Why Value Beats ADR in Dubai's Extended-Stay Apartments
Rahul Sati on why extended-stay hotel apartments are a value-driven business, not an ADR race, how Dubai's dynamic pricing swings threefold in season
HospitalityAug 19, 2026Rahul Sati
The RaftLabs Podcast: real decisions behind software in production.
CXOs, VPs, and department heads explain what happened when AI, automation, and custom software met real users, real operations, and real constraints.
Episodes · 7 total
Why AI Belongs Backstage in Luxury Vacation Rentals
Rick Kenworthy on why fully-automated management fails in luxury short-term rentals
HospitalityJul 29, 2026Rick Kenworthy
Why Revenue Managers Should Become Total Profit Managers
Juan Olaya on why experiential-luxury revenue is about total guest value, not occupancy and ADR, pricing the whole journey instead of a room
HospitalityJul 8, 2026Juan Olaya
Running 700 Rentals Without Losing the Guest Experience
Vahan Papoyan explains why guest experience is the one thing scale can never excuse, the hidden operational machine behind every vacation rental booking
HospitalityJun 17, 2026Vahan Papoyan
Why OTAs Are Not Your Enemy and Other Revenue Truths
Fabrice Stahl oversees revenue and e-commerce at IFA Hotels, a seven-property portfolio across Germany and Austria.
HospitalityMay 27, 2026Fabrice Stahl
How SNO Hotels Turned a 500-Mile Pilgrimage Route Into a Business Model
Ana Sanchez runs a portfolio of ski and Camino de Santiago hotels across Spain under the SNÖ Hotels brand.
HospitalityMay 6, 2026Ana Sanchez
Why Luxury Hotels Fail at the One Thing Money Cannot Buy
Amir Ali shares what luxury hotels consistently get wrong - the emotional connection that no amenity can replace. He covers direct booking strategy versus OTA dependency, rate parity management, and why communication gaps between reservations and operations cause most service failures.
HospitalityApr 15, 2026Amir Ali
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- The RaftLabs Podcast is a show where CXOs, VPs, and department heads explain how AI, automation, and custom software actually work in production. Every episode digs into a real operational problem and the systems teams use to solve it, across industries like hospitality and loyalty.
- CXOs, VPs, department heads, and other decision-makers who want to hear how their peers actually use AI and automation in production, not in vendor demos. The current episodes focus on hospitality, with loyalty and more industries on the way.
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