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Regular readers of HOTELS website hotelsmag . com have been seeing a new feature lately : HotelsLife , a series of provocative interviews with hospitality thought leaders and disruptors by Editor in Chief Jeff Weinstein . Here ’ s just a sampling of what you ’ ll find in the new weekly feature , available online .
IN MY OPINION , IN THE BIGGER PICTURE ( SOCIAL DISTANCING IS ) A SHORT-TERM BLIP . “ WE SEEM TO HAVE EVENTS EVERY 10 YEARS , AND SOME TAKE LONGER TO RECOVER , WHILE OTHERS ARE QUICKER . BUT MY VIEW IS THAT HUMAN NATURE IS SOCIAL . EVENTUALLY , WHEN PEOPLE GET COMFORTABLE , THERE ’ S A VACCINE OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE , THINGS WILL GO BACK TO 2019 LEVELS … IT ’ S JUST A MATTER OF TIME , IN MY OPINION . I REMAIN BULLISH ON THE ( HOTEL ) SPACE .
AMAR LALVANI CEO
STANDARD INTERNATIONAL NEW YORK CITY
MAKING THOSE DECISIONS ( TO LAY OFF 1,200 TEAM MEMBERS ), COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY AND HONESTLY , WISHING YOU COULD DO MORE THAN YOU CAN DO – THAT ’ S A HARD FEELING . TO REALIZE THERE ’ S TRULY NO SAFETY NET FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT WORK IN HOSPITALITY WAS ALSO REALLY HARD TO SWALLOW … WE NEED TO BE MORE INVOLVED .
ASHISH MANCHHARAM FOUNDER AND CEO
8M REAL ESTATE SINGAPORE
THERE ARE DISRUPTIONS ACROSS
THE VALUE CHAIN . TECH , LABOR , REVENUE MANAGEMENT — THERE ’ S SO MUCH CREATIVE
WORK BEING DONE . PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT THE HOTEL INDUSTRY AS BEING A MATURE INDUSTRY . NOTHING COULD BE FARTHER
FROM THE TRUTH . MORE INNOVATION IS GOING ON IN OUR INDUSTRY THAN ANY OTHERS . I ’ M MEETING WITH A LOT OF YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE OUR BUSINESS
BETTER — AND CUT COSTS .
LELAND PILLSBURY MANAGING DIRECTOR
THAYER VENTURES SAN FRANCISCO
14 hotelsmag . com September / October 2020