GMH Hotels: Marriott Just Entered the Apartment Business… Again?

On this week’s Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast: Hotels Edition, Sarah Dandashy and Steve Turk break down a week where hotel brands are redefining what they actually are.

The conversation opens with Hyatt‘s lifestyle chief, Amar Lalvani, making the case that the smartest brand strategy is sorting guests by taste rather than price point — and showing what that discipline looks like in practice, including killing a high-profile Miami project because the developer wouldn’t listen.

From there, Sarah and Steve dig into Marriott International‘s move into branded apartment rentals under the W Hotels flag, a genuinely new direction for a business that already commands 30% premiums over unbranded properties.

They also unpack what week one of FIFA World Cup 2026™ – Canada, Mexico and the United States data actually tells hotel operators, with RevPAR up 24% to 133% across host markets but occupancy down in six of nine cities.

And they close with Carnival Cruise Line‘s Q2 earnings, which posted record revenue while trimming its outlook, and with what the Middle East conflict tells operators about building geopolitical risk into forward-booking strategy.

This episode is presented by ⁠⁠Cloudbeds⁠⁠, Bilt⁠⁠, and StayFi.

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Good morning!

Hello, Sarah!

Good to see you today.

Good to see you too.

Man, time is flying by. A week ago, we were in San Antonio, now back in our offices.

We were in San Antonio, and the week before that, we were together in your office.

Ah, that’s right. Oh my gosh. See, it’s just like time flies.

We forget what’s going on.

I know.

But it was a lot of fun. We had a good time at Hi Tech. A lot of good things going on over there, and it was great to see all the new technology, make some connections.

We got the party with some fun people. It was a good time. What was the name of the place?

We had a good time at this place called the Aztec in San Antonio.

Oh, yeah.

Aztec.

So shout out to Ruckus because Ruckus hosted the party and they hired the spasmatics. Now, as somebody who’s been in LA for a long time, I’m familiar with the spasmatics because they’re from Southern California, but they play all over.

They basically are an 80s cover band and they are fantastic. And so they were playing. And by the way, I mean, I was dripping sweat by the end of the night.

You actually left before I left.

Well, I had to go to like, it was like midnight. I was like, I got to go be productive. And good morning to Ceci C.

We were just talking about you backstage, Ceci. I’ll fill you in.

Good morning.

Good morning, Lou. Good to see you out there. But yeah, a lot of fun.

Aztec was good. Muse had a great party. We were at it as well.

So great to hang out with the team at Muse with who we were at. We’re Richard and their CEO. I don’t want him to sit at the wrong.

Michael. Michael was great too. We had a lot of fun.

So great time in high tech. But now we’re back in our offices making things happen. We’re both very busy.

We were working from our parties, everybody. That’s grit. That’s what the owners and entrepreneurs do.

Steve really wants to share this story.

Please, Steve, go ahead and just let everybody know what you saw.

If you have Sarah and your client is Sarah’s, she’s going to do a great job. We were in the middle of a giant party, spasmatics playing loud music, giant club. As she’s dancing, she’s figuring out solutions for her clients and making things happen.

So sometimes you just got to do what you got to do when you own your own business. So great job, great hospitality from Sarah.

You definitely looked at me and were like, you need to get off your phone. It was an important day. It was a big day.

Oh, so there’s a lot of fun.

We love going to conferences. So if you have a conference coming up and you need some moderators or anything like that, let’s Sarah and I know we’ll make sure it’s a great one.

Exactly. We’re a great package deal.

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6:12

Hyatt Lifestyle Cleanup

So why don’t we go ahead and go into our first topic? Let’s just get into the news. Cause I feel like we’ve got a lot to cover here.

Okay, so our first one is how Hyatt’s lifestyle chief does a portfolio clean up. So Amar Lalvani, the former CEO of Standard International, he sold the company to Hyatt for $335 million in 2024.

Now runs all of Hyatt’s lifestyle brands as president and creative director of their lifestyle group. He’s been doing what he calls a sort of portfolio cleanup. So basically reviewing each hotel deal case by case.

And by the way, he’s literally reviewing all of the hotel deals specifically like one on one. And he basically is confirming, do they have a clear business plan? Is it the right building quality, the right location, all of that?

And yeah, so it’s been interesting what he’s, it’s so great to see that they’re being so hands on with this. But I want to hear from you, Steve, because I know-

Yeah, listen, I’m smiling because, you know, I know, listen, I’m always, I love what Hyatt’s doing. I like a lot of their brands. I’m not sure how much I can say, because I do a lot of consulting work for hotels.

So I want to make sure I say this the right way. I got to work with one of the Hyatt hotels in the country and see some of the changes that were being made while the purchase from Standard was happening.

And you get to see a lot of different personalities start to mix at the corporate level, where Standard was saying, all the Standard people came into Hyatt, say, hey, this is how things need to happen.

And the Hyatt people pushing back, that’s not how things are done, which caused a little bit of friction at the beginning.

But now I think I can see that they are starting to finally get their path and that they’re trying to really create this lifestyle brand. And we talk about it all the time about, you keep saying, what is a lifestyle brand?

And I like to see that they’re starting to categorize this by what they said is like a feeling, right? It’s like, what are guests looking for? Right?

So Standard has the artists and all these kind of cool, hip people coming to it. The Thompson, what are we looking for? Maybe you just left your Wall Street meeting, but you want to go see, you know, something cool in that hotel.

So they’re trying to categorize it by lifestyle that you actually have, versus just making a cool looking place. But does that translate into bookings and dollars is what’s going to be interesting for me to see.

Because in the article, they mentioned that they pulled out of a hotel here in Miami because it wasn’t up to their standard. And I heard from the owners that it was the other way around. Right?

So they didn’t want that brand in there because it didn’t match what they were trying to do. So it’s interesting to see how that news comes out and what really matters. But in the end, a hotel has to make money.

And I was in some meetings where the owner is like, this is going to cost me more. There is no return on investment to this cool lifestyle thing that you want to do, which is very cool.

And on the other side is saying, well, you need to have this cool thing on your hotel property because this is what drives your name and getting people onto the property.

So it’s an interesting mix when you’re starting to really create something that’s a vibe and a feeling, which is like very artistic versus, hey, here’s what my PML says, right? I need to deliver on this.

So it’s an interesting balance of what they’re creating, but I’m cheering them on because if they can create unique experiences, I’m all for it.

Well, and I think, yeah, no, no. Well, what you described, I think, is that is the challenge for because a lot of these properties were more independent hotels. So they’re kind of used to having the free reign to do whatever they want.

And that is also kind of what made them successful because they could play outside of the traditional boxes. They could do things differently. And obviously at a certain point, it might be attractive for them to be under a bigger flag.

So then how do they still maintain their independence, their uniqueness while now being part of a bigger brand? So, I mean, we’re not just seeing this with, I mean, that is just going to be the challenge.

I think with any of these independent properties as they decide to go under a bigger flag. So it is that tug of war. I would call it a vibe tug of war, really.

It’s like, how do we just stay authentic to who we are yet while still on the back end? Okay, maybe we can be absorbed by, or at least like under the umbrella of this other company. But they do have a new brand.

I actually thought this was kind of a cool description. The Manor that opened in New York’s Soho neighborhood, which is they’re kind of putting this as like Lalvani’s passion project, which I like. I like how they design it to feel like a friend.

I actually want it next time I’m in New York, I have to go by. But it’s got private, discreet, all big fan of that. Members Club lounge where they feel soundproof rooms, a hidden bar, even in a aperitivo hour, which I love.

But again, like how cool that they’re playing into that Soho vibe. And it’s great because again, at the end of the day, there are so many properties everywhere, but there’s more and more people traveling and there’s always gonna need to be more beds.

So how can these different hotels actually provide something that’s unique and cool that also ultimately gets people to come back and opt to come back and stay with them?

That is the key, right? Cause an owner of a hotel, as I’m starting to get into that world, like, yes, I want a cool vibe.

I want so many great things to happen in that place, you also have to deliver and pay the mortgage and the investors and all the other things, which is an interesting pressure play from both sides.

But I did get to walk around with some people in these lifestyle hotels and they had some cool things where they have a vibe checker, like what is the correct lighting setting?

What is the right beats per minute for music during different times of the day? It’s all different things that happen there.

And I’ll talk to not Hyatt, but at other lifestyle hotels where they have really interesting people working there that may not have hospitality backgrounds, but they’re just people that people want to be around and they just happen to be hanging out

in those hotels. So it’s interesting to see how this continues to evolve. And they said their biggest part of growth is going to be looks like in India, right? So they were saying in India, there’s really no lifestyle hotels set up there.

So they’re going to make a big push into India. But it’s going to be cool to see what they continue to create. So I’m cheering them on.

I want them to do really well. So let’s see if they can get their standards and SOPs together on that because it’s hard to have SOPs when you’re creating a vibe, right? You have to be able to execute it in multiple places.

So it’s cool to see what they’ll do.

The standard at the standard.

The standard at the standard. And we don’t have standards in a lot of things.

But I love the standard.

I’m there on Miami Beach all the time. I go there all the time. It’s one of my favorite little coffee shops.

So I’m there all the time.

It was a jam in LA. And then now it’s been taken over. So it’s coming back.

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We got it.

All right, cool.

Well, going on to our next topic here. So Marriott is entering the branded apartment rentals space. So this is cool.

Steve, you’re going to be chiming in a lot on this. So Marriott is getting into the rental apartment business for the first time, W Apartments, Cleveland. What a place to start.

Opening in late 2027, the Erie View Tower. They’re going to let renters sign leases that include 24-7 concierge, dorm, embellishment services, W branded events, and access to the hotel amenities including spa, fitness, rooftop.

This is distinct by the way from Marriott’s existing temporary rentals program, where residents, owners rent out units for short hotel style stays. So W Apartments Cleveland is for long-term tenants.

Chime in here because I actually don’t even know if this is out there, but I feel like as far as hotel residences, if I’m not mistaken, I feel like Miami might have the highest concentration of hotel residences. If I’m not-

Everywhere, everywhere.

It’s everywhere, way more than in other places that I see. So yeah, Chime, I know you’ve got a lot to say.

Chime, it’s interesting this play and I want you to help me understand, because I started reading the article. I didn’t finish it yet. Sorry, everybody.

But here we have the St. Regis is opening their branded apartments here in Miami very shortly. It’s under construction.

The Standard Hotel in Midtown Miami just opened. We have Ritz-Carlton Residences for a long time here. We have every kind of brand that you can think of.

The Addition is opening next door to my office. Addition Residences. So we talked about this a lot.

And it was something I really saw coming three years ago. When we first started doing this podcast was people want to live that lifestyle. They like that brand.

They want to live it. We even see it with the biggest nightclub in the country. Eleven Miami just opened two 50 story towers that sold out as soon as they opened that they’re about to launch.

So people want to live in this brand lifestyle, whether it’s the Porsche tower, the Bugatti tower, whatever it might be. There’s a tower for everybody and everyone’s kind of lifestyle out there. But here’s the challenge is for owners of these things.

They’re sold a dream of, hey, you buy the W apartments in Cleveland. You can put it into our short-term or hotel pool. You’re going to make your money that way while you’re not using it if you want.

But then they’re getting charged such high fees from these buildings that they can’t cover their mortgage like they were promised by the person selling it to them.

We’re seeing that a lot here in Miami, which I feel for these people purchasing because they’re buying from a lot of out-of-country money from Colombia, from Argentina, from Russia, or not from Russia, from Eastern Europe, putting money into the

United States, buying these places, calling my company up saying, help, I can’t make enough money. What do I need to fix? And just, hey, some of these towers don’t have that return on investment.

But if you’re just using it as a place you want to live, use all the fun amenities to be a great place and make a little extra crash on the side, they’re great places to be.

And they do have great staff and the standards and you feel special in a lot of these buildings. Like they know your coffee order when you’re coming downstairs and we’ll have it ready for you as your car comes out of LA.

And a lot of fun things like that. So I have a lot more to say, we could do a whole episode on it. But I’m curious to see how W Apartments separates itself from the others.

I know this is for long-term tenants. They got into short-term a little bit with Sonder. They have apartments by Marriott.

So they’re trying to find this place for everybody in the show or in their-

I mean, I would opt for that for sure, if it made sense in the right place. Like that would definitely be, I mean, I’m because I’m actually a fan of like apartment, condo living.

Yeah, that’s all I have in 2008. I love it.

Yeah, I have no desire to mow a lawn ever again in my life, or do whatever else you have to do with a home, figure out the plumbing, I don’t know. So like, it’s nice to have these options.

The key is finding out if you’re an owner, what the association fees will be and how long, because that’s how you’re paying for all the amenities and the staff at the hotel residence.

So someone’s got to staff the spa and the pool deck and roll those towels for you and be at valet. So some of those association fees can get really high on top of the mortgage that you have.

But yeah, I think Marriott is finding a really good way to do it. So I’m curious to see what they continue to push into, because now they are looking to do stand-alone residences with no attached hotel.

So it’s working for a lot of a fluent residential markets where demand wouldn’t support a luxury hotel on its own, but they want to have that lifestyle in those hotels.

It’s interesting because it makes sense totally for the Miami market. New York, I could see that being, I mean, New York, it does well. Los Angeles, it’s been interesting.

It has to be the right place.

I mean, obviously, places like Beverly Hills and Century City, that makes sense, but other parts of Los Angeles, I think it ends up being a very hard push just due to the nature and the demographics and the layout of the city.

It builds out, not up necessarily. I mean, it’s great, but then, hey, look, we’ve got Cleveland. I actually think about, what was I actually, I went to, I was in Cleveland and I’ve spent some time downtown.

That makes sense there.

I’d be actually interested to see in what secondary markets these type of properties do well in, because I could see this actually doing well in like Dallas, for example, and the downtown area of Dallas, where you’ve got people that want to still

Well, I like about this too for Marriott, they’re just so smart in this asset light kind of market, right?

We talked about their credit cards a couple of weeks ago, and this continues that where they’re just getting a fee for these projects, right? And so you have to meet their brand standards, but it’s asset light.

They’re not owning the building, they’re not owning the ground, it’s not their P&L, they’re getting a fee every time someone sells or stays there. So really cool to see what they’re doing. Continue building Marriott.

We love watching the business side. They have a lot of smart people working there, how they can continue bringing value to the shareholders.

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I’ll do this one.

You got this.

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Very cool.

I see Stephen Sinclair jumping in with a nice question. I’m happy to.

So he said, would be interested in understanding how these models with residences affect RevPAR models work on per property basis where the residence and hotel share the same location.

I can tell you that if the hotel truly controls the room product, they do a good job because they handle each owner’s place just as part of the hotel pool. The problem and the challenge comes in.

You have some of these short term buildings or short term rental buildings with a hotel that they don’t have to be in the hotel pool. And then you have people that start dropping their rates.

So all of a sudden you could stay at, I won’t name any of these buildings, but a luxury building that has a hotel, drop the rate to $99 a night for their two bedroom unit because they’re trying to fill it because they don’t know how to revenue manage

their own place. That destroys the hotel because like, all right, I’ll go stay in that $99 a night, two bedroom versus this regular hotel room. That’s $4.99 a night.

And so that’s where the challenge really comes in, Stephen, is when you have hotels competing with a ton of short-term rental owners that didn’t put their unit into the hotel pool because it was too expensive, because a lot of the hotel pools charge

50% or more of every nightly rental. So it’s an interesting place. If you’re in that game, on the owner’s side, control the hotel pool. It’s just going to be interesting to see.

I like that Lou’s here just for the Name the Brand quiz. Whose brand is it anyway? Coming up soon, Lou.

Ooh, that’ll be fun.

No.

Next story. Hope that helps, Stephen.

All right, yeah, no, that was great. Thank you for addressing that, Stephen. Thank you for joining us.

And it was great seeing you last week, by the way. So that was super fun.

23:16

World Cup Revenue Boost

OK, so World Cup week one. I was actually dying to cover this. So because, you know, your girl is a big World Cup fan.

Revenue up. I’ve learned so much. I’ve learned so much.

Don’t ask me how to actually play football slash soccer. But aside from that, so one week into World Cup, RevPAR and host markets is up anywhere from 24% to 133% during the first three match days.

Nine out of six US host markets saw occupancy decline versus last year. But hotels are making more money by charging more. So they’re charging more for the rooms, but they’re not necessarily filling more rooms.

I thought this was very, I feel like I’ve been on World Cup watch for weeks, just because I also do the Skift Daily Briefing.

24:02

So we do cover that a lot there. If you’re a fan and a nerd and wanting to find out these numbers, come join me there because I’m definitely covering all of these numbers. But I was very much doom and gloom at the beginning.

I thought what was interesting is that I think a lot of hotels were really hoping for people to come make a vacation out of it. What they’re really finding is that people are coming in for the game day or the night before.

Then there were these little bumps as far as occupancy, but more so what they were charging. I actually was in San Francisco, didn’t realize that I was there during a World Cup game.

I was staying at a Citizen M, and it was funny because one of the nights, the room was like 725, and if you know anything about Citizen M room, that’s a lot for that type of room.

I think the night before, which I was going to get the hotel room from the night before, so it was ready for me when I flew in from high-tech and it was like 1,300 the night before. I was like, what is going on? Absolutely not.

I couldn’t do that. But yeah, to show you, and then the prices went down to 300 a night or 250 a night, so it’s wild to see how much it’s changed or it changes.

Well, listen, I love watching the World Cup. I know that some people might say that they’ve seen too much World Cup. Will?

I love watching it.

It’s the one time I actually watch football, soccer every four years and I get to really cheer on USA and Paul is saying people are extending their travel, but they’re not necessarily staying in the market, but using the match as a launch pad.

I agree with that. But I love watching it and I can say from Miami, I can say from us, I’ll share some of our stats.

We’re up 67 percent over last year just because of this and we manage mostly vacation rentals as we build out our first boutique hotel.

We’re doing great and what’s cool to see is that when people are coming to our city here in Miami like Scotland, man, I give you guys a big shout out, the Tartan Army has taken over our city in a good way.

We have enough beer because didn’t Boston run out of beer?

We were a party city and they took down all the beer at some of the local famous locations that we have. It was bringing in emergency beer orders to make sure that they’re happy.

But yesterday, they were marching down South Beach, thousands of people down Ocean Drive and just having a great time.

It just shows that, I don’t know what we said this last show or I don’t know where we heard this, it really is like the closest to world peace is possible.

Because everyone is out there having a good time, cheering on their countries, cheering on a sport. And really, really, I’m enjoying seeing that happen.

But I can see for hotels, when they were making the budgets, a year ago was like gigantic numbers. But the numbers were just way, way too high, like the highest I’ve ever been.

But the hotel is still doing better than they have ever done in this time of month of June, which is usually a slower month for here in South Florida, I can speak to at least.

So for us in our world, which is mostly vacation rentals, which is holding a lot more people, we’re way, way up and couldn’t be more happy with the performance.

Well, that’s what the numbers have always been showing, is that short-term rentals and all of them, I mean, have been doing better than traditional hotels specifically for this.

I will go and make a cultural commentary, which I love that you just brought up, which I find really interesting, because I’m sure you guys have probably seen online the different people that are on social media and the idea of like, they’re

experiencing America for the first time. I should say the US, because America is much bigger than the US, but they’re experiencing the US for the first time and they’re documenting it and the things that they’re finding so fun.

And what I love about that-

I will spit out my coffee, Stephen Sinclair.

What? Ranch dressing? Exactly.

Exactly. He knows what I’m talking about. They did.

They’ve discovered ranch dressing, all of the stuff. But I think in a time where I feel like if you’re living within the United States, I think we can all agree to this. It’s just been a very tense time for quite some time.

And sometimes it’s like, I wish we could do things better or this, and then we’re hard on ourselves. We’re always going to be hardest on those closest to us.

And obviously, I think that also goes for our feelings towards the country or how things are done or this or that, whatever.

And I think that this has been a wonderful reminder that as other people come to our country and they’re experiencing certain things, like the things that we maybe take for granted, like ranch dressing or buckies or whatever else that people are

doing. Waffle House, Waffle House. Like, I mean, I roll my eyes at Waffle House. I mean, but I also grew up like down the street of whatever.

Anyway, but it’s heartwarming to see how much it like tickles other people.

And so I think if anything, as you were saying, this is a wonderful reminder to bring all of ourselves, like bring us together from countries around the world, but then also like a reminder of of the things that do make us unique in the United

States. So it does kind of warm my heart seeing all of that. There you go. That’s my.

I do love seeing it.

Good job, Sarah. And I want to give a shout out to all the stadiums in the US that have all the hospitality programs because everyone’s in our stadiums. Like, all right.

The stadiums here in the US are like amazing. The big time. The free refills.

But before we go on the next story, I just want to see who you all are cheering for. Look, I know USA is who I’m cheering for. We’ll see if they have a shot.

My backup is Argentina because I got Leonel Messi who plays here in Miami and is playing like a superstar. I’d like to see who you’re cheering on in the comments here. Just put the country you’re cheering on.

Also, who do you think is going to win it all? Put it in the comments as we go on to the next story.

Do not ask me. I don’t even know who’s playing.

Oh my God.

But I did just buy tickets for the finals yesterday, so that was fun.

That’s crazy. I know that.

If anybody who’s paying attention or wanting tickets to the finals, I can let you know what’s because I have been monitoring them. Ended up getting tickets about 25,000 each. We got a three-pack, which is always just detrimental to numbers.

If you can, always do a two-pack or four-pack, max four-pack for household, four tickets. But three, and it’s interesting because it kind of corner, probably what, 24th row. But I saw some pretty awesome tickets that were right there along.

Oh my God, I don’t even know. Is it the center line? What is that?

What do you call that in football? I don’t know.

Go sports, the middle line, center line, right?

The center line.

The middle line, yeah.

Yeah, sure.

The center line.

Center court in basketball. Anyway, center line. That was probably about 18 rows up.

Those were going for 35k a ticket. And it’s like, honestly, if you’re looking at it and you want to have a really great visibility as far as a playing field, those were awesome tickets. So there you go.

I just gave you guys a pro tip. But seats going out there pretty much from 15,000 to, obviously, you can go higher, but you can get some decent tickets from 15 to 25k per ticket if you’re a marketer.

I’m looking now because I know Portugal, Colombia, that’s the big one here in Miami, they were the cheapest again. It went down a little bit, but still the cheapest ticket was like $4,500 a ticket.

I also found that out of all the sites, Vivid Seats had the most availability and the best pricing structure. So there you go. Give everybody some free knowledge.

Look at this, Paul.

America, France. Well, let’s see what happens.

May we?

Let’s see, let’s see. I’m curious. I think we got some great games ahead.

It’s gonna be fun to watch, but we have another story. We’re gonna pass this one because we’re going out of time.

Let’s do this and go straight to our…

31:54

Brand Quiz and Farewell

We gotta go to Whose Brand Is It Anyway?

Our favorite part of the show. And Whose Brand Is It Anyway? We will be showing you a sub-brand of a hotel and you all have to guess who is the parent company.

So do we have our graphic ready?

No, we don’t, but that’s okay. We can do the Whose Brand Is It Anyway?

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It’s a great, great segment and a fan favorite. Lou only watches this to see and play this game. Are we ready?

Put up the sub-brand, Will.

Oh, he said he doesn’t have a… Oh, okay.

Garner? That’s not a real hotel. Let me think.

Garner Hotels. Let’s see. I don’t know.

I’m two for two the last two weeks, and I keep just going with the same one. Garner, I’m going to say, we talked about Hyatt today. I’m going to say that’s one of these Hyatt lifestyle brands.

I’m going to say Hyatt.

I’ll say Accor.

Accor. All right, everybody, you got five seconds. Five, four, three, two.

Those are very fast seconds.

And one.

Who brand is it anyway? Let’s see. Gardner Hotel is owned by IHG.

Oh, sneaky coming in. All of your guesses are wrong. Come on back next week for a chance to win.

Whose brand is it anyway? Sponsored by someone soon.

When?

IHG. Let me look at Gardner. Let me see here.

Yeah, let’s take a look at this brand.

Let’s describe.

Everyone watching live. Let’s take a look at Gardner Hotels. I know there’s Gardner.

Has anybody stayed at a Gardner Hotel?

No, because you would have probably known this. Gardner.

Gardner Hotel, IHG. We embrace the personality of each hotel and the people who bring that to life. No matter the journey, Gardner Hotels makes it possible.

All right. Look at them here.

Cute.

Locations. Let’s see where we’re staying. Asia, Europe, North America.

It looks like a lot of different cities across the Northeast, Southeast. Wow. There are a lot of places.

Not in Miami yet.

Wow. So, Gardner, they came out a year ago. They were IHG’s new budget concept.

Very cool.

That’s exactly right.

Very cool.

All right. Shout out to Gardner. Gassan, I like that you’re watching live with us and guessing.

He guessed Intercontinental correctly. Great job. Wow, Sarah.

Another show.

Another show in the books.

And listening to the viewers, you may not notice I’m extra shining today. There’s no AC in my office and I’m in Miami. So I’m sacrificing for you all grit like we talked to top of the show.

That’s one of the big things that we have here at GMH. Carlos had never heard of that brand. Neither do we.

We both got it wrong. But now we know. And we’re giving a shout out to all the great people that work at Gardner.

Listen, Sarah, this is a great show. I can’t believe the time flew by, you know, it always flies by with you. I know.

Same right back at you, Sarah. We shared a lot of great things. Listeners and viewers, if you haven’t yet, go hit that subscribe button.

We always love seeing you do that and grow in our audience. We love when you watch live and get to interact with you. And it was so great meeting so many of you on the conference floor.

So many people came up to us are like, hey, we watch you all the time. And it was just a great thing to see. So we appreciate you very much.

But listen, until next week, stay hospital. That was terrible, Sarah. Gotta get on time.

Yeah, this Wi-Fi, it’s dangerous.

Bye, guys.

Bye, guys.