association. We will wrap-up the subject of Can You Trust Your Concierge? which we started on the October 25th show. 1:01:05 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-4233.mp3 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:04:48 -0500 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-4233.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-4233.mp3 Solutions Squad Round-Up...Michael Chaffin and members of the Memorable Solutions team (www.memorablesolutions.com) bat around various hospitlaity related topics. Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #10 Solutions Squad Round-Up...Michael Chaffin and members of the Memorable Solutions team (www.memorablesolutions.com) bat around various hospitlaity related topics. 1:03:54 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-4050.mp3 Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:14:27 -0500 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-4050.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-4050.mp3 Solutions Squad Round-Up...Michael Chaffin and Tim Fanning of the Memorable Solutions team (www.memorablesolutions.com) bat around various hospitlaity related topics. Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier #9 Solutions Squad Round-Up...Michael Chaffin and Tim Fanning of the Memorable Solutions team (www.memorablesolutions.com) bat around various hospitlaity related topics. 36:00 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-3459.mp3 Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:06:14 -0500 indiehotelier@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-3459.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5544/TS-3459.mp3 This week we're continuing our discussion about Concierge Service related to the article on Yahoo last month...Can You Trust Your Concierge? Special guest is Anna Morris, or Virtual Anna. Business Michael Chaffin indieHotelier Show #8 This week we're continuing our discussion about Concierge Service related to the article on Yahoo last month...Can You Trust Your Concierge? Special guest is Anna Morris, or Virtual Anna. 01:04 clean hotel, hospitality, marketing, business, education