Hotel Moment

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Is hotel marketing ready for its next evolution?

2026-10-1420:23

In this episode of Hotel Moment, Karen Stephens, Chief Marketing Officer, Revinate sits down with Dylan Cole, Managing Director EMEA at Revinate. Together, they analyze how hotel technology has shifted from basic CRM contact records to identity resolution inside a CDP, and now into real-time data activation. Dylan explains why relying on OTAs for repeat bookings cuts into property margins, while Karen outlines how Revinate Pathways and Revinate Chat combine PMS data, booking history, and AI messaging to deliver contextually relevant guest communication across every stage of the stay.

How The Claremont turned haunted lore into hotel demand

2026-10-0719:26

In this episode of Hotel Moment, Karen Stephens sits down with Mickey Stout, Director of Marketing at Claremont Resort & Club, to mark the podcast's 200th episode. Drawing on over 20 years of marketing and operations experience, Mickey explains how the historic property turned former taboo ghost stories into an annual commercial engine. She outlines how a single media familiarization trip generated a 200-person waitlist, how CRM profiles turn seasonal tour visitors into repeat guests across 276 rooms and four restaurants, and how veteran staff help surface authentic, bookable history.

Recast: Garbage in, garbage out: Why hotel data will make or break AI

2026-09-3026:57

In this recast episode of Hotel Moment, Dylan Cole, Managing Director EMEA at Revinate, sits down with Charlie Osmond, Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer of TripTease, to explore what data quality really means in an AI-driven hospitality landscape. With over twelve years building technology at the intersection of behavioral psychology and the direct booking channel, Charlie argues that clean, unified data is not just an advantage, it is the difference between outstanding decisions and consistently wrong ones. From guest persona strategy to vendor API lock-in, Charlie reveals why the hotels that invest in data infrastructure today will be the ones positioned to thrive as AI reshapes the booking journey.

The hidden revenue opportunity in your hotel budget

2026-09-2325:22

In this episode of Hotel Moment, we bring you another AI-generated conversation examining what hotel leaders should consider before replacing reservation teams with voice AI. Using findings from Revinate’s 2026 Secret Shopped Call Report, the discussion looks at why overloaded front desks struggle to convert callers, where automation genuinely improves efficiency, and why hotels need better visibility into their voice channel before making major staffing decisions. It also explores a less obvious consequence of automation: as AI absorbs routine inquiries, the human reservation role may become significantly more complex.

Recast: Building relationships through reservations: Insights from The Broadmoor

2026-09-1622:42

In this recast episode of Hotel Moment, Karen Stephens sits down with Sarah Stephens, Room Reservations Manager at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs — the world's largest and longest-running Forbes Five-Star hotel. With 14 years of managing a 13-15 person reservations team, Sarah shares how the voice channel creates unforgettable guest experiences through personal connections. From surprising guests with Doritos and handwritten notes to generating nearly $1 million in outbound call revenue over three months, Sarah reveals how luxury hospitality thrives on listening, training, and human-to-human connections that technology can enhance but never replace.

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