Take a look at the newest episode within the Suite Spot: Impartial Lodge Present Collection, to listen to from the COO of The Indigo Highway Hospitality Group, Gabriel Perez!
Gabriel breaks down the intricacies of F&B in hospitality, how the Indigo model is evolving, and what attendees can look ahead to on the 2025 Impartial Lodge Present Miami.
Ryan Embree:Welcome to Suite Spot, the place hoteliers examine in, and we try what’s trending in lodge advertising. I’m your host, Ryan Embree. Hey everybody. Welcome to a different episode of The Spot. That is your host, Ryan Embry, and we’re a part of our Impartial Lodge present sequence. That is the second version of this new sequence that we’re kicking off in collaborating with the Impartial Lodge Present. That is your first time we’re bringing on advisory board members, crew members of the Impartial Lodge Present, getting us equipped for that present right here at Miami Seaside this September. We can’t wait. Uh, and I additionally can’t wait to herald my visitor, so I’ll carry him in. Gabriel Perez, COO of lodging at The Indigo Highway Hospitality Group. Gabriel, thanks a lot for being on the Suite Spot.
Gabriel Perez:Effectively, thanks. Comfortable to be right here.
Ryan Embree:We’re excited. We’re gonna discuss some impartial motels. We’re gonna discuss mm-hmm . Concerning the Impartial Lodge Present. That’s why you’re on right here. However earlier than, uh, love getting a bit little bit of background in your story, uh, your hospitality journey that led you to Indigo Highway Hospitality Group.
Gabriel Perez:It’s, uh, the journey of a really fortunate man. I began this with out understanding that it’s what I needed to do very long time in the past, late eighties on the Intercontinental Lodge in Caracas. And it has been a progressive set of conditions and an amazing pleasure of many privileges, which had allowed me to, uh, develop inside the profession in few completely different segments and disciplines of, of the hospitality. Once more, privilege to be at this time the place I’m in supporting and main an amazing crew of people, uh, with actual hospitality, the place the emphasis is experiences along with profitability and outcomes.
Ryan Embree:That is why I all the time love beginning the episode speaking about this, uh, since you simply get such perspective, um, the place folks begin their journey. You may have a standard thread with lots of our company that we’ve got on the Suite Spot of perhaps falling into the business not understanding that that is one thing that you simply needed to pursue as a profession, however when you get into it, it type of sticks onto you, proper? It type of will get caught in your DNAA little bit as so to talk. Proper? It does,
Gabriel Perez:It does very a lot is it’s a contagious every day pleasure that’s all the time completely different.
Ryan Embree:Completely. And that variability, you recognize, it’s humorous you say it like that, it’s all the time completely different, however hospitality is the, the abilities are so transferrable, um, from whether or not it’s completely different components of the world, completely different manufacturers, you recognize, internet hosting folks and, and offering them with good service may be completed at a excessive degree, uh, once more, by way of lots of completely different medians. However that power, that zeal that you simply carry, Gabriel, that you simply had been speaking about, it’s, it’s, it’s contagious. And that’s why we see so many individuals, um, with these tales the place, you recognize, you’re speaking to a bellman that, that began in a lodge. Uh, and, and now I get the privilege of, of interviewing hospitality professionals like your self. So, uh, the, the tales vary far and large, however I, I like listening to them and I feel they should be informed. I feel, you recognize, in a, in a time proper now the place we’ve struggled over the past couple years with, with hospitality workforce, to listen to these tales on the market of the place, what a profession and hospitality can appear to be, as a result of typically in industries you assume, Hey, I should be promoted by this time, or I should be at this stage of my profession. Hospitality may be very completely different.
Gabriel Perez:It is vitally completely different. It’s, um, it’s all the time work in progress. As I mentioned earlier. Day by day is completely different. Each problem is completely different. What was completed yesterday or final quarter, not essentially lies at this time on the subject of crafting these experiences, the demographic is all the time altering and evolving. So I feel it’s, it, you recognize, it solely not solely retains your, your toes, nevertheless it develops a way of development that only some different dynamic industries mean you can do.
Ryan Embree:Yeah, completely. Quick altering, um, lots of components, lots of outdoors components additionally influence our business, which we’re gonna discuss in a minute. Yeah. Um, however earlier than we get into that, I’d like to only do, you recognize, we realized a bit bit about you, a fast introduction into Indigo Highway Hospitality Group for perhaps our, our Suite Spot lodge viewers, or, um, listeners inform us the story of the Indigo Highway Hospitality Group. Positive.
Gabriel Perez:It’ll be my pleasure. It’s, uh, Steve Palmer is the founder and chief visionary officer of the corporate. He based the Indigo Highway Hospitality Group in 2009, primarily as a culinary restaurant centered hospitality group. After which someday in 2020, after seeing the meals and numerous operations of our firm in numerous motels not managed by us, he got here to the conclusion that we could possibly be doing that higher than them. What we do within the Meals and Burg expertise surroundings is a lot larger than the transactional facet of what we’re seeing in these motels. So it based the lodging group inside the Indigo Hospitality Group. Now we’ve got, uh, quickly to be six motels. I might say twice that quantity inside the subsequent two years, or yr and a half, and over 40 restaurant ideas within the, I might say the East Coast, Southeast, and even within the DC space. Increasing, rising, however rising, um, with goal. Uh, not trying on the subsequent shining object, however two partnerships that develop different partnerships with, with individuals who share the identical values that we’ve got.
Ryan Embree:That’s unbelievable development. That what you’re speaking about, Gabriel, it’s tremendous thrilling, I’m positive in your finish to be a, part of that crew, busy in a, in, in a great way. However that’s a novel story. I, I feel, you recognize, now you see administration firms type of spinning into the, the f and b facet, however to see that your origin story actually began in F and B mm-hmm . After which transition over to lodging, I’m positive there’s lots of distinctive traits and traits that this group brings, uh, being that that was its origin.
Gabriel Perez:Yeah, undoubtedly, I must say that, um, we see it with a way of urgency and goal. We all the time attempt to materialize and create one thing particular from an f and b perspective in absolute cohesion with the lodge expertise. We’re very completely different and occupying an amazing house within the hospitality surroundings, particularly within the boutique motels surroundings, just because, um, after we do motels, we don’t do a lodge as a restaurant. We do a lodge that occurs to be both subsequent to a restaurant of its personal sole goal, historical past, and identification and branding, in fact, the place it may benefit and can profit from lodge company, however doesn’t want the lodge company to achieve success. So we, we create actually two self-dependent ideas and never only a lodge the place you may get a frozen bagel and a banana.
Ryan Embree:I like that. I like that. And, you recognize, once you create them not being so codependent on each other, it additionally creates a, um, a, a, a loyalty, uh, to every of the entities. And hopefully you see that overflow, and that’s simply an additional benefit. I, I might think about, of getting two standalone companies that, which might be, are executing at excessive ranges. You then grow to be, you then can see type of the overflow of that. In order that, that’s actually distinctive and, and really cool. I wanna transition to type of the state of impartial motels proper now. Yeah. Uh, we’re seeing lots of manufacturers actually dive into experimental lodging lodging, just like the glamping, clearly we’ve seen leaning closely into tender manufacturers this previous decade. What do you assume, Gabriel, this tells you about total sentiment, visitor sentiment and traveler sentiment in the direction of impartial lodging, and the place do you’re feeling like independents nonetheless have an edge?
Gabriel Perez:Effectively, my opinion is that it’s what folks wish to expertise. Anyone, everyone can go at any given time to branded slash in lodge route of Freeway 95 or Freeway 10 or 5. It could be fairly transactional. And also you would possibly keep in mind the journey that allow you to keep there, however you received’t keep in mind something about that lodge once you stayed in boutique motels. Principally impartial motels, even tender branded motels. You may have that chance to keep in mind that expertise from the second you enter the orchestra and hearken to the music because the bellman opens the doorways or smells, the, and the, the aroma of the lodge foyer, which has a excessive livelihood of matching the cleaning soap and all of the fragrances within the room that’s cohesive, that’s intentional. Now, what we do in our house is that not solely we do all of that, however we carry the life-style half to it, which in essence is the meals and drinks, the programming, the cooperation, uh, the interior cooperation that the meals and drinks brings to create and seal the deal on the subject of the expertise.
Ryan Embree:I completely love that parallel a bit about being, like making your lodge and your lodging part of the journey and total expertise. And also you’re, you’re completely proper. When you can have an effect there, that’s, that’s storytelling, proper? Mm-hmm. As a result of now swiftly that keep is one thing that once you’re telling a neighbor, a household buddy about your journey, you’re now together with that lodge expertise as part of that. And that’s actually, you recognize, the, one of the best kind of status, which we’re gonna discuss later too, is, is phrase of mouth. And also you pair that with an, with the FMB, which is clearly, you recognize, a mass a part of the Indigo Highway Hospitality group portfolio. Speak to us a bit bit about how F&B expertise can actually be a differentiator for boutique and impartial motels.
Gabriel Perez:Effectively, F&B is the it why it’s as a result of everyone who craves boutique lodge experiences is in search of a sensorial a part of it, and meals and drinks and style is a superb a part of that. It’s an amazing part of that reply of that area of interest. So, um, we consider {that a}, a full integration of the lodging and the expertise, you recognize, the 300 threads on that sheet along with hospitality that’s greatest, is the way in which to go. And it’s what everyone is of course craving, as you may see, is the outdated indicators present that boutique, higher scale and luxurious are the one trending upwards in charge nationwide. For, for months, I might arrange a couple of years type of recession proof, however, um, f and B is what provides colour, is what provides the life-style to the life-style world, as a result of it’s what you may put collectively. So we’re very intentional after we do this stuff. We, we take a look at the mission, we take a look at the group, we see not solely what the group wants, however what it may not know that it wants. Hmm. Um, and that’s extraordinarily vital. We’re confirmed to be very profitable on that. And never solely we’re susceptible to achieve success, we get pleasure from doing it
Ryan Embree:And bringing in the local people. So vital. There was such a di a, a seismic shift, I really feel like over the previous few years with what you’d name a lodge restaurant the place I, I feel there was like a, a, when you considered a a, a restaurant in a lodge, do you assume it was simply catering to these company which might be staying on the property? Mm-hmm . Now, uh, communities are embracing these eating places and typically are prime rated in, of their native communities. They’ve grow to be local people gathering spots for celebrations, you recognize, issues the place the local people has really embraced to the place they’re really recommending folks to go to the lodge restaurant, which I feel was lacking over the past couple years. And now these property house owners, lodge manufacturers, they’re realizing that this can be a, a, a spot the place there’s additional benefit and worth for a visitor proper now.
Gabriel Perez:Yeah. And along with that, one must be very cautious and artful in the way in which we strategy these. FFMB is the areas why, um, you wanna have a spot that’s welcoming, that isn’t simply thought or noticed because the place the place I’m gonna have a selected occasion that turns into solely a spot for occasions. You wanna have a spot that’s approachable sufficient so that you can go there twice per week, both to have a powerful entree and a very good drink or a particular occasion. And there’s a stability expertise takes you there, however there’s a, a selected craft to just be sure you don’t overdo issues. Uh, and that’s the sweetness and the pliability and the creativity that the boutique lodge house brings to not solely giant in each Gutenberg simply as effectively.
Ryan Embree:Oh, completely. I, I wanna, uh, take a, perhaps zoom out a bit bit in a wider lens proper now, in our business as a complete, lots of uncertainty proper now, proper? We’ve acquired financial shift, geopolitical elements. Sure, there’s rising journey prices and enterprise prices that the hoteliers are seeing on their facet. What are you bullish on proper now, Gabriel? Give us, give our lodge listeners who perhaps have that little little bit of angst with, you recognize, approaching clouds, a bit little bit of hope, and what perhaps you may converse particularly to impartial and boutique motels. Why ought to they’ve hope proper now on this time of uncertainty? Effectively,
Gabriel Perez:All of us nonetheless have hope as a result of no matter is going on proper now’s transitory. Second, we, it has been confirmed 2008, 2009, all all through this disaster. COVID, the one which will get all these company again sooner, sooner, and higher is the boutique lodge house and the higher luxurious house. So I’m not actually involved. These of us who’re purposeful about creating experiences and never eliminating contact factors with the company will all the time have a spot sooner or later. AI might help you on the backend of the enterprise on efficiencies on the subject of the issues that the visitor doesn’t see. However nothing replaces the contact of the human, the place human contact works. And for that, I’m extraordinarily hopeful. And matter of reality, I might say type of tranquil on the subject of what the longer term brings. When you do issues proper, proper, issues will occur.
Ryan Embree:Love that. I completely love that. And also you’re proper, Gabriel. I imply, in a time the place vacationers is likely to be holding their wallets a bit tighter than they’ve earlier than, I feel what we naturally instinctually do is we begin to do extra analysis to make ourselves really feel higher about our buying choices, proper? . And I feel that ought to be a very nice signal for impartial boutique motels that do a very good job of, of telling their story, which we’re gonna discuss right here in a minute. As a result of you probably have this wealthy historical past legacy, um, of a, of a, of a narrative that you simply’re telling the visitor and company have a ardour and a loyalty for, and that’s proven on-line, the extra analysis you do that ought to sh outshine and, and shine brighter than perhaps motels in your market. So I do assume, you recognize, impartial boutique motels are on this actually cool house that they’ve these actually distinctive tales the place vacationers is likely to be their, at their lodge or property that weren’t trying there earlier than. So it’s a very, actually, um, distinctive house to be in proper now. And I feel it’s, I, I’m, I’m 100% with you. I feel there may be lots of hope, and I feel you need to look right now as opportune as a substitute of, of perhaps dwelling on all these uncertainties proper now. Yeah.
Gabriel Perez:And to your level, the kind of operations that, that we or have permits for pivoting sooner and simpler than the massive companies the place you have got a board of administrators needing to approve a mover too. When you’re an actual, real, distinctive boutique lodge, all it’s essential to do is consider the concept and execute it. And that’s one of many beauties and peculiarities of our house.
Ryan Embree:Love, love that. Yeah. And, uh, one other means is what we talked about is that connection together with your local people. Mm-hmm. Proper? I feel impartial motels and their capacity to attach with the native space and group, um, makes them distinctive and might actually be a bonus over perhaps these different large company motels. Um, the properties in your portfolio, Gabriel, they, they span everywhere in the nation. Are you able to share any native, uh, examples of incorporating the native space into your portfolio story, whether or not it’s by way of design or, or completely different components of the lodge or visitor expertise?
Gabriel Perez:Effectively, I wish to default to, um, Ben’s pals. Ben’s pals is, uh, additionally, uh, based by Steve Palmer, the founding father of, uh, the Indigo Highway. That is, uh, a gaggle created to assist these inside the hospitality enterprise. The communities the place we work at, have buildings, at, have eating places, have motels at those that are fighting substance abuse. Uh, a spot the place the place you will discover refuge, you will discover individuals who’s struggling and see tales of success. It’s nationwide. We’ve been very privileged to, to have that chance to have the ability to assist this hospitality group that typically doesn’t search for assist, as a result of we’re too busy working with our personal struggles that, that we neglect that we have to handle ourselves. Since we’re so keen about caring for others, they’re in all the markets through which we’ve got a footprint. And as a matter of reality, I feel there’s fairly a couple of chapters in, in Europe as effectively. So, uh, caring for those that handle others, uh, of our company is one thing crucial for us.
Ryan Embree:That’s unbelievable. I like that. And that’s for, for perhaps any of our listeners that wanna discover out, uh, a bit bit extra about this, it’s known as Ben’s pals, right? Appropriate. Superior. I I, I like that program. And once more, storing, similar to we talked on the prime of the episode about sharing hospitality success tales, I’m positive these tales go a great distance, um, in that group and serving to folks and type of seeing a path there to impro, uh, to, to success and enchancment. So very, very cool. And talking of storytelling, you recognize, we talked about it, it storytelling, status, so important for impartial motels. , we debuted this podcast seven years in the past, initially as a digital advertising podcast earlier than we began internet hosting, uh, hospitality professionals like You, Gabriel, and, and working sequence for, for, uh, you recognize, hospitality occasions just like the Impartial Lodge Present. However, you recognize, we might discuss suggestions like social media technique, uh, on-line status opinions, evaluate, response. , these are core pillars of digital advertising, um, and serving to boutique, not simply boutique, however all motels type of inform their story on-line. Speak to us a bit bit concerning the, the Indigo Highway Hospitality Group and, and the way they use digital advertising to inform their tales.
Gabriel Perez:Effectively, this can be very vital. We do haven’t solely a advertising crew, we’ve got a social media advertising crew as effectively. Uh, it’s a crew that not solely have, uh, a presence right here in Charlestown, however each single lodge has some advertising designated particular person solely for social media. It’s one thing that we began, uh, few months in the past, I might say, lower than a yr in the past. That’s one thing that we name the social champs. And these are the people who even have a day job, however they, they, they do, they discover, they craft all these visible components that, uh, you see in any of our eating places and motels on Instagram, social media, Fb generally. It’s one thing that, uh, is confirmed to create an amazing anticipation in all of the markets that we’re stepping in, as a result of the method for us is begin years prematurely. We don’t begin selling a selected idea or a lodge half an hour earlier than we open. Proper? We do that in months and months prematurely, creating not solely exhibiting the general public what the picture, the historical past is, but in addition creating some sense of anticipation of, of the goodies that will probably be inside their space fairly quickly.
Ryan Embree:Effectively, that’s a part of the story too, Gabriel, and, and mm-hmm . That pay attention, discuss to anybody who’s ever opened a lodge or has developed a lodge, that could be a story, perhaps not one which, uh, that they essentially like to inform at typically, however most of the time, it’s what you mentioned. It’s a, it’s an amazing place to construct anticipation. It’s a, it’s an amazing place to tell company, to construct an viewers, to construct pleasure and awe mm-hmm . Of this, of this new growth coming in. And, and might, can create some sturdy group ties as effectively, which, uh, has been, you recognize, about, about what this episode’s about. However you’re completely proper with, with, with social media. It, it’s so important in each facet. A decade in the past, it would’ve been robust to see or encourage your, your vacationers or, or company to publish and even discover posts about your particular property or your restaurant, proper? Mm-hmm . Yeah. Now it’s on daily basis, you recognize, on daily basis in case you hold your ears to the bottom, in case you hold your eyes open and, and pay attention, not all social, social, uh, media posts are created the identical too. , we’ve got, we’ve completed some analysis for some motels the place we’ve mentioned, Hey, do you know this influencer right here that has a following of 20,000 stayed at your lodge and, they usually had took this stunning image at, uh, at sundown at, on one in every of your balconies? Like, this might’ve been the right alternative to leap into that dialog. So it’s so important to maintain your ear to the bottom there, as a result of each single day, particularly with these nice storytellers like impartial and lodge, uh, impartial and boutique motels are, there may be some actually cool issues occurring in that area.
Gabriel Perez:That’s one other a part of our items, I might say, very significantly. Uh, we wanna be on the sting of what, what social media is, who’s trying what, and what’s being checked out. Um, once more, we we’re very purposeful on, on that sense too, as a result of though at occasions it’s tough to measure the return, you may see the expansion in followers. And I’m not skilled, however we do have consultants right here who’re savvy sufficient to let you know and advise us at completely different conferences for various properties. , not more than 4 hashtags, or you must use these, or it needs to be posted at a selected, uh, time of the day. That’s a, a complete new craft that, you recognize, is rising. And we ought to be very adaptive to it, versatile to some extent, however all the time keen to, to profit from it. It’s an artwork.
Ryan Embree:Yeah. It’s an artwork and a science, uh, simply mm-hmm. Similar to you had been, you had been speaking about, and I feel, you recognize, you, you introduced up AI a minute in the past. I feel as this turns into extra prevalent in our business, it’s gonna be the genuine experiences that I feel that I do know impartial and boutique motels, uh, are arrange very, very properly for that’s going to, to have the largest ripple results on the market on-line, since you would possibly see a few of that content material that’s, whether or not it’s hybrid or ai, ai, first it’s gonna be these genuine experiences that basically rise, you recognize, similar to, uh, uh, rise above the tide, so to talk. Yep. And, and will make a very, actually large influence in your story on-line. So Gabriel, I wanna do some fast hearth questions, get to know you. Positive, positive. And the indigo, uh, hospitality, uh, indigo Highway hospitality portfolio a bit bit higher. So, um, we talked about views, one in every of your favourite views at, at your properties. What would you say?
Gabriel Perez:I must say blue wealthy mountains on prime of the Snowbird Mountain Lodge.
Ryan Embree:Very picturesque. I haven’t seen photos, however the way in which that you simply paint that, I can think about it in my head proper there. So, uh, from
Gabriel Perez:The reception library desk, you may simply look outdoors and it’s limitless.
Ryan Embree:Stunning, nice social media choose, uh, for positive. Favourite enjoyable reality about one in every of your properties, Gabriel
Gabriel Perez:Sky and Lodge, Western North Carolina in some nights, and this isn’t one thing we sponsor, you would see black bears roaming the lodge and, and the areas.
Ryan Embree:Alright. All proper. Little nature, uh, yeah, nature view from the, uh, from the lodge. Love that favourite signature dish. This is likely to be or not it’s robust with the portfolio that you’ve over there at one in every of your lodge.
Gabriel Perez:It’s robust. However I wish to say that each single Italian idea has magnificent desserts. All of our desserts are on Might, however I like Amisu. The way in which we do mizzu in our Italian ideas is simply out of this world.
Ryan Embree:I, I’ve requested this query, uh, a number of occasions with the, with the, uh, favourite dish. Everybody appears to go straight to dessert for some cause. I feel, you recognize, that is likely to be the preferred. Favourite visitor expertise as one in every of your properties.
Gabriel Perez:I wish to say River Home. They’re fairly good with, uh, the hospitality supply in all places at River Home. All of our motels must say they’re fairly good at it. However River Home had me ready within the room, my favourite snack, which was Nutella. I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, however buddy, you may get me with a Nutella jar anytime,
Ryan Embree:Alright. I like that personalization to, its, to its greatest favourite piece of artwork at one in every of your properties. River
Gabriel Perez:Home. River Home has a bit of artwork, which was handcrafted by the daughter of Jessica and James Whitley, who’re the house owners of the lodge. I take a look at it’s above one of many restaurant cubicles. And I look, oh, that’s so loopy. That’s stunning. And one in every of them informed me that was her daughter. We had been enjoying with it and we crafted that. We put her on a body and right here her, it’s, and I’ll let you know, it matches and hits a observe with all the encircling artwork of that place. Magnificent.
Ryan Embree:That’s actually, actually cool. So that you discuss connecting with, with a local people, you recognize, to have a bit of artwork and thereby one of many house owners is definitely one of many place. And, and artwork and design actually, you recognize, there’s so many tales that we’ve heard of incorporating artwork and, and native artwork and aptitude and design to, to a growth that basically, that may be the, your connection to the native space. Yeah. So, you recognize, let’s, let’s discuss what this sequence is all about. The Impartial Lodge Present developing September seventeenth and 18th in Miami Seaside, Gabriel, each, uh, I’ll, I will probably be there. The Suite Spot crew will probably be there. Uh, and hopefully our Suite Spot listeners will probably be there. You should use promo code EMRE 25 E-M-B-R-E-E 25 for a complimentary registration. Gabriel, you lately joined the advisory board. Congratulations on that. That, thanks. Um, what it’s appeal to. Yeah. What attracted you to this occasion and, and the way do you seeing it benefiting impartial motels, perhaps of somebody that hasn’t attended the present earlier than?
Gabriel Perez:It’s an amazing place to create connections. Networking, it’s chase ideas and thought about hire, how completely different specific motels navigate, uh, the completely different wants. Not solely the visitor wants on what we execute, however the rising conditions, economically, political, you identify it. And why Miami, Miami is just like the mecca of boutique motels. It’s the right spot for therefore many various ideas of boutique motels to be sharing, to be in underneath one roof. Exchanging ideas and concepts, I feel is, uh, is, is a superb place to be when you have got a lot expertise discussing not solely the rising tendencies as I mentioned earlier, however the, the what’s inside us, what’s spiritually, uh, driving our, our, our inventive souls. And, uh, and for that, I’m grateful to be on the board and being a, a contributing a part of, of this present for, for years to come back.
Ryan Embree:I, I, I second your sentiment there, Gabriel. There’s an power and a ardour that, you recognize, we, we’ve got the privilege of attending a number of exhibits all year long, however you may really feel it at this present and, and it it for somebody that is likely to be an impartial lodge proprietor, boutique lodge proprietor, you recognize, that is every thing to them. And yeah. And to alternate concepts, um, to listen to, you recognize, the identical challenges that, that you simply’re experiencing at one property. Sure, you would be, your neighbor could possibly be experiencing and to have the ability to say, Hey, pay attention, how, how are we going to, how are we gonna doubtlessly climate these storms developing? The place is our aggressive benefits at? There’s a lot thought, thought management at this, such a mix of, like I mentioned, tendencies such as you had been mentioning Gabriel, but in addition simply, simply nice concepts and, and that power is one thing that I haven’t seen replicated at, at lots of hospitality occasions that, that we’ve got.
Gabriel Perez:Yeah. It’s creativity underneath one roof. Sure. With lots of greatest practices.
Ryan Embree:100%. Nice, nice method to clarify it. So once more, hopefully our Suite Spot listeners will meet, uh, Gabriel and myself down in Miami Seaside in September. We’ll be in search of you. We all the time like to finish these episodes, type of gazing into the, the crystal ball trying into the longer term. Like to get, you recognize, the, the Indigo Highway Hospitality Group. You, you shared with me a pair thrilling tasks and developments within the pipeline. Let’s discuss these and perhaps your imaginative and prescient for the way forward for lodging at, uh, indigo Highway Hospitality. Our
Gabriel Perez:Imaginative and prescient is to proceed to develop with companions who’ve the values that we’ve got with companions who see the long run and never instantaneous materialization of fantasies. We love to do nice issues are significant both within the realm of the hospitality house or to a selected group. Issues that we’re pleased with. So our development will probably be in direct connection to proceed to work with or discovering completely different companions who wish to create particular issues, issues which might be memorable, issues that create experiences and issues that individuals will crave and say, we’ve got to come back again. We don’t wish to develop in a way that simply picks up something that’s alongside the highway. Not each seed planted is a fruitful one. So we’re in search of, partnerships are significant. Individuals who establish and perceive that hospitality is right here to remain. And so as to, to evolve and proceed to develop, we’ve got to create issues that matter which might be impactful and never simply one thing that’s fashionable. In order that’s the place our development goes. Partnering with an amazing folks, with good spirit, good soul, good . We’re, are opening, uh, our first lodge in Florida inside the subsequent couple of years. There are different alternatives right here within the southeast and rising a bit bit west. So, um, we’re very excited. We’re very excited as a result of, uh, these are issues that aren’t, we’re not trying to find the factor. Mm-hmm . These are coming to us and we’re in a position at this level to decide on who to work with. After which we see what the mission is like. And that’s a fairly particular place to be at.
Ryan Embree:It’s an amazing place to be in. And it looks as if, from every thing I’ve heard at this time, Gabriel, you’re gonna have your fingers full, uh, over the subsequent upcoming months and years, and we’ll examine in with you in, uh, September in Miami Seaside. However want you effectively any, we, we lined loads at this time. Any closing ideas earlier than we wrap up, Gabriel?
Gabriel Perez:Effectively, the spirit hospitality, um, don’t let all of the information, don’t let what you see on, on the media disappoint you or deter you from persevering with to assume that that is the enterprise that can all the time be eternal. Just because individuals are yearning for good experiences and for leisure time. And right here we’re to offer that at an amazing degree each time. That’s,
Ryan Embree:Like it. Sensible phrases from, uh, Gabriel Perez or Indigo Highway Hospitality Group. Thanks a lot for becoming a member of me right here on the Suite Spot and, uh, you recognize, talking these, these hopeful, that hopeful message to our viewers at this time.
Gabriel Perez:Ryan, thanks. It’s a privilege to be right here with you and I’m trying ahead to seeing you in Sunny Miami Seaside someday in September.
Ryan Embree:We will probably be there. Thanks a lot. And thanks for listening to The Suite Spot. We’ll discuss to you subsequent time To hitch our loyalty program. Make sure to subscribe and provides us a 5 star score on iTunes. Suite Spot is produced by Journey Media Group. Our editor is Brandon Bell with Cowl Artwork by Bary Gordon. I’m your host Ryan Embree, and we hope you loved your keep.
