{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Hotel Titan Behind Loews\u2019 Biggest Bets","description":"Jonathan Tisch helped shape Loews Hotels for 45 years, built some of the company\u2019s most important projects, and still talks about hospitality as a people business before anything else. Dr. Producer Suzanne Bagnera cohosts this conversation with Jonathan Tisch, retired executive chairman of Loews Hotels, and we get into the decisions behind Loews Miami Beach, the long relationship with Universal Orlando, the Arlington growth story, and why hotel people still need to fight for more respect. Jonathan also shares one line from his first sales boss that stuck with him through every chapter of his career: Never start a paragraph with \u201cI.\u201d That idea runs through the whole conversation. Jonathan keeps coming back to the guest, the team, the community, and the responsibility hotel leaders carry. \ud83c\udfe8 Why the \u201chospitality gene\u201d still matters \ud83c\udfa5 How television production shaped Jonathan\u2019s eye for hotel design \ud83c\udf34 Why Loews Miami Beach required vision when the market looked risky \ud83c\udfa2 How Loews and Universal Orlando grew from three hotels to 11 \ud83c\udfdf\ufe0f Why Arlington, Texas fits the Loews real estate approach \ud83d\ude4c Why hospitality workers and tourism economies need more respect \ud83e\udde0 Why communication, humility, and attention to the other person still matter in this business Thanks to Actabl for supporting this episode. Actabl gives you the power to profit. Visit Actabl.com. Want the weekly roundup of news, videos, and what you might\u2019ve missed from #NoVacancyNews? Text HOTEL to 66866. ","author_name":"No Vacancy Live and No Vacancy News","author_url":"http:\/\/novacancy.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"