35 Burst results for "Marriott"
Mark Levin
Hamas Ally CAIR Operating Inside America for Past 30 Years
"Response to October 7 attack and you can hear this from Democrats and the media you can hear it from Biden and Blinken of course they were right to defend themselves but then again they don't multiple speakers called for the destruction of Israel this is care and by implication the Jewish people there by demanding Palestinians take all lands the from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea Awad who Nihat Awad is the national executive director of care he was at that meeting in Philadelphia with the other Hamas figures terrorists and that's where they hatched the idea of creating care as well as infiltrating our colleges and universities and the media and they've done a great job of it and this guy Awad was front and center delivering a fiery speech bashing Israel and Biden for not calling on Israel to stop bombing Hamas targets inside which Gaza he called genocidal attacks remember this guy is Hamas he threatened to hurt Biden at the ballot box in 2024 if he does not urge a ceasefire so they're blackmailing Biden either you allow us to slaughter the Jews in Israel without repercussions or we're going to vote against you that's what we have in the United States now just like the 1930s just like the Nazis had infiltrated our schools and our media in the New York Times sat silently as did the rest of the media notice there's no he a wad said we have discovered the language that Biden has no ceasefire no votes he bellowed to the crowd which erupted in a chant repeating his words also a wad promised to provide legal support to Muslim Americans who protest in support of Palestine we are with you the people of Gaza rely on your voices and activism were you getting that money from me what are we getting the money from had in the 1990s in Philadelphia at the airport Marriott I think it was you're getting your money from overseas I'm just show us protesters later marched in the White House where they defaced the white brick gate of the executive mansion with red paint symbolizing the blood of Gazans who have died from the Israeli armies counter -attacks a what is on record declaring his support Hamas a bit at Barry University in 1994 for example he said I am in of support the Hamas movement care did not respond request to for comment but without addressing specifics it is previously
Telecom Reseller
A highlight from Ruckus Wi-Fi 7 opens doors for partners to offer needed solutions to existing and new customers, Crexendo UGM Podcast
"This is Doug Green and I'm the publisher of TR Publications and I'm here with Matthew Matlack of Ruckus Networks. Matthew, thank you for joining me today. It's my pleasure. Thanks for having us. So I'm so excited you were able to take some time out here at the Crescendo User Group Meeting 2023. This is a NetSapiens platform meeting. So we're going to be talking about NetSapiens and the NetSapiens platform and products especially made for the use of that platform to partners selling that platform and so on. I'm going to get into that in just a second. We're really talking in this podcast about Wi -Fi and the importance of good Wi -Fi. So what does Ruckus Networks and good Wi -Fi have in common? You bet your boots. So Ruckus is unique because we don't sell voice. We don't sell handsets. Our goal is to make sure that whatever hosted voice solution you're positioning, we provide power over Ethernet to the phones. If there's a Wi -Fi option, we want to make sure the Wi -Fi is reliable. So we've had a great experience at the conference. A lot of good customers are here, partners are here, and I've met folks that have been with Ruckus from day one that have been using Ruckus at their house for many years. I said, why Ruckus? He said, we wanted to be disruptive in the industry. We wanted to make a Ruckus. So our antenna designs within our access points provide for better coverage for higher capacity, and that's why we become the industry leader for high density wireless. That's why you see us in convention centers, resorts, hospitality, service providers, but this has been an incredible conference. You're talking about expectations, right? When people walk into a drink station, a convention center, an airport, a barber shop, whatever, they have a Wi -Fi expectation. Absolutely. It's like when you walk in a room and turn on lights. You expect it to work. Wi -Fi has become the same way. It's the fourth utility. Whether you're staying in a hotel, whether you're in a classroom, or you're in the convenience store, or at the mall, you want to have the ability to connect to Wi -Fi. You need to make sure you have to check the box that says, I agree to the terms and conditions, and that my data may be tracked. So you have to be educated before you connect to public Wi -Fi. If you can connect to a secure Wi -Fi or pay a premium for some enhanced broadband for high definition streaming or watching videos, know that that's an option. If I'm a partner with Ruckus, can I win with Wi -Fi? Every day. We're the easy button for wireless. We have the ability to be supported in the cloud, or you can be supported with a centralized controller. So we don't lock you in to one specific management. And if I'm an enterprise, especially with some of those pre -Wi -Fi facilities built maybe even 100 years ago or more, can I still win with Wi -Fi? You can. It is remarkable the amount of old warehouses, old buildings that we provide wireless coverage in. I tell people, if you have a wireless challenge, give us a chance to showcase our technology. And with Wi -Fi 7 coming out, we're the first ones to market with Wi -Fi 7. We are fully invested in the ongoing innovation of wireless because we're a wireless focused company. So what about the Crescendo ecosystem, the NetSapiens end users? The focus for a lot of the NetSapiens partners is selling a reliable solution for managed services, right? Voice is the primary application, right? But you have to have Wi -Fi. You have to have security. You have to have customer service. We want to be part of that family. They know when they position Wi -Fi, it's going to work with Ruckus. We don't lock our customers into one certain management. And if we need PoE switching, we use US -based chipsets. So they're inherently more secure than what they may have been using in the past. And here's the Crescendo show before I've been struck by the number of devices and products made for the Crescendo NetSapiens environment that are reliant on Wi -Fi, basically, principally using Wi -Fi to connect. Yeah, so today we work with several hundred service providers across the US alone. The amount of mobile devices is going to continue to expand, right? Almost everybody has their own cell phone. So with that, that's just another device that's going to connect to the network that expects performance. superior Now I understand you've got something new. Wi -Fi 7? We do. Wi -Fi 7 was released last week. Ruckus has announced the R770. It's an indoor access point and it's leveraging our artificial intelligence. So it takes the mystery out of channel planning. Traditionally in wireless, you'll have channels 1, 6, and 11. And it takes some science to get channel planning just right in environments. And what this does is it uses our patented RF enhancements to increase range and coverage. So there's going to be a huge leap in throughput, capacity, and latency reduction. Now if I'm a partner and I'm not experienced in selling Wi -Fi services, do I need special training to get on board? So we do have partners within the Crescendo family that can go out and do a complete site survey. They can do a full implementation. But that being said, you guys can contact Ruckus directly, provide us a building map, and we'll do basic consulting for free just to give you an idea of where the access point should be placed indoors and outdoors. More and more people are wanting outdoor coverage for parking lots or for high school stadiums or athletics just to provide some enhanced security. We want that to work in and out as we walk in and out of the building. Of course. So within a warehouse, you may need to know where some valuable equipment is, right? We can do some location tracking within a warehouse or within a hospital if you need that added functionality. And those warehouses can be acres. Huge, massive warehouses. And they weren't filled with Wi -Fi in common. Right. So you've got that. What does this all look like? If I'm an enterprise listener, what am I looking at? The key with enterprise, it's all about reliability, right? Although you may have a large IT staff, you have a lot of people focused on servers and storage and voice and security. So very segmented staff. We can make Wi -Fi easy for an enterprise, whether supporting internal offices, whether it's supporting a remote office, a new construction site. We support a lot of small, medium business, large enterprise, but we're the number one vendor for service providers and the number one vendor for hospitality. So 90 % of the Marriott's out there use ruckus. How's Wi -Fi 7 different than what we've experienced before? So Wi -Fi 7 is going to have a maximum throughput of 46 gig. It's IEEE 802 .11 BE and it's going to have 16 spatial streams. So it offers great quality of service for low latency applications. And if you're just simply a user, in other words, if I'm thinking about the people on the campus that I'm serving, they'll notice it. They'll actually see the difference or experience the difference. Absolutely. Is there a place where we can sort of experience that now or learn about that now? Sure. So the NBA season is getting ready to start and we've been very fortunate to be the network standard for a paycom center in Oklahoma City, the home of the Oklahoma City Thunder. So whether you're sitting on the floor or you're sitting up in the rafters at the top of Loud City, you're going to have a great wireless experience with rights. And there's a great example of the types of things as Wi -Fi users we've all gotten used to, that if we're at the edge of the airport, the edge of the stadium, the edge of the facility, you see the bars going down. Exactly. I mean, our focus is to make sure that from a security standpoint, you have the ability to communicate with friends and family. Maybe you get a chance to go to a game once a year and you're with your father, your mother, your grandparents, and you want to capture those moments in the arena, right? You need to have the ability to share photos on Facebook or Instagram and do Snapchat. That's what we offer is reliable connectivity. Matthew, I hope you get around to helping the Blazers out in Portland, but we're going to wrap up our podcast. It's great to see or great to have you here. Where can we learn more about Ruckus Networks? Well, I'll tell you, if you're in Portland, the Timbers have a great Ruckus Network. Well, then we'll have to go to that stadium. Absolutely. Where can we learn more? You can learn more at ruckusnetworks .com, and if anybody out there is interested in seeing a demo of Ruckus Cloud or wants to dig into the security enhancements that we have on our network switches, you can contact me directly at matthew .matlack .com. Matthew, it's been a pleasure. I'm looking forward to learning more about this Wi -Fi 7, but for now, thanks very much. Thank you.
The Eric Metaxas Show
A highlight from Joel Berry
"Folks, welcome to the Eric Mataxas show, sponsored by Legacy Precious Metals. There's never been a better time to invest in precious metals. Visit legacy PM investments dot com. That's legacy PM investments dot com. Hey, you have you checked your bucket list lately? Are you ready to take care of item number seven? Listening to the Eric Mataxas show? Well, welcome. Tune in and then move on to item number eight. Skydiving with Chuck Schumer and AOC here now is Mr. Completed my bucket list at age 12. Eric Mataxas. Hey, folks, welcome to our two. We're going to we're going to do something lighter because talking to Larry Taunton was about Hamas kind of heavy. And so in an hour or two today, I'm going to interview Joel Berry of the Babylon Bee. The Babylon Bee is a trusted source of fake news. And he and Kyle Mann have written a book called The Babylon Bee's Guide to Gender. I'm going to interview him about that. And I think prepare to be shocked and entertained and then shocked again. And then entertained and then shocked. And I think perhaps entertained after that, but I can't remember because we just did the interview and we're going to run it in a few minutes. Chris Himes. Yes, sir. It's a crazy week. I'm myself in Augusta, Georgia. I don't know how I got here, but here I am. You're you're an honorary southerner at this point for the time that you've spent, you know, Texas, now Georgia. I think I think so. I feel like I feel like the Greek version of Foghorn Leghorn. Um, basically, I'll say that's crazy. Yeah, that's I say I say, well, I am. I'm in Augusta, Georgia, tonight, I'm speaking at a pregnancy center banquet here in Augusta, Georgia. If you're in Augusta, Georgia, they probably still have tickets. I'm going to be speaking tonight here. I guess, you know, after this, I fly to Houston, I'm speaking at a prayer breakfast in Conroe, Texas, on Thursday morning. After that, I go to Johnson City, Tennessee. And I don't know why. Actually, I do know why. I've got a big event at Bethlehem Lutheran Church Friday night. That's this October 20th. So a lot of stuff and then tons of stuff next week. It's been a busy time. But the. The crazy thing when you travel is you have these hotel experiences and you have I mean, the travel experience, whether it's the traveling on the plane, the hotel or the event itself, if you do enough of it, you know, you begin to find yourself judging one, like because there are all these different experiences narrative. It's comparative. Yeah. And I'm at a Marriott in Augusta, Georgia. And I had an experience last night which was unpleasant. And I'd like to share it with the group. Can I share it? Sure. Let's hear it. OK. How unpleasant was it? You want to hear it? You're man enough to hear this story. I don't know where it's going to go, but I'm always up. Well, basically. I get to my hotel room and I'm exhausted. I'm really exhausted. And they. They make it sound like a really nice hotel room, they say, oh, it's it's a king suite. And I go, oh, King suite. Yeah. That sounds big. That's pretty sweet. And but anyway, let me just say not so much. Right. But I mean, it's it's it's it's technically a king suite, but it's not what you think of when you think of King suite. But but here's the point. I thought, you know what? To get here, it's like I had to walk like a thousand miles. You ever walk like a thousand miles in a hotel carrying your luggage or dragging your luggage on a carpet, right? Like your whole upper body, you get a big upper body workout. But like it's a vast like, I don't know. So, you know, I finally get him exhausted, whatever. And I thought the restaurant is like 5000 miles away. But that's where I came in like a thousand miles ago. So I guess I have to go back there or whatever. So I thought, you know what? I will. I will. I will call. I'll order some food and I'll go back without my luggage. So it won't be as bad of a walk. Yeah, I like to work out. I'll get some food, get some food. Right. So I how do you get the food? Is there is there menu in the room? No, of course not. No. You got to go online. Can you get online? Good luck if you get online. How do you find it? You know, it just endlessly complicated. Finally. You know, you just feel exhausted just getting to the menu. Right. And then I thought, OK, I'm going to call the restaurant. And, you know, so I call the restaurant. I get an automated fake person. A person who's not a person. And you sure it wasn't just a robotic wooden human? And it was I wish that it were because I could talk to that kind of a person. But they so you're talking to, you know, it's kind of like an A .I. thing. Right. And like they'll say, like it's kind of like the the the did see twenty five year old woman that they're pretending to be aware where she says, I'm sorry, I didn't quite get that. Like, but you're talking it's a robot. Right. So I said, I'd like to. Sounds like you wanted to order some food or. So I'm talking to some already ticked. I'm already ticked having to talk to a machine. And the so the machine, as so are you interested in the, you know, Augustino restaurant or the Augustino grill? And I said either either one. That does not compute. I'm sorry, I'm interested in the Augustino today or in the right. And you're like either one. It doesn't matter. And I'm speaking clearly in a standard American accent. But like it was this insane. I just thought and the problem is when you're talking to an automated person who's not a real person, there's no one to murder. You know, in other words, you're angry and you think, well, somebody needs to be killed as a result of this because this is so horrible. Justice needs to be done. But there's no actual person to throttle. And it's that's that's what got me that there was no person. So eventually they sent me to an actual human being. And the worst human being is better. Then an automated human being. And so, of course, you know, I got my little salad, but the insanity of it was it was it's just unbelievable. So, Mary. That's evil. You need to repent of that evil Marriott. Hey, talking to you. I say, Mary. Yeah, it's I just want to say sci fi horror. You know, very bad Mr. and Mrs. Marriott, old man Marriott, whoever runs Marriott.
Telecom Reseller
Major hotel property takes service to next level with E-Metrotel Galaxy Expand, Podcast - burst 1
"This is Doug Green, and I'm the publisher of Telecom Reseller, and I'm very, very pleased to have with us today Yash Gauda, who's the General Manager of Marriott Courtyard in Brampton, Ontario, which is in the Greater Toronto Area. Yash, thank you very much for joining me today. Pleasure, pleasure, Steve. Thank you. Well, you know, this is something I don't get to do that often. Instead of my usual interview of people that are professionals inside the telecommunications market and the IT market, this time we're bringing our listeners and watchers a special podcast of somebody very special who runs an organization, runs a hospitality organization in a major metropolitan area, and basically can give us some insight on the impact of how a change in the use of technology impacted the function of that technology itself and also helped the organization overall. So we're going to be getting into that in just a second. What we will be talking about specifically is how eMetroTel's GalaxyExpand replaced a previous Mitel product. So Yash, you're the General Manager of the Marriott Courtyard, and your hotel basically implemented this new phone system. Can you tell us a little bit about your Marriott facility? Yeah, sure, Steve. Again, my name is Yash, the General Manager at Marriott Courtyard, Brampton Hotel, and we are one of the biggest hotels in Brampton in terms of rooms or inventory. We have 160 rooms with a huge banqueting space. So we are one of the upscale hotels in Brampton. So that's very interesting. You're a very prominent property. It's something that people like to use and so on. So you know, what I want to understand a little bit to begin with is, why did you make this change? Oh, the moving over to eMetroTel? Okay, this is a pretty, like, how do I say it was a coincidence that got through Joseph. So eventually we had Mitel as our telecommunication system, and all of a sudden our voice messaging system went down in the hotel. So all the back office phones or even the guest phones, if someone had to leave a message to them. So yeah, the whole system went down and we had an old partner who used to service Mitel and I was trying to reach that particular gentleman, Myron, like several times a day. And like, I think nonstop, tried reaching him at least every day for a period of 15 to 20 days. And one day, but the irony was, his phone was ringing. And one day the phone was answered and it was answered by Joseph. So then I started talking to Joseph and then I told him that I need to get in touch with Myron and this is our situation. And then I came to know that Myron had passed away and Joseph took over his accounts. So then that is the time that where I established a connection with Joseph and I briefed him on our issues that was happening in the hotel. And he immediately put me on to his other colleague, Rakshith, started to helping me out in rectifying the current issue that we had. And this is how we got into e -metro rel and they tried to resolve it remotely, but it couldn't happen because the server was down and they never knew it. So Rakshith passed by the hotel. He had a look at the entire existing system. And then I think so he did try to reach out to Mitel and see what was happening. And again, the system, since it was outdated, Rakshith and Joseph came up with a new proposal with e -metro tel and that's how it started. So it literally sounds like a very interesting story of literally going from one generation to a new generation of product and thinking and outlook. So now you're talking to basically company representing e -metro tel. So how did you end up migrating to the e -metro tel system that you chose? The first when I started communicating with Joseph and Rakshith, even though they are not one of the key players in our industry, but their integrity, their honesty in helping me out, that is what influenced me to go with them, because that is one thing that I truly believe in, even though they are getting into new without any experience having done any prior work with hotels and so on. But what influenced me was their honesty and integrity to help the clients. So that is where it started. And they gave me a couple of proposals with the e -metro tel itself and then went through the proposals with our corporate office. And the best part was, again, for us, without even redoing a lot of wiring work, just working at the back end with the server room and changing the main equipment itself. That was awesome. The interruption was bare minimal. If you don't mind, take a closer look at that, because I think all those points are very interesting one by one. So to begin with, as a customer and as a non -technical person, did you expect that there was going to be sort of a physical replacement of the same thing, one with another? Was that initially what you thought would happen? I was thinking, yes, it was going to be a swap of the machines, but when they proposed me with the different equipments and so on and what each functionality would be, then I was like, yeah, I was able to understand it much better. So I think initially this is very interesting. There's no rewiring and you were able to keep basically your bell phone lines in place. Everything was intact. Only the thing that was moved was all the Mitel equipments was switched to e -metro tel, keeping all the wiring, everything intact. So that's a lot less disruptive, probably a lot less expensive in terms of actually implementation. And then I understand that the solution that ultimately came in is basically on one rack, just one box. Yes, just one rack. Yes. Okay. And is that actually like literally the footprint smaller than whatever was there before? Oh, yes. Before, like again, this was an old system and these were like a huge system. There were multiple of them, like four or five of them, but now everything is consolerated to one. And one. And then let's talk about what you've got there. So basically it has the PBX functionality that you had before. Correct. So that is, I think we have an Infinity 5010W console and expansion, I guess. And then actually it solves the problem that initially started this whole thing. The voicemail is operating. Correct. And there's a lot less space, probably a lot less heat and energy being used. So let's sort of bump that up to how it impacts your job. Your ultimate job, I take it, is to make the people that are staying at your hotel happy. Has it really impacted that? Has it impacted your ability to do that? Yes. The important thing is like we are a hotel and the phone has to be buzzing all the time. So if the phone doesn't buzz, that means something is wrong. So earlier we had the issues where the phone was not working and so on. And even the functionality of the new console and even the back office phones are all, it's amazing. We should stay on this point because as a hotel manager, you have the burden of being, it's not just like an office, people in a sense are residing there at least for an evening or two. And so there's all sorts of safety and other issues that are involved in making sure that the phone is perfect. Correct. So, you know, e -metro hotel is a network of certified resellers. Was the migration process that you're describing, was that difficult or hard? No, no, very, very easy. To be honest, like once the new system, the back office phones were shipped to the hotel, so it was like I could install it myself with the help of Rakshith and Joseph. Because they had programmed the phones prior, I guess, and when it was shipped to us. So then again, I was with them on the call and he was guiding me how to activate it and so on. It was easy. Like me not being a technical guy, like installing the phones at the back of the offices was easy. You know, yours is a very difficult job because you're literally running a 24 -hour business, 24 hours a day, 24 -hour desk, residents are coming and going and so on. So how fast, you know, how fast did this all happen? Like the downtime, I can say about the, see, I would say the important thing is the main console. So when that was being like 10 minutes, I guess. 10 minutes? Yeah, 10 to 15 minutes. That's it. And you know, you came in to the office one morning or one afternoon. Was it the same shift that you began and then later at the end of that shift, there was a new phone system in place? Yes, it's like it was Rakshith who was there in the property from his solution. So yeah, I was with him. So he came in the morning, started working one thing at a time. And then yeah, it was the same as I came in the morning. No interruption. As I said, when the telephone, the main console was being put in place, so it's about 10 to 15 minutes for it to reboot and restart and so on. So yeah, maximum. And since this has been working, has it actually worked better for you than the old system? Yes, Ali, in terms of options -wise, yes, this has been worked out much better. So, you know, you were mentioning earlier, you gave us a little bit of background how you ended up back with the ACE security services implementing the solution. And I was interested in understanding that, you know, there was a technological and there were product choices and so on. But I was fascinated by the fact that it ultimately came down to people. Correct, yeah. It is like, see, you need to give options to the new people who are getting into entrepreneurship and so on. Because again, they have the zeal, you know, to excel. So when you go with the bigger companies, what happens is then again, the same process. It's just that, okay, the code, the shipment and all that thing and the scheduling of the people and so on. But here is a new company, ACE solution. Again, as I told you, I was fascinated even before we could get into an agreement. As I said, once the voice messages was down, Rachit was already on top to help me out even without knowing. You know, your industry is so important to so many people. It's such a big employer. It's part of everyone's lives. It's a leading organization. You also work for a leading organization in the world. You know, with all that in mind, do you have any recommendations for people in the position that you're in when it becomes time for them to replace an old system? I would strongly recommend all my fellow colleagues within the same industry and who has outdated versions of a telecommunication system and trying to upgrade their systems to the newer versions to definitely reach out to a solutions and look into e -metro tel. Yash, it's been a real pleasure getting to know you and giving us an insight that we normally don't get the perspective of a person not in the telecommunications industry, but a person actually that uses these products and services and what the outcomes were. I really appreciate your time and I hope to encounter you again. I hope to stay over some time when I'm in Brampton. Sure, sure. Anytime, Steve. It will be great to host you. All right. Well, I'm looking forward to that, but for now, thank you very much. Thank you, Steve. You take care.
Telecom Reseller
A highlight from Major hotel property takes service to next level with E-Metrotel Galaxy Expand, Podcast
"This is Doug Green, and I'm the publisher of Telecom Reseller, and I'm very, very pleased to have with us today Yash Gauda, who's the General Manager of Marriott Courtyard in Brampton, Ontario, which is in the Greater Toronto Area. Yash, thank you very much for joining me today. Pleasure, pleasure, Steve. Thank you. Well, you know, this is something I don't get to do that often. Instead of my usual interview of people that are professionals inside the telecommunications market and the IT market, this time we're bringing our listeners and watchers a special podcast of somebody very special who runs an organization, runs a hospitality organization in a major metropolitan area, and basically can give us some insight on the impact of how a change in the use of technology impacted the function of that technology itself and also helped the organization overall. So we're going to be getting into that in just a second. What we will be talking about specifically is how eMetroTel's GalaxyExpand replaced a previous Mitel product. So Yash, you're the General Manager of the Marriott Courtyard, and your hotel basically implemented this new phone system. Can you tell us a little bit about your Marriott facility? Yeah, sure, Steve. Again, my name is Yash, the General Manager at Marriott Courtyard, Brampton Hotel, and we are one of the biggest hotels in Brampton in terms of rooms or inventory. We have 160 rooms with a huge banqueting space. So we are one of the upscale hotels in Brampton. So that's very interesting. You're a very prominent property. It's something that people like to use and so on. So you know, what I want to understand a little bit to begin with is, why did you make this change? Oh, the moving over to eMetroTel? Okay, this is a pretty, like, how do I say it was a coincidence that got through Joseph. So eventually we had Mitel as our telecommunication system, and all of a sudden our voice messaging system went down in the hotel. So all the back office phones or even the guest phones, if someone had to leave a message to them. So yeah, the whole system went down and we had an old partner who used to service Mitel and I was trying to reach that particular gentleman, Myron, like several times a day. And like, I think nonstop, tried reaching him at least every day for a period of 15 to 20 days. And one day, but the irony was, his phone was ringing. And one day the phone was answered and it was answered by Joseph. So then I started talking to Joseph and then I told him that I need to get in touch with Myron and this is our situation. And then I came to know that Myron had passed away and Joseph took over his accounts. So then that is the time that where I established a connection with Joseph and I briefed him on our issues that was happening in the hotel. And he immediately put me on to his other colleague, Rakshith, started to helping me out in rectifying the current issue that we had. And this is how we got into e -metro rel and they tried to resolve it remotely, but it couldn't happen because the server was down and they never knew it. So Rakshith passed by the hotel. He had a look at the entire existing system. And then I think so he did try to reach out to Mitel and see what was happening. And again, the system, since it was outdated, Rakshith and Joseph came up with a new proposal with e -metro tel and that's how it started. So it literally sounds like a very interesting story of literally going from one generation to a new generation of product and thinking and outlook. So now you're talking to basically company representing e -metro tel. So how did you end up migrating to the e -metro tel system that you chose? The first when I started communicating with Joseph and Rakshith, even though they are not one of the key players in our industry, but their integrity, their honesty in helping me out, that is what influenced me to go with them, because that is one thing that I truly believe in, even though they are getting into new without any experience having done any prior work with hotels and so on. But what influenced me was their honesty and integrity to help the clients. So that is where it started. And they gave me a couple of proposals with the e -metro tel itself and then went through the proposals with our corporate office. And the best part was, again, for us, without even redoing a lot of wiring work, just working at the back end with the server room and changing the main equipment itself. That was awesome. The interruption was bare minimal. If you don't mind, take a closer look at that, because I think all those points are very interesting one by one. So to begin with, as a customer and as a non -technical person, did you expect that there was going to be sort of a physical replacement of the same thing, one with another? Was that initially what you thought would happen? I was thinking, yes, it was going to be a swap of the machines, but when they proposed me with the different equipments and so on and what each functionality would be, then I was like, yeah, I was able to understand it much better. So I think initially this is very interesting. There's no rewiring and you were able to keep basically your bell phone lines in place. Everything was intact. Only the thing that was moved was all the Mitel equipments was switched to e -metro tel, keeping all the wiring, everything intact. So that's a lot less disruptive, probably a lot less expensive in terms of actually implementation. And then I understand that the solution that ultimately came in is basically on one rack, just one box. Yes, just one rack. Yes. Okay. And is that actually like literally the footprint smaller than whatever was there before? Oh, yes. Before, like again, this was an old system and these were like a huge system. There were multiple of them, like four or five of them, but now everything is consolerated to one. And one. And then let's talk about what you've got there. So basically it has the PBX functionality that you had before. Correct. So that is, I think we have an Infinity 5010W console and expansion, I guess. And then actually it solves the problem that initially started this whole thing. The voicemail is operating. Correct. And there's a lot less space, probably a lot less heat and energy being used. So let's sort of bump that up to how it impacts your job. Your ultimate job, I take it, is to make the people that are staying at your hotel happy. Has it really impacted that? Has it impacted your ability to do that? Yes. The important thing is like we are a hotel and the phone has to be buzzing all the time. So if the phone doesn't buzz, that means something is wrong. So earlier we had the issues where the phone was not working and so on. And even the functionality of the new console and even the back office phones are all, it's amazing. We should stay on this point because as a hotel manager, you have the burden of being, it's not just like an office, people in a sense are residing there at least for an evening or two. And so there's all sorts of safety and other issues that are involved in making sure that the phone is perfect. Correct. So, you know, e -metro hotel is a network of certified resellers. Was the migration process that you're describing, was that difficult or hard? No, no, very, very easy. To be honest, like once the new system, the back office phones were shipped to the hotel, so it was like I could install it myself with the help of Rakshith and Joseph. Because they had programmed the phones prior, I guess, and when it was shipped to us. So then again, I was with them on the call and he was guiding me how to activate it and so on. It was easy. Like me not being a technical guy, like installing the phones at the back of the offices was easy. You know, yours is a very difficult job because you're literally running a 24 -hour business, 24 hours a day, 24 -hour desk, residents are coming and going and so on. So how fast, you know, how fast did this all happen? Like the downtime, I can say about the, see, I would say the important thing is the main console. So when that was being like 10 minutes, I guess. 10 minutes? Yeah, 10 to 15 minutes. That's it. And you know, you came in to the office one morning or one afternoon. Was it the same shift that you began and then later at the end of that shift, there was a new phone system in place? Yes, it's like it was Rakshith who was there in the property from his solution. So yeah, I was with him. So he came in the morning, started working one thing at a time. And then yeah, it was the same as I came in the morning. No interruption. As I said, when the telephone, the main console was being put in place, so it's about 10 to 15 minutes for it to reboot and restart and so on. So yeah, maximum. And since this has been working, has it actually worked better for you than the old system? Yes, Ali, in terms of options -wise, yes, this has been worked out much better. So, you know, you were mentioning earlier, you gave us a little bit of background how you ended up back with the ACE security services implementing the solution. And I was interested in understanding that, you know, there was a technological and there were product choices and so on. But I was fascinated by the fact that it ultimately came down to people. Correct, yeah. It is like, see, you need to give options to the new people who are getting into entrepreneurship and so on. Because again, they have the zeal, you know, to excel. So when you go with the bigger companies, what happens is then again, the same process. It's just that, okay, the code, the shipment and all that thing and the scheduling of the people and so on. But here is a new company, ACE solution. Again, as I told you, I was fascinated even before we could get into an agreement. As I said, once the voice messages was down, Rachit was already on top to help me out even without knowing. You know, your industry is so important to so many people. It's such a big employer. It's part of everyone's lives. It's a leading organization. You also work for a leading organization in the world. You know, with all that in mind, do you have any recommendations for people in the position that you're in when it becomes time for them to replace an old system? I would strongly recommend all my fellow colleagues within the same industry and who has outdated versions of a telecommunication system and trying to upgrade their systems to the newer versions to definitely reach out to a solutions and look into e -metro tel. Yash, it's been a real pleasure getting to know you and giving us an insight that we normally don't get the perspective of a person not in the telecommunications industry, but a person actually that uses these products and services and what the outcomes were. I really appreciate your time and I hope to encounter you again. I hope to stay over some time when I'm in Brampton. Sure, sure. Anytime, Steve. It will be great to host you. All right. Well, I'm looking forward to that, but for now, thank you very much. Thank you, Steve. You take care.
Mike Gallagher Podcast
A highlight from The Mike and Mark Davis Daily Chat - 09/06/23
"So, we saluted the life of Jimmy Buffett yesterday, properly so, but boy did we miss a birthday yesterday. Freddie Mercury would have been 77, passed away back in 91, so I had to pick a Queen song, had to pick a Queen record. How about You're My Best Friend for the Mike and Mark segments? Not bad. There you go, buddy. We can sing We Are the Champions because we're the champion of all things mysterious. And topics that need to be explored. We go where few dare go. You shut me down yesterday when I told you about the Delta Airlines flight that was forced to land. But then, of course, you saw it all over Twitter and X and everything, right? Well, I know because everybody's 12 years old. Somebody had a, I don't even want to say it again, somebody had a horrible digestive event on a plane and they had to sandblast the plane for six hours. They had to replace the carpet. I mean, they had to replace the carpet on the plane. That's a true story. Can you imagine being on that plane and the poor pilot, and there's an audio recording of the pilot saying, five, seven, one, Delta heavy. We have a biohazard problem on the plane. The biohazard. Ladies and gentlemen, you may want to look over the left side of the aircraft because that's where we're going to be issuing the parachute so that you can get the hell off this thing before we all die. I'd never fly again. That'd be it. That'd be it. And speaking of flying, didn't you do it yet? Are you in New York yet? Today? No, after the show today, I'm headed to New York where it's going to be 110 degrees. You know, Texas heat is one thing. New York City heat is ghastly because there's no breeze. You're walking up and down. So we're going to see the Eagles in concert tomorrow night. I'm going to see a couple of shows. We've got some meetings. I'm going to go to Philly for a big event. Oh, cool. With Chris Stiegel. Is that our guy? Chris Stiegel and Dennis Prager and Pastor Robert Jeffers from your neck of the woods. That's right. That's so cool. I have a question for you. It's called, for a moment, welcome to Mike's Entertainment Options or Mike's Travel Habits. As we have noted, you are fresh back from the UK. I trust you had a magnificent time. So Mike's on the ground in England for 24 hours, sends me a picture off of his balcony. Was that a CG? Was that a green screen? Because from your balcony, it's like, oh, there's the London Eye, oh, there's Westminster Abbey. Where were you? Well, there's a story behind that. I'm a little reluctant to tell the story. Joey and Peg are my dear friends. Joey's a little more frugal than I am. And he found a hotel. And I'll go ahead and say it. It was a nice Marriott right on the River Thames, right outside that giant monstrosity eye thing. That Ferris wheel. It's a massive Ferris wheel. It's gross. I mean, I think about the River Thames and I think of Mary Poppins floating gently. Big Ben and all these beautiful, and then there's this monstrosity, and Brits don't like it either. Everybody kind of, it's a cool tourist thing and you go up and it's one of those giant Ferris wheels. Anyway, the hotel, this Marriott is right at the Ferris wheel. So not only is the infernal thing beeping every time it moves, and so you hear the beeping in your room, but like you saw, you're right there. I mean, the view is crazy, but not only that, but the deal breaker for me, the AC wasn't so good. Is England like Laguna Beach, California, where we stayed at a beautiful place and it happened to be 82 and they didn't have any AC? I thought I was going to die. Well, you know, again, the UK, they're not really like AC -oriented like we are. They have it, but I said, that's it, I'm out, King Tut needs some AC, I got to have air conditioning. And it wasn't even hot over there, but at night, I don't know, I mean, God forbid if the day ever comes where they yank the rug out from under me and I'm, you know, singing show tunes at a cheeseburger joint on the weekends and I can't afford an air conditioner because I got to have an air conditioner. Anyway, I knew of a place, a much nicer hotel, so we actually checked out. That was a one -day gig, but it was spectacular visuals. And speaking of show tunes, that leads me to my actual really quick question because there is stuff going on in the world. So you sent me, as you always do and I love it so much, it's like, hey, look where I am, hey, look where I am. And on at least a couple of occasions, you were in the front row, shocker, of this magnificent show. I guess it's called Tina or somebody is Tina Turner and wow, was she good. Wow, was she good. It's actually a Broadway show that also went to the West End and there was, I saw a woman named Adrian Warren who played the show, played the part, but yeah, it's a musical about the life of Tina Turner. And on another night you went and saw Les Mis. The best production of Les Mis I've ever seen in the history of going to the theater. I bet it was great. But here's my question and here's where you and I are a smidge different. Okay. You're in London and you go to Broadway for lunch like every day. So there's a whole country outside this theater as you sit in a seat and see something that is admittedly fantastic, but that you could see at some other time a hundred yards from where you're staying. But the West End is London's version of Broadway and they do theater a little bit differently. First of all, I mean, the ticket prices are even more affordable. You know, you sit in the stalls over there. They don't call them seats.
Fore Play
"marriott" Discussed on Fore Play
"She gets coffee with her friends like every Wednesday. And she always asked me, like, how do I describe the job to them? Because their sons and daughters, they're finance, or they're lawyers or they're this and that. And then they're like, what does Trent do? And she's like, I don't know. I just tell her media. I tell her to be like, he's in media, and that's it. And he does a golf podcast. He does a golf show where he tries to play in less than 90 strokes, and he carries luggage out on the bachelor occasionally, and he talks about his penis from time to time. Well, that's your mom when she's in conversations with you. I keep my penis talk to a minimum, but we're talking about people that are just the men. I got to give a huge shout out to a lovely Canadian fella, Todd Hickey, who is the GM of the sawgrass, Marriott, who Frankie got, you got you and Trent got this guy's card. He met you guys. He said he's a big fan. He gave you a car. You took a picture of the car, gave it to me because I was there over the weekend. He's the general manager of the Marriott Marriott sawgrass, which is literally on property. So it's where like half the players in the field stay there, a bunch of media a bunch of the corporate clients data. They have over 500 rooms. It's this massive Marriott complex where they do events, and you literally walk onto the course from there. And this guy, I was staying in 30 minutes away in like a very okay hotel, which is fine. I had AC and decent battle through like 30, 40 minutes of traffic. That's where we started. I just emailed this guy, Todd, and he calls me within seconds. You need a room for Friday. And I'm like, yep. And he's like, no problem. Gives me a great employee rate, and I move in and I literally just walk to the course. I didn't have to touch my car from Friday afternoon until Sunday. And then every day at the course, we go out there, we're having transfusions together. He's the total legend from Canada's in the hospitality business. Nicest guy on the planet. So I got to give a shout out to he knows everybody too. So anybody that's been like, if there's any players that are listening or people at no prior, they're probably going to know him from interacting with them or even if you work for Morgan Stanley or one of these companies that's a big corporate sponsor with the players.
WTOP
"marriott" Discussed on WTOP
"To get the attention of NFL players and lawyers. Scott mayman for CBS News camera Australia. Now to the top stories we're working on at WTO P, we are learning this morning that former Maryland governor Larry Hogan will not run for president. He made the announcement in a New York Times op-ed this morning. Severe weather sweeps several states and continues in parts of the country. Meanwhile, other areas are recovering from storms that slammed them last week, and locally one person is dead after a tanker truck hauling flammable liquid overturned explodes and touches off a neighborhood fire in the truck driver was killed. Keep it here for full details on these stories in the minutes ahead. It's 9 48. You know what that means, traffic and weather on the 8s, Mary and the traffic center. Andy, like pavlov's dog, I hear it. We're gone. We got a little bit of something everywhere, Liz, but not a lot. If you're on the Maryland side, most big roads are doing well, the new crashes on I 70. And as you're heading westbound after the Marriott spill road ex at 83, the crash was along the right side units were there, 95 in Maryland travels well beltway to beltway. Inside of the beltway, D.C. two 95, southbound, Pennsylvania avenue, single lane getting by the wreck in southeast Alabama avenue nailer road that was police action watch for response and direction. Going outbound three 95, the southwest freeway, you're going to find the ramp that would take you to the express lane bridge is blocked due to the crash. And if you're heading outbound on the 14th, you're going to stay to the right to get by. Nothing beyond here three 95 into Virginia and then just Springfield in 95 all the way down to Stafford county doing okay. George Washington Parkway north is closed between spout run and one 23. They're doing emergency work and your small business keeps you on the go progressive commercial insurance keeps your policy within reach. They're easy to use mobile app. You can learn more at progressive commercial dot com, married to pump a WTO traffic. Storm team four's Ryan Miller. We have pretty quiet weather. We are not going to be dealing with any precipitation across the region for the next several days, lots of sunshine for your Sunday air temperatures will get close to 60° this afternoon, and as we
WTOP
"marriott" Discussed on WTOP
"We make it beautiful, you make it yours, dominion jewelers dot com by appointment only. Traffic and weather on the 8s here's Mary in the WTO P traffic center. And we're still doing pretty well Dan. If you take a 52 or from the eastern shore, two lanes each way, thus far, no two way travel yet. It might not happen. We're expecting some gusty winds and I'll stick to traffic and stay in my lane, but stay tuned for the weather report for more details on the gusty winds we're expecting. Nothing on 95 in Maryland belt weighed about waste still doing pretty well. We had a tree come down on I 70 earlier earlier this morning and they still may be around if you are traveling I 70 east after the 40 elegant city exit 82 and beyond the Marriott spiel road merch, the down tree was along the right side. Two 70 from Frederick to the beltway and back doing well to the east of two 70, we still have montrose rogue closed early morning crash, mantras wrote is being diverted at both ends at tower oaks boulevard and tilden road drive. Children would drive following police direction. In Virginia, big roads doing well, things you might need to watch for George Washington Parkway, excuse me, south of one 23 stay left. That's a work zone. And while we're inside of the beltway, it was canal wrote at Arizona avenue in northwest we had a disabled vehicle stop right in the middle of the roadway in the district, Pennsylvania avenue, northwest closed from freedom Plaza or 14th street all the way to the capitol and into federal center. They have a herstory race going on. The best audio entertainment is on audible. It's the home of storytelling with audiobooks, exclusive, originals, popular podcasts, and more all in one app. Sign up for free 30 day trial at audible dot com, married to pompa W two B traffic. Thanks, Mary, Ryan Miller storm team four meteorologist. This could be one of these type of days where if you're playing golf, you could be hitting a driver into a par three if the winds in your face absolutely and it's going to be one of those afternoons Dan. So if you're going to be doing some golfing, well, make sure you eat your wheaties, I guess, so if you're going to be teaing off into
Clark Howard Show
"marriott" Discussed on Clark Howard Show
"I want to tell you something about your travel, this summer, or whenever you're going to travel, you're on the road, you're trying to decide where you're going to spend the night, or you're booking a trip, you're going to go buy air, you're going to go buy car, but booking in advance, you're trying to decide what hotel you should stay at and historically, people paid so much attention to the brand and they decided, well, if it's a Marriott or nerd to hide it or it's a holiday in or whatever, you had your impressions of what those brand names meant. But today those brands have proliferated Marriott now has 30 hotel brands of all different various names that say blah blah blah Marriott, courtyard, by Marriott, resident by Marriott, Marriott, by Marriott, JW, Marriott. On and on and on. And then you've got Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn express, and then crown pause. And then all these other brands, Holiday Inn has, they may have 18 different brands under their parent umbrella. Hyatt and Hilton each have about that many or somewhere around 20 different brands. There are all these brand extensions. And I won't bore you with a big brief on why they all do these brands, but it all has to do with them wanting to file a territorial rules and put a competitor right next to one of their own brands. So somebody who thinks they've got this big territory they're selling rooms in. Suddenly they have a competitor under the same umbrella of Marriott Hilton Hyatt or IHG, which is the Holiday Inn brand. next door to them or right across the street or whatever with a different owner. It's all about these hotel brands. No longer own and operate their hotels. They just want as many of them out there as possible that are paying them royalties or royalties and management fees.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"marriott" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Sad. Big company like Hyatt and Marriott are getting into the middle range of extended stay hotels, which are more luxurious, more comfortable, maybe even more comfortable than your home. And feeling very homey because they know that people are can work from anywhere these days. And the idea of working and living in another city at a sort of a reasonable rate with the comfort and conveniences of a hotel is a big business. And of course, even before the pandemic started that trend, we saw Airbnb really take over the world and turn open up a lot of avenues for staying for a while with the conveniences of home, but far from home. Now, I know James when you went over to Paris to do your story, it was all work and no play. Of course. That's how James rolls totally. But Chris, but Chris, this is a big deal. We're like, people want to combine, yep, we're going to do some work, but we're also going to have some play. Yeah. I mean, believes are probably one of the most painful work that we've come across recently, Portman code as far as I go. But it's really true. And they're spending hundreds of millions of dollars on you, and we're seeing them everywhere from Tokyo to Bangkok. To Atlanta, Georgia. And the idea is kind of like, they're built around communities, a lot of these new places. So there's communal spaces. There's a coffee shop that turned into a bar at night. Maybe you walk up a staircase to your room instead of an elevator, which makes you feel a little bit more like you're at home and in a connected space. And in a lot of cases, these are being built attached to stadiums or concert halls or malls or air even airports so that there's like an additional lifestyle aspect for community or travel aspect sort of built right into where you're going to be. Right, and a lot of it has to do with maybe you're going to experience something like maybe you want to go see an F one race. How do you like this for a second? That's a good segue. Can we get to another story? In the section, F one, women in the cockpit for the first time in about 50 years. What's going on, Chris? So, you know, as Americans, we have really caught on to F one pretty recently. And part of it has to do with that with that Netflix show, which everybody really love drives to survive. And it really made the characters of F one of the drivers into these people that we sort of fell in love with a little bit. And if you watch the show, you'll notice that they're all men. And it's not that there are no women drivers out there. It's just that there's not been really a funnel for women drivers in the various competitions that feed into Formula One. There's not really been a funnel to them explicitly to try to get into Formula One. And it's certainly not that Formula One only has men's racers. There have been female racers, but the last one was in 1976. And Hannah Elliot writes this story. She's the perfect person to write this story because she's a great perspective on the auto industry from the perspective of one of the few women columnists. And this woman lella Lombardi, who raced in 1976 with the formerly former delivery van driver for her family's butcher shop in Italy. It's amazing. When a journal, when a journalist asked her how it felt to drive such big cars, she said, I don't have to carry it. I just have to drive it. So you ask a dumb question if you get a good answer, okay? You feel like there was like, hey little lady, how did you do this? That's what's going on. A great section, looking forward to the new year and all of the coverage you guys are going to be doing from the pursuits team. So you guys, thank you so much. Big thank you to Bloomberg, business week, arts column. Miss James farman, and Bloomberg for seat senator Chris rouser. You're listening to Bloomberg businessweek coming up a new book explains how to win the fight against perpetual distraction in our increasingly
Bloomberg Radio New York
"marriott" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Different kind of sad. Big company is like Hyatt and Marriott are getting into the middle range of extended stay hotels, which are more luxurious, more comfortable, maybe even more comfortable than your home. And feeling very homey because they know that people are can work from anywhere these days And the idea of working in another city at a sort of a reasonable rate with the comforts and conveniences of a hotel is a big business. And of course, even before the pandemic started that trend, we saw Airbnb really take over the world and turn open up a lot of avenues for staying for a while with the conveniences of home, but far from home. Now, I know James, when you went over to Paris to do your story, it was all work and no play. Of course, that's how James rolls totally. But Chris, but Chris, this is a big deal. We're like, people want to combine, yep, we're going to do some work, but we're also going to have some play. Yeah. I mean, believes are probably one of the most painful work that we've come across recently, Portman code as far as they go. But it's really true. And they're spending hundreds of millions of dollars on these and we're seeing them everywhere from Tokyo to Bangkok. To Atlanta, Georgia. And the idea is kind of like, they're built around communities, a lot of these new places. So there's communal spaces. There's a coffee shop, a certain to a bar at night. Maybe you walk up a staircase to your room instead of an elevator, which makes you feel a little bit more like you're at home and in a connected space. And in a lot of cases, these are being built attached to stadiums or concert halls or malls or even airports so that there's like an additional lifestyle aspect for community or travel aspect sort of built right into where you're going to be. Right. And a lot of it has to do with maybe you're going to experience something like maybe you want to go see an F one race. How do you like this for a second? That's a good segue. Can we get to another story? In the section, F one, women in the cockpit for the first time in about 50 years. What's going on, Chris? So, you know, as Americans, we have really caught on to F one pretty recently. And part of it has to do with that with that Netflix show, which everybody really love drives to survive. And it really made the characters of F one, the drivers into these people that we sort of fell in love with a little bit. And if you watch the show, you'll notice that they're all men. And it's not that there are no women drivers out there. It's just that there's not been really a funnel for women drivers in the various competitions that feed into Formula One. There's not really been a funnel to them explicitly to try to get into Formula One. And it's certainly not that Formula One only has men's racers. There have been female racers, but the last one was in 1976. And Hannah Elliot writes this story. I mean, she's the perfect person to raise a story because she's a great perspective on the auto industry from the perspective of one of the few women columnists. And this woman lella Lombardi, who raced in 1976 with the formerly former delivery van driver for her family's butcher shop in Italy. It's amazing. When a turtle is asked her how it felt to drive such big cars, she said, I don't have to carry it. I just have to drive it. So you ask a dumb question if you get a good answer, okay? You feel like there was like, hey little lady, how did you do this? That's what's going on. A great section, looking forward to the new year and all of the coverage you guys are going to be doing from the pursuits team. So you guys, thank you so much. Big thank
Bloomberg Radio New York
"marriott" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Company is like Hyatt and Marriott are getting into the middle range of extended state hotels which are more luxurious, more comfortable, maybe even more comfortable than your home. And feeling very homey because they know that people are can work from anywhere these days. And the idea of working in another city at a sort of a reasonable rate with the comforts and conveniences of a hotel is a big business. And of course, even before the pandemic started that trend, we saw Airbnb really take over the world and turn open up a lot of avenues for staying for a while with the conveniences of home. But far from home. Now, I know James, when you went over to Paris to do your story, it was all work and no play. Of course, that's how James rolls totally. But Chris, but Chris, this is a big deal. We're like, people want to combine, yep, we're going to do some work, but we're also going to have some play. Yeah. I mean, believes are probably one of the most painful work that we've come across recently. Portman code as far as they go. But it's really true. And they're spending hundreds of millions of dollars on these and we're seeing them everywhere from Tokyo to Bangkok. To Atlanta, Georgia. And the idea is kind of like they're built around communities, a lot of these new places. So there's communal spaces. There's a coffee shop, a certain to a bar at night. Maybe you walk up a staircase to your room instead of an elevator, which makes you feel a little bit more like you're at home and in a connected space. And in a lot of cases, these are being built attached to stadiums or concert halls or malls or even airports so that there's like an additional lifestyle aspect for community or travel aspect sort of built right into where you're going to be. Right, and a lot of it has to do with maybe you're going to experience something like maybe you want to go see an F one race. How do you like this for a second? That's a good segue. Can we get to another story? In the section, F one, women in the cockpit for the first time in about 50 years. What's going on, Chris? So, you know, as Americans, we have really caught on to F one pretty recently. And part of it has to do with that with that Netflix show, which everybody really love drives to survive. And it really made the characters of F one, the drivers into these people that we sort of fell in love with a little bit. And if you watch the show, you'll notice that they're all men. And it's not that there are no women drivers out there. It's just that there's not been really a funnel for women drivers in the various competitions that feed into Formula One. There's not really been a funnel for them explicitly to try to get into Formula One. And it's certainly not that Formula One only has men's racers. There have been female racers, but the last one was in 1976. And Hannah Elliot writes this story. I mean, she's the perfect version of racist story because she's a great perspective on the auto industry from the perspective of one of the few women columnists. And this woman lella Lombardi, who raced in 1976 with a formerly former delivery van driver for her family's butcher shop in Italy. It's amazing I'm gonna win a journalist asked her how it felt to drive such big cars. She said, I don't have to carry it. I just have to drive it. So you ask a dumb question if you get a good answer, okay? You feel like there was like, hey little lady, how did you do this? That's what's going on. A great section, looking forward to the new year and all of the coverage you guys are going to be doing from the pursuits team. So you guys, thank you so much. Big thank you to Bloomberg, a business week arts column. Miss James Tommy and Bloomberg for seat senator Chris rouser. You're listening to Bloomberg businessweek. Coming up, a new book explains how to win the fight against perpetual distraction in our increasingly digital
TuneInPOC
"marriott" Discussed on TuneInPOC
"In the world love to go clubbing and I stood up and see the breakfast I love and hope we ain't ducking from haters in the parking lot who ain't got nothing trying to do something fun we be the ones who be button on our way to the Marriott keep them very high. West side hit the hairy spot all night long get your camera everybody likes when the girl shakes up all night we ain't coming we just bumping and banging like it ain't nothing wrong. We gotta keep it coming. Get off take it off take it off take it off take it off keep it all check it off take it off. I can't get all take it off take it off shake it off take it off take it off take it off and get started taking off check it out.
Daily Pop
"marriott" Discussed on Daily Pop
"Advantage to being a twin. You have a built in best friend. Okay, so if you had a pet and that pet could talk, what would they say about you? I'm crazy. What is your own personal kryptonite? It has to be food and I'm going to say red velvet cupcakes. I will glut and glut. Yes. Shall I get sick? Girl. Like, you are the queen of dancing, free speech. Laughter, eating, and cooking, of course. You also have your YouTube channel, quick fix, cream, Cairo. Yes. Welcome. What are your kids creating Cairo think of your cooking? They're my taste testers. So whenever I'm trying out something, they will taste it. And I feel like if they're like, mommy, this is good, then I'm like, okay, then this is good, you know? So they're not gonna lie, you know, that the kids tell the truth. I know you love traveling. So I wanna know, how did you get teamed up with Marriott Bonvoy boundless credit cards? I'm very, very passionate about inspiring and encouraging people to explore, to learn, to grow. And I feel like you do that by traveling. I love that, you know, that's what this whole campaign is about. I mean, there's an incredible contest where three amazing winners would have the opportunity to have a trip of a lifetime to one of their favorite destinations and the value is at 50,000 dollars. What are your travel plans? I've been wanting to do a girls trip. I absolutely love aguilla. I've been there before with the family, but I want to go there with you with my girlfriend. You know, sip on some coconut water.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"marriott" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Is a Bloomberg money minute. Corporate meetings and retreats, professional conferences. These all fall under the group travel category of the hotel's business and they are back. It happened in June at Marriott hotels. Our group business, particularly here in the U.S. and Canada, is effectively back to where we were pre-pandemic. Tony capuano, CEO of Marriott International, and Hyatt CEO Mark Hopkins says his hotel's company got there for the first time in July. So we're just back to 2019 levels even as leisure has been tracking almost 20% above 2019. It has been for months while vacationers continue to lead the hotel's comeback Hilton has also seen a great deal of improvement in group travel demand, which, like individual business travelers, largely vanished upon the arrival of COVID-19. The return is good for the hotel companies, though not necessarily the guests who buy and large are paying more than they would have in 2019, regardless of the reasons they are traveling. Tracy junkie, Bloomberg radio. And JIT makes innovation happen. It also makes entrepreneurs like Anya o'dwyer. Founder of innovate, a tech driven civil engineering and construction management firm, Anya says nj IT is defining the future. Extremely important as a hub of disciplines all in one space with all of these brilliant minds, NGOs wrong is huge when it comes to defining the future and power from an interdisciplinary point of view. They have it all there, whether it's the innovation hub, the makerspace, and it is already creating fash collaboration between the disciplines and you have civil engineers speaking to programmers speaking to electrical engineers. And together, they're creating advancements that we wouldn't have been able to do without those three minds coming together and solving a problem as one rather
Daily Whispers
"marriott" Discussed on Daily Whispers
"If there's anything I've learned from this nomadic life, I've been living for the last year and a half. Is that we me I constantly run away from life as it is right now. And I do that and have done it. Through just incessant striving, buying, and doing. The constant improving, the constant need to make things different. How about you? Are you always on the move? So for the last year and a half, if you're not aware, I have been without a home. My husband and I gave up our House owe about 5 years ago, moved into a rental apartment, then gave up the rental apartment. And have been doing short term rentals around the country. And road trips. No, we don't have an RV. We either stay in short term rentals like a two month rental or we are using lots of our Marriott points and living in hotels. It's exhilarating. It's terrifying. And it's not forever. But the whole process of doing this has been an experiment in really untangling ourselves from condition patterns. One of the patterns that I have untangled by self from, and I'm not saying completely, but I've become super aware of. Is how I just keep myself busy. In striving buying and doing. And I want to highlight buying right now because yesterday I talked about letting go of the idea that there's a better version of yourself out there. And one of the ways that I think that we are in this constant busyness is through buying, buying things that will improve our lives. Madison Avenue has trained us very, very well. To constantly look for the next thing. For the next thing to fix, refurbish, redo, renew, whatever. And not having a home, not having literally not having a shipping address. Has made it really obvious to me how much I used to buy. Buy and ship, Amazon, free shipping by and redo. Oh, I could replace this, and I can, I need this. Let me do that..
Bloomberg Radio New York
"marriott" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Federal Reserve Jay Bryce and his chief economist at Wells Fargo securities I think it's going to be volatile here for a while You know the fed has a very tricky road ahead to play What it's trying to do is keep inflation expectations in check It's trying to show that it's on the ball here It's going to be raising rates So we don't get inflation Get out of control but at the same time you don't want to be tightening so fast that you choke off the recovery And the same goes with other major central banks around the world Marriott International has reported earnings that beat expectations as demand for leisure travel powers the hotel recovery Marriott International shares pushing higher now by 4.1% JetBlue buying 30 additional Airbus a two 2300 planes bolstering the carrier's fleet and allowing it to more swiftly retire older aircraft Again an update on Wall Street the S&P up by 50 points now up 1.1% One O two on Wall Street time now for the market drivers report with a focus on American depositary receipts Here she is Charlie thank you ADR's up about 1% broadly in line with the rebound you're seeing in the broader index underneath the hood some moves here delivery hero those ADRs at 15% after CEO bought €14 million or $60 million of course comes after the stock suffered its worst sell off on record last week CEO essentially putting his money where his mouth is when he encouraged shareholders to buy into the stock will move their from there to Singapore see limited those ADRs up 11% Kathy wood taking advantage of once again a record slump in the ecommerce and gaming company snapping up more of the shares after India banned one of its products resulting in once again a pretty strong sell off Nevertheless C limited ADRs up 11% in the session I'll end here with tau education It's leading a rebound in Chinese education stocks after three days of declines for the group to sell off coming after Beijing's extended ban on online tutoring firms from offering high school curriculum classes The theme of the day in the ADR space Charlie seems to be buying the dip essentially We thank you very much pretty Gupta theme of the day stocks moving higher rebound perhaps that is the theme of the S&P up 48 up 1.1% can not ignore that tenure the yield on the tenure right now two O 3% I'm Charlie pala fat There's a Bloomberg business flash This is balance of power with David Weston Expectations on inflation over the long term have been remarkably well anchored We're living in a changing time where investors want the information of the climate risk of the companies in which they invest Where the world of politics meets the world of business I certainly am looking forward as we go into 2022 getting more people back to work in America As well as the anomaly there's a lot of stuff you can do that a normal company can do Balance of power with David Weston on Bloomberg radio Russia says it will pull some of its troops back from the Ukraine border is the SEC underestimating the threat to markets from the GameStop explosion a.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"marriott" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Courtyard Weston Ritz Carlton Well all of those you're talking about Maria Marriott runs about 30 brands or so right And Stephanie Leonard's is CEO of Marriott International And Bloomberg's Carol master and radio host Larry Mullins from Odyssey's news station ten ten wins had a chance to ask Leonard's helpings are going for Marriott And here's what you had to say about that and about the future of the brand Marriott Bonvoy is really the tip of the spear in terms of our consumer strategy It is the way we really kind of it's the vessel the way I think about it for all 30 of our brands and all of our travel experiences And so when we think about partnerships we think about partnerships and that add value to consumers Most of our partnerships are in some way shape or form related to travel right Because that's the business we're in And so whether it's a joint venture travel joint venture we did with Alibaba and China or program we did with Rakuten and Japan where you could join a loyalty program on that front or Uber as we talked about or with the NFL or with Formula One all of these partnerships tied to Bonvoy are about enhancing the stickiness of the Marriott Bonvoy program more engagement and touch points for us with consumers That's how we think about partners Is it going to be additive to the Marriott Bonvoy program Is it going to make for more engagement and good engagement But I want to underscore the most important thing about Marriott Bonvoy at the end of the day though is our brands and our hotels right Nobody wants to earn Marriott Bonvoy points if we don't have fabulous hotels And amazing guest experiences So the backbone of our company is our brands and our hotels You know we've recently got into the home rental business and spun up a new business there And it is terrific It's relatively small but it's still in service of and to support our core hotel business So we often think about partnerships and new businesses that we spin up as a way to support our core hotel business Okay Stephanie can I get you in trouble for just a moment Sure Ask me What is the boss's favorite Marriott Hotel What is mister Marriott's favorite hotel Oh yours Don't even try I thought you meant the big big boss It's kind of like when you have lots of children and pick a favorite But I'm gonna do it anyways Larry I'm gonna go out on a limb and get myself in trouble And say one of my favorite hotels is the Ritz Carlton in New Orleans And I'll tell you why Right after that hotel opened over 20 years ago my husband and I got engaged there And my husband's from New Orleans And we were the very first couple to get engaged in the courtyard there So I feel I'm kind of safe when I can say that hotel has a bear and we go back there for our anniversary quite a bit So that's at the top of my list in terms of my favorite hotels But when you have close to 8000 it is hard It is hard to pick It's hard to pick You know it's interesting too that I think about as a leader You're constantly looking at the competition and increasingly especially during the pandemic people were staying in homes I love what you guys are doing with homes and villas and I've got to say it's like going down a fun rabbit hole Just looking through the different places to go how big a part of that is your business or the growth coming from that kind of stays And that's what consumers want Well you know we're really excited about it as I just mentioned It's relatively small in 2019 So it's relatively new We only had about 2000 homes on our site The other players whether it's Airbnb or booking or verbo and they have millions and millions right So it's still relatively small We're now getting close to 50,000 homes So we've grown it pretty significantly But we play in a very very specific part of the market We only are in the premium and luxury space We only have homes that are professionally managed We have very strict brand standards around homes and villas by Marriott International You must have a certain design aesthetic You must have 24 hour service in terms of the guests needs something A certain amenities washer drier I could go on and on But we have very strict standards as it relates to getting on our platform premium and luxury only professionally managed homes The best part about homes and villas though is that one of the best parts is that you can earn and redeem your Marriott on points So back to my point about the core business being part of what we do We'd like to say Carol please give us all your hotel business You can for a romantic weekend with your spouse save the Ritz Carlton of the saint Regis If you've got something you know you can stay the courtyard or a Fairfield in maybe for a business trip and I don't want to go through all our brands but you get the point Give us all your business and earn these points and redeem them for a fabulous villa in Tuscany So we're also launching Ritz Carlton yacht next year is another opportunity to earn and redeem points So this is all about kind of building again in ecosystem around travel and experiences that makes consumers love us more Some a few more advanced Stephanie We know you have a business to run We have a few more minutes left here.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"marriott" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Going to make for more engagement and good engagement But I want to underscore the most important thing about Marriott Bonvoy at the end of the day though is our brands and our hotels right Nobody wants to earn Marriott Bonvoy points if we don't have fabulous hotels And amazing guest experiences So the backbone of our company is our brands and our hotels You know we recently got into the home rental business and spun up a new business there And it is terrific It's relatively small but it's still in service of and to support our core hotel business So we often think about partnerships and new businesses that we spin up as a way to support our core hotel business Okay Stephanie can I get you in trouble for just a moment Sure Ask me What is the boss's favorite Marriott Here's the hotel What is mister Marriott's favorite hotel Oh yours don't even try I thought you meant the big big boss It's kind of like when you have lots of children to pick a favorite But I'm gonna do it anyways Larry I'm gonna go out on a limb and get myself in trouble And say one of my favorite hotels is the Ritz Carlton in New Orleans And I'll tell you why Right after that hotel opened over 20 years ago my husband and I got engaged there And my husband's from New Orleans And we were the very first couple to get engaged in the courtyard there So I feel I'm kind of safe when I can say that hotel has a very and we go back there for our anniversary quite a bit So that's at the top of my list in terms of my favorite hotels But when you have close to 8000 it is hard It is hard to pick It's hard to pick You know it's interesting too that I think about as a leader You're constantly looking at the competition and increasingly especially during the pandemic people were staying in homes I love what you guys are doing with homes and villas and I've got to say it's like going down a fun rabbit hole Just looking through the different places to go how big a part of that is your business or the growth coming from that kind of stays And that's what consumers want Well you know we're really excited about it as I just mentioned It's relatively small in 2019 So it's relatively new We only had about 2000 homes on our site The other players whether it's Airbnb or booking or verbo and they have millions and millions right So it's still relatively small We're now getting close to 50,000 homes So we've grown it pretty significantly But we play in a very very specific part of the market We only are in the premium and luxury space We only have homes that are professionally managed We have very strict brand standards around homes and villas by Marriott International You must have a certain design aesthetic You must have 24 hour service in terms of the guest needs something A certain amenities washer drier I could go on and on But we have very strict standards as it relates to getting on our platform premium and luxury only professionally managed homes The best part about homes and villas though is that one of the best parts is that you can earn and redeem your Marriott on points So back to my point about the core business being part of what we do We'd like to say Carol please give us all your hotel business You can for a romantic weekend with your spouse save the Ritz Carlton of the saint Regis If you've got something you know you can stay the courtyard or a Fairfield in maybe for a business trip and I don't want to go through all our brands but you get the point give us all your business and earn these points and redeem them for a fabulous villa in Tuscany So we're also launching Ritz Carlton yachts next year Another opportunity to earn and redeem points So this is all about kind of building again an ecosystem around travel and experiences that makes consumers love us more Some a few more advanced Stephanie We know you have a business to run We have a few more minutes left here in our little guy together But let me ask you on a serious point Did you ever dream that we would be having this conversation about a company that is obviously moving forward having endured having conquered so far the pandemic Did you think at one point was there every point that you thought boy this is it We've never seen anything like this There was never a moment that I thought we wouldn't make it through And there was also a never I actually thought I really did believe we would come back sooner rather than later because I just so fundamentally believe that travel and people whether it's for business travel leisure travel Again I just think it's so fundamental to how consumers want to live their lives I knew it would come back And I knew our company would not only survive this but thrive And as a matter of fact I mean I think companies really define themselves and how they navigate a crisis right You can just hunker down and try to survive Or you can use it as an occasion to innovate and actually invest and actually start new things and get ready for a new reality and a new future And that's what we chose to do We chose to even in our darkest days invest innovate lean in because we knew we were going to come out of this So I think that this crisis has been terrible and most importantly I think it was a health crisis People lost their lives I think we can talk a lot about the business implications but never forget at the heart of it what the COVID pandemic was All right so let's talk a little bit about what's to come It's funny you know you talk about technology and I think there was a point when people were talking about augmented reality or virtual reality that that was going to replace people actually going to actually destinations That hasn't happened We're talking about things like the metaverse How do you think about the future of travel and where it continues to grow and innovate Stephanie When I think that the future I do think we'll see some new trends I do think we'll see some different things I think it would be naive to say that the worldwide experiment would zoom in teams And I think I'm StreamYard Today whatever the tech choice is that no matter what it is it's going to change the way people work and live their lives I believe right That being said I think some travel segments may actually grow And let me give you an example There's a phrase that flowing around the travel industry called leisure meaning that people are mixing business trips and leisure trips in a way that they never have before So this concept that and I did some of it this past summer I went to Greece with my husband and kids and I did both some vacationing and I met with owners and toward hotels So I do think particularly with more companies are being flexible that people can work from anywhere I think you'll see people taking longer trips and then again mixing business and leisure And we're starting to see how this plays out over time of course it's early days but we're starting to see some of this in our data I'm starting to see it just when I go to our hotels it used to be walked into one of our hotels and I could say that person that that woman is a business traveler That gentleman is a leisure traveler Like I could really tell you know just by looking at people And I think now it's kind of hard to tell you know So I think this concept of leisure could mean even more travel And of course some things may scale back for a while Business travel is not coming back as fast as other segments That may take a while to recover I personally think it will So I don't know I think we'll see some new things like leisure popping up And technology will continue to accelerate Technology will be more and more a part of the guest experience as we move forward But I don't think it will ever replace the human element I like that leisure Stephanie.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"marriott" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Brian schuch The obviously a wonderful steward of the company's balance sheet but I rely on her heavily as any leader would as we try to look around the corner Part of our job is to make sure what do customers want What are they thinking that they want next year and the next year And that takes investment and that takes thinking ahead of time of where you want to get You could call leni oberg Marriott's chief future officer I always love finance I did figure out that one side worked at a financial services firm that it was a great experience for a few years but that I ultimately wanted to join a team for a more long-term way to try to build a business Oberg joined Marriott as part of its investor relations group in 1999 As is often the case for many people things evolve the company grows opportunities show up and I really was able to build a set of skills and experiences that helped prepare me for the CFO role Not only in corporate level roles but also operational and international She's being chief financial officer since 2016 the year Marriott acquired star with hotels and resorts and became the largest hotel chain in the world Although that scale remains an advantage all the industry's major players are finding it crucial to innovate in the wake of an unprecedented disruption That was the wake-up call for.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"marriott" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"With the new W there's a view line resort in snow mask which is a Marriott autograph collection And then there's a hotel in Vail called the heist which is right by the eagle Bond gondola So there's a lot of fun new things to try in the U.S. too Well you mentioned Vail And I feel like when it comes to ski resorts we can't talk about what's going there They're one of the publicly held ski resorts So let's talk about Vale because they've got a new operator taking over and I love this story It's entitled the city kid takes over at veil So tell us about Kirsten lynch So Kirsten lynch on November 1st is going to become the CEO of Vale which really for the past two years has been steering the conversation in American skiing and has really acquiring other resorts as really actually sort of dominated American skiing And she was working at bail for a long time and she was as she was in marketing and actually she created their app the epic epic mix app which is helps you track your runs can show you where what trails are groomed which trails are crowded It's like a real live schema map for you which is actually useful You don't feel like pull out the condition of paper and grooming reports or at the end of the day try to remember how many runs you did So she's had all these sort of clever innovations while she was working in marketing at Vail And now she's taking over And she's actually the first woman CEO of any of these ski resorts And actually among the few in any kind of hospitality organization in America So just to date myself a little bit I lived in Vail for a few years after college more than three years And we didn't have the epic mix app back then We had iPhones I didn't have an iPhone They were when they first came out BlackBerry person You'd like to have a BlackBerry at the time Who didn't But one thing we did when I lived in veil and I would do with my friends Chris after working all day we would grab our skis or telemark gear and we actually ski uphill It's increasingly become something that a lot more people are doing these days And in fact we were doing it for free It was just allowed But resorts all over the country are starting to charge for upheld Yeah so upheld is the semi masochistic part of strapping on your skis putting some Kris you got to earn your turns With the skins are things that you put on your skis that help you walk uphill in your seat and you get these special detachable bindings And basically you walk to the top of the mountain and you ski down which means that at the beginning of the pandemic when lifts were closed you could go up onto the mountains and ski on your own basically on the mountain to yourself Or you can go before the open course serious skiers like you really want to do And because it actually has become such a thing over the past two years and really really grown Some of the resorts have started charging a small amount for tickets It could be $20 for a day It could be $90 for a whole season And basically what the goal with the charging is to get you to sign a liability waiver because they want you to they need you to like find a way that you won't do them at something happen And they just want to regulate it a little bit more But it's become really a big thing and I grew up in New England when I wasn't fancy like you said I didn't go live unveiled for three years But we weren't doing an active way trust me Come on you were jumping from helicopters We know You're among Friends you can share I was what they refer to you know locally as a dirtbag What I want to know is why would you go uphill So much Well we did it because well for a few reasons One you can do it to access terrain that you can't access on a lift But the reason we did it is because we would be working all day and we could go uphill when the lifts were closed So we go uphill for an hour a couple hours and then go have a beer and a burger Sounds like it was a great workout It was It is a great workout You're doing it at 8000 It's not easy Earning your turns it means something right Hey listen also in the magazine you guys talk about the gear that you need to do this It sounds like there's a lot of stuff out there Yeah yes exactly So you know you need skin for the bottom of your skis you need special binding there are boosts that are designed for it by dinosaurs which actually Formula One engineers helps design This I didn't really know actually because I'm not super familiar with the snowboard version of this but split board you can get a snowboard that actually flips into two So you can walk up the hill on two skis and then eclipse back together and then you carve down which I was blew my mind obviously people have known about this for a long time Chris thank you so much Bloomberg pursuits editor Chris rouse or with a look at her annual ski special And that wraps up the week in addition to Bloomberg businessweek from Bloomberg.
Sword and Scale
The Death of Lizzi Marriott
"But on this night. Roberta wasn't in a talkative mood and she declined to lexus. Calls twice then. Roberto notice that lex was calling her third time thinking that he must have something urgent to tell her. Roberta finally decided to answer but when she did. Lex wasn't on the line instead. Roberta heard the voice of lexus girlfriend. She sounded frantic hectic. And she's like. I need you to come over here. She said something. And i wish to remember the via book almost like she was trying to tell me some kind of code word. As far as that something was something had gone wrong. Roberta told lexus girlfriend that she would try to make it over to lex apartment and hung up the phone then. Roberto went to her boyfriend. Paul hickok and told him about this strange call so the phone call from who might didn't know who this less yet Says they need help because when she get off the phone she says this friend. I says desirable friend in east fans indie. Okay let's go get up and walk out to. Roberta and paul drove alexis apartment. And when they arrived both lex his girlfriend met them in the hallway of the apartment complex. So we go in and they walk down to their apartment door. Okay the oakland. The apartment door in this girl for okay was was she's naked. I were okay with banning children. What do i do i you do. I grabbed my girlfriend's shannon. So she didn't walk into closer. This why we're counting. What the hell's going on here right after being into his apartment. Paul and roberta came upon a bizarre and horrifying scene lying on the floor. Face up with the naked body of teenage girl and rapped over. Her head were two layers of plastic shopping bags
Fat Mascara
Sensory Marketing: Marketing to the 5 Senses
"Of your papers talked about this terminology. Sensory marketing so just like to give background to our listeners. What is that an is it at play in the world of beauty and personal care definitely so sensory marketing. It's it's kind of like not just color but this field of sensory marketing kind of exploded in the early two thousands Where people started to again. It's kind of like a low hanging fruit right. People weren't really studying. How the senses impact again. Our purchase behavior our consumption behaviour How we view brands and products. And people i guess a services So sensory marking basically looks at how to utilize the five senses to create again Experiences or products so I tend to focus on the visual. I like color There are people who kind of devote their research. Career looking at. How sent impacts Consumption behaviors in how you view certain products or people so all the five senses and like. It's very interesting because brands are doing it. Like brands are been doing this for the longest time But the academic world. I guess didn't really look into it in a systematic way up until like the early to mid two thousands in so for instance hotel brands right. Hotels want to have a consistent look and feel across all their their properties so if you go to marriott in chicago we go to marriott and paris when you walk in. You're going to have the same like sensory experience. The colors are going to be similar or the same You might even recognize the smell of a lobby right. These are always marketers. Used to create the sensory experience It's interesting because i found out is preparing for this podcast. That marriott actually has a signature scent they call the tune and you can actually buy like us little Sent diffusers candles all these things marriott sense you can make your house smell like the marriott which i found agreeing with like lesser news than like some positano hotel. I don't know i did not know marriott that one but okay. Yeah i got a link where i got a link. I couldn't believe it like there's all these marriott sent diffusers in candles. And i'm like okay i marriott smells like i haven't traveled in that in a bit. Yeah while allegedly it supposed to smell it it here like apple in grapefruit mixed with jasmine roses cedar so who the it sounds really nice does so that all that whole putting together a brand in the five senses that is sensory marketing. That is sensory marketing. Yes
Scuba Shack Radio
Your Next Dive - Key Largo
"Last year my goal was to do a segment of your next dive where i featured key largo dive mecca here in the united states. I wanted to time this segment for just after we returned from key. Largo in april of two thousand and twenty. Well we all know how that turned out. We did not get there and again in two thousand and twenty one. We were not able to plan out an excursion as we would have hoped to. Two thousand and twenty two however is on the horizon. But i didn't wanna wait any longer to talk about key largo so here we go with your next dive where we travel to key largo florida. I think i've mentioned it before here on the podcast that my first is after getting a certification where with it's a dive located at the marriott hotel on the overland highway in key largo and it was fantastic. How about your first real dive being on a real historic wreck the city of washington a ship that was in havana harbor when the us main exploded and sank now. There are many reasons to choose key largo as your dive destination. Especially if you live in the eastern part of the united states first off. It's easy to get to. You can either fly into fort lauderdale. Which is my preferred airport. As i find it logistically navigate or miami which is a little closer to key Key largo you just hop in your rental car. That is if you can find one these days and head on down now. Let's talk a little bit about the dive. Operators in key largo as you can imagine being to dive. Mecca that it is. There are quite a number of operators to choose from it's a dive at the marriott is no longer operating but i will talk about two of the operators. I'm familiar with. They are horizon divers and rainbow reef now right after only a couple of months. After i did that first trip to key largo i returned and at that time. I drove with horizon divers back. Then they were located in marina at mile marker one hundred of the overseas highway and that was right next to the courtyard by marriott. Which at the time was a radison. It was very convenient to roll out of bed. Get a quick bite to eat and stroll over to the dive. Shot horizon has moved however and they are now located on the overseas highway at mile marker. One oh six. That's the dive shop in a retail store. Their boats are located about a half a mile up the road next to a place called shipwrecks oceanside now rainbow reef has taken over the old horizon diver facility at the mile marker one hundred marina additionally they also bought out ocean divers on the other side of the marina and have quite a large operation. Now the last time we were in key largo. We stayed at the courtyard and dove with horizon. We were going to go back to key. Largo in two thousand twenty and planned to die with rainbow reef. We didn't make it down there now. If you're looking to do more technical diving then. I think horizon divers maybe a better choice for the shallow reefs that i like rainbow reef might be a good option as they have those big forty six foot newton dive boats now. I have to admit that. I've never done the deeper wrecks down there like spiegel grove. Where the dwayne bid. But i love the shallow wrecks like the city of washington. The hanan bell. Also known as mike's wreck and especially the ben would. They are teeming with fish life and are great places to do fish identification and surveys. You can also experience of great dives on elbow reef molasses reef and french reef another great shallow dive through the book spurring grove. Karl is christ of the abyss. Dry rocks you can grit some great photo opportunities there. The water temperatures in key largo range from the mid seventies in the winter months to the mid eighties in the peak of the summer. When i dove in april of two thousand and nineteen. I was pretty comfortable on the shallow reefs with my three millimeter wetsuit. Only wanna do to morning dives. You can free up your afternoons for some topside adventures. A trip to reef headquarters Is interesting or you can take a tour of the coral restoration foundation and just down. The road is the history of diving museum in l. morada. I was really looking forward to getting to the museum last year and hope that i can make it down there next april. Talk about the dining. While if you're staying at the courtyard on the marina you don't have to get in your car and drive someplace you can just scroll stroll over skippers doc right on the marina. They have some great conch chowder. There and if you want a burger or some pub food than walk a little bit further down to dr sharpies shark bite grill. You'll probably run into some of the dive staff there hanging out now. Another great place to eat is the pilot house and that's located right near the coral restoration foundation very close by and and if you're in the mood for pizza then upper crust pizza at mile marker one zero one point six. Just make sure it's not. Wednesday is their closed. We made that mistake. So as i wrap up this segment. If you've been diving in key largo. I hope that you will agree that it is really a cool place to dive. And if you've never been there. I would encourage you to consider putting a trip there on your counter. I regret having taken fourteen years between visits. I'm not gonna make that mistake again.
Riot Podcast
Prophesy End Times: Israel and United States Roles -Christian Podcast - burst 02
"Welcome to the riott podcasts. We have practical discussions about how to share your faith. Seen news is and after some questions. Welcome to the riott podcast. Everyone this is. Bob shown them in along with my co host berry rice. Hey hey hey. And pete robertson was happening guys. How was your week and lots of hearts candy and roses. Yeah they did pretty good with that. We my wife and i went to. Where did we go. We went to hang out somewhere. Oh we went down to disney springs down in Orlando and We hung out down there and walked around and ate dinner and listen to music. All there's a lot of jazz players down there so like there was two different guys that were playing saxophone and so it was kind of like the romantic kind of day and so we just sat and did nothing in listened but there were so many people there. This was on valentine's yeah very nice. Weren't you like somewhere you the church. I was also in disney. Yes at a church. I took my wife to. She loves italian. You guys know that krystal loves italian food so we we went to The swan hotel also in disney and they had this really nice italian restaurant in there and It was amazing. Neither why think she been there when she was a kid. But i've never never walked around those hotels before so we walked over to the boardwalk and and The yacht club was over there. Just just really cool just really cool places to look and those buildings the architecture and just the detail it's disney right so the details and then we got rained on a little bit but it was cool so we had a reservation of seven sudden a seven forty five. We got there like six thirty and just had an hour to walk around kind of everything on really cool. You wanna know. Cool fact i do. That's the only property on disney property that disney doesn't own marriott. Right yeah weight. The swans is by. Until i was there. Any marriott's around disney world. Two three go and just go into into disneyworld won't marriott world rightfully called. It's amazing yes. Huge i yeah. I did not know that. Barry until we were there and it was funny because everybody's doing the three d. bar codes for menus right so you pop up on your phone menu. New said marietta on their like yeah. Didn't that's interesting. I didn't tell you guys were jd. Did for The girls my son sent Bouquets of flowers
Noon Report with Rick Van Cise
Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson Dies
"Today that Marriott's boss has died. The company, says CEO Arne Sorenson, who had been fighting pancreatic cancer since May of 2019 passed away on Monday at the age of 62. Sorenson had been Marriotts chief executive since 2012
Morning Edition
Tech Giants Join Corporate Reckoning Over Political Spending
"Is looking at money in politics in a new light. Ah growing list of companies is pausing some political spending after last week's violent attack on the U. S. Capitol. Among them are tech giants Facebook, Microsoft and Google and big banks, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan. Full disclosure. Those five companies are among NPR's recent sponsors. NPR's Alina Cellucci reports. One after another. Corporations piled on one trade group called for the removal of President Trump and not just hanging group, the National Association of Manufacturers, a longtime supporter of Trump. Many of the tech and banking giants halted all their political giving, at least for a few months. Marriott, Comcast, Airbnb and others stopped donations to specific Republican lawmakers. Those who fought the certification of the election at this moment right that this crisis moment they sensitive, really important signal. MEREDITH McGee. He's the executive director of issue one and nonprofit that works to reduce the influence of money in politics. You just can't really over emphasize the role that donor Play in the current political calculation, and it's unusual to see so many companies on their own without a campaign to pressure them publicly address how they contribute to the current political state. But there are caveats. This is often the moment when many companies reevaluate their political spending right after an election. Plus, there are many ways companies make political donations. All the corporate statements now are about their official political action committees, but there are also super PACs. And tax exempt groups that don't have to disclose donors and a lot of corporate spending flows from individuals like executives. The biggest question is money in politics groups ask. Will this flurry of corporate reckoning be an epiphany or a fat Alina Cell yuk NPR news?
WZFG The Flag 1100AM
"marriott" Discussed on WZFG The Flag 1100AM
"Is opening another mega site to distribute covert 19 vaccines. This one in Gloucester County in the southern part of the state, But Governor Phil Murphy wars because we have the vaccines in New Jersey doesn't mean the pandemic is over, however. This pandemic will be over when we defeat this virus for good and a significant part of that requires getting millions of our fellow New Jerseyans vaccinated, he says. The site is open to all New Jersey residents who are health care workers and first responders, not just in that county. Right now the state is vaccinating just those groups, Murphy says. That will gradually be open up to all residents in the coming weeks and months. In Britain, where more contagious variant of covert 19 is spreading seven large scale vaccination sites open today. Goldman Sachs and Google have joined the list of companies pray, pressing pause on political donations. Earlier today, a major hotel chain made a similar announcement. Area International says it will suspend donations to US lawmakers who voted against certifying President elect Joe Biden's victory last week. Marriott spokeswoman tells Reuters. The company has taken the destructive events at the Capitol to undermine a legitimate and fair election into consideration and will be pausing political giving from its political action committee to those who voted against certification of the election. Citigroup says it will pause contributions as the country goes through the presidential transition and hopefully emerges from these events stronger and more United. GeneCo's sold to Fox knew more than two years after her death. The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin has had a Detroit Post office named after her congresswoman Brenda Lawrence, who sponsored the bill to rename the Fox Creek Station said renaming this facility after her is a small gesture of gratitude for Franklin's countless contributions to Detroit and the United States. Post office is not far from the theater, which has also been renamed for Franklin. I'm Lisa. Let Sarah and this is Fox News. Here's your flag forecast. Patchy fog is possible across the area tonight under decreasing clouds with low dropping to run 16 as we get into your Tuesday will see plenty of sunshine. Highs work up to.
America First with Sebastian Gorka
Marriott to cut off donations to Republicans who opposed Electoral College count after riot
"Withhold donations from Republican senators who challenge the electoral college results. Capital, Little correspondent Bob Bag. You has that story in a statement to the political publication Popular Information, first reported by Bloomberg, A spokesman for Marriott blames the procedural challenges for the actions taken by some pro trump demonstrators who stormed the building. Democrats insists senators Ted Cruz and Josh Holly incited the melee by voicing their concerns about the election results. Under the rule. Several challenges were made. The results for those states first debated and then voted on in the Senate. In the end, all were approved and Joe Biden was ratified his winner of the 2020 election, buying a report California with another
CNBC's Fast Money
Airbnb is larger than all hotel stocks after its IPO
"One of these things is not like the other awards sesame street. Just take a look at the travel sox. Airbnb is market. Cap now. Stands at eighty six and a half billion dollars that is bigger than booking holdings marriott hilton and expedia and it goes beyond travel with. Today's gains. Airbnb is now bigger than target and goldman sachs. We could talk about money being left on the table. We talk about the huge. I stay pop but the question that we need to answer tonight is simply. Does that make sense. That i mean what you say. They're into four billion dollars in revenue. They're expecting double digit revenue growth. At least the analysts are start doing the math. I mean it's going to take in my opinion five years to deserve this valuation. And maybe that's the way the world is right now. Maybe people don't care maybe this sort of the grey fool theory thing but when you sort of look at this and look at jordache yesterday and save yourself. What am i missing i. It doesn't make any sense to me. It takes a long time to grow in these evaluations. And oh by the way we didn't even talk about but the employment Situation this country is not getting better. As a matter of fact that seems to be getting worse and although we can talk about know the summer of next year things getting back to normal a long time from here to there so in my world. It's ridiculously expensive melissa.
Therapist Uncensored Podcast
What if its You thats the Difficult One?
"Hand kelly as marriott person diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder comes into the first session. And says you know it's been really bugging me. I don't like to do things for other people if it's a inconvenience for me. I'm not interested. And that it's because i'm kind of super sensitive. And that's why i take it out on my partner and kind of blame and externalize and i'd really like some help getting A little more empathic aware and being able to do that in a reliable way because in reality. I'm pretty selfish. What do you think. I think my heart rate would go up and i'd go. Oh my god. This is awesome. But i i would say what's the catch. I think this does not feel real. Say that is a rare to never has never happened in the history of the human race however this is super cool. Many of our listeners have contacted us. We've gotten a lot of feedback about the course. Thank you. And one of the themes of the feedback is what i is. A covert nurses identifies. I do and vice. Grandiose like people very much have an ear for what if it's me that's difficult person and i love that and i want to compliment everyone for that. I think it's wonderful our wrap up session today. This is the sixth in a series of six. We're going to try to do the takeaways and really pull things together. But we'll have it kind of in the context of if it's you now if it's not you it's still your partner and that's what you're listening. It's easy translation. First of all for those that have reached out. We just have an amazing listener base and said you know what i can recognize myself in this. What do i do if i do. I just the fact that one can ask that question. Basically also means that there's so much great going on in new because the reason why that doesn't happen especially if you have a really deep seated narcissistic tendency is it's very threatening sometimes to slow down and take a look at ourselves. That's why we have these. Great things called defenses the come up and they protect us from self reflection but they also get in the way of so much so if you have the ability to walk in ago i think i'm still centered. I think guy. I see people in a way what they can do for me rather than what i can give to them and you can really recognize that yourself. There's so much self reflection going on. I mean by definition. It means you're not that narcissistic you're probably any of you. That are struggling with this and seeing yourself in this and asking for help with it like reaching out that way. You're more secure than you think right. And like and saying this is great. Because that's one of the big things is like i even being aware that there's a problem remember. On some of the other episodes we talked about where the hope and it has to do with. I you have to be aware it's a problem to you've got to want to change it and three you've got to actively be working on actually making that change and not. Just kind of saying yeah. I kind of wish that was different. But so we mentioned our community and how much we love our community and how smart an awesome. They are in particular for this episode. We want to dedicate it to. All of our patrons are neuro nerd community that has above and beyond by supporting us through patriarch dot com slash therapists uncensored. You guys are awesome. And we'll say more about that at the end but the specifically dedicated to you guys so in the example that we started with right somebody walking in going. I think i'm struggling with narcissistic traits. Which by the way people ever come in and say well. That's not true. That's true but we'll come in and say like a diagnosed myself is borderline or right. Like i think people do i in and i think not with this and i'll do. It doesn't start there though really really sometimes. It's we get there. Through the process of therapy. People will actually do think. I struggle with that. Yeah the more. Typical scenario is that someone drags someone by the ear into therapy to work on the relationship which is good because it's through distress. If you're sick you're not a distress. You're pretty happy typically and you're not aware of other people's distress around you so by causing distress relational distress. You can get some hope of like. Oh now they're motivated to make their marriage a little better so regardless of the kind of narcissism that you have there are some key features not very well developed that. If we could just do those things your relationship would probably improve your relationships in general and we've got the serious and if you haven't yet heard them feel free to go back and catch up. This might be more meaningful to you with that but one of the things we do know is that empathy is present. There's a new study out. That really looks at empathy and listening skills and things like that are very weak and narcissistic people with high narcissism. The question is can they be learned and this new study is very hopeful about
WBZ Afternoon News
Boston’s Revere Hotel fires more than 100 workers, union says
"Hospitality industry continues to get clobbered the local hotel showing more than 100. Previously furloughed workers. The unemployment line for good furloughs turned into layoffs at the Revere Hotel Boston Common the latest in what's been a domino effect for hotel workers in the city, and it follows similar moves by the Boston Marriott Copley Place in the four Seasons Boylston Street. Globe reports. Union workers are gathering steam and protest signing a petition for management at the revered to give them their jobs back when business snaps back
The Mark Arum Show
1 dead, 1 critical after stolen car crashes in Midtown Atlanta, police say
"Quick quick and and deadly deadly into into a a car car theft theft in in downtown downtown Atlanta. Atlanta. Unidentified Unidentified female female this this He He stole stole a a vehicle vehicle unidentified unidentified meal meal in in critical critical condition condition minutes minutes after after a a Jaguar Jaguar SUV SUV was was stolen stolen from from the the Marriott Marquis. The couple inside were at death's door also noticed the vehicle turning into a parking day, but the gate would not go up and saw the suspects in the vehicle put the vehicle in reverse Graham in the officer's field, Atlanta police captain Antonio Place says by the time the officer righted that patrol car, the SUV had flown onto Juniper Street, crashing into a utility pole and bursting into flames, which were covering the man as he left from the car. Veronica Waters. 95.5
NPR's Business Story of the Day
'So Hard To Prove You Exist': Flawed Fraud Protections Deny Unemployment To Millions
"During the pandemic state unemployment systems have become a target for organized crime rings, they steal money through fraudulent claims but arguably a bigger problem is that some of the systems in place to prevent fraud like that have been hurting millions of innocent people. NPR's Chris Arnold reports when Sevi- guas lost his job as a food and beverage manager. Marriott Hotel near San. Jose he figured locale apply for unemployment. This was back in March he went online put in his info waited for weeks couldn't get through on the phone after more than a month he was told to mail and more proof of his identity mind driver's license picture of my past poor copy of my w. two she said the more documentation that I could put. In there to prove who I was would help out my case out his case Gouache had clearly lost his job with a big company had ide- what was the problem but this dragged on and on weeks would go by they need another documents and six months later, gouache still hadn't gotten any unemployment money manny can't find another job I had about seventeen. Thousand dollars saved gouaches thirty two years old, and he'd been saving up to go back to community college to try to become a computer programmer. He moved into a smaller apartment to save money but he still had to drain that entire savings for college. There's not enough left to pay rent next month to watch what I worked really hard to get dwindle away. I don't WanNa get angry in front of you for the interview. But it has been really really frustrating and the whole thing to seem so Kafka ask avoidable to him. It's so hard to just prove that you exist in California alone millions of people are having a hard time proving they exist as they struggle to get the unemployment benefits that they deserve and it turns out washes right? A lot of this was completely unnecessary.