Why The Hospitality Industry Needs More Entrepreneurs — Strategies, Ideas, and Musings with Andrew Kitchell

Meet Andrew Kitchell, a hospitality and proptech entrepreneur currently leading the team at Wheelhouse — a technology platform that helps you manage your short-term rentals as professionally and efficiently as major hotels—from understanding performance to better nightly pricing.

Andrew is no stranger to tech or hospitality…in fact, he was building companies in Silicon Valley while a then-small start-up “Air Bed and Breakfast” was working their way through Y Combinator, the most exclusive of startup accelerators in the world.

In this episode, Andrew and I discuss:

- The revenue management strategies that the best hospitality entrepreneurs use to scale their brand reach as well as their revenue and profitability

-new business opportunities for entrepreneurs looking to build in the ever-dynamic industry of hospitality

- and what the future of travel, workcations, and experiential stays just might look like.

Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn here or on Twitter here. 

Learn more about Wheelhouse here. 

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About the Show

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