Defining Hospitality

Dan Ryan

dan@ninesixseven.com

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Booking Overview

This is a weekly one-on-one interview show focused on hospitality, hotel design, and distinctive hospitality projects, typically featuring established professionals from across the industry. PR agencies could credibly pitch hotel executives, hospitality designers and architects, developers, brand leaders, and experts overseeing notable hospitality projects; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally hold senior industry roles but are drawn from a specialized professional network.

Metrics

Episodes: 260

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 654 subscribers

Contact Information

dan@ninesixseven.com

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Host

Dan Ryan - Founder and CEO of Agency 967 with more than 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Senior-level experience in hospitality design, hotel development, hotel operations, hospitality events, architecture, or leadership of notable hospitality brands and projects.
Required Achievements:  
Leadership of major hospitality design, construction, or events initiatives, Work on prominent hotel brands or high-profile hospitality projects, Recognition for design, innovation, leadership, or industry service, Responsibility for shaping guest experience, renovations, development, or brand standards

Recent Guest Discussions

Michelle Finn - Hospitality Trade Events, Relationship-based Hosting, Mentorship, Hotel Design And Investment, Event Growth, And Industry Trends.

Adrienne Scribner - Hotel Design Execution, Brand Standards, Renovation Planning, Project Coordination, Mentorship, Research-driven Design, And Hospitality Market Conditions.

Alexa d'Argence - Hospitality Interior Design, Cinematic Concepts, Historic Hotel Renovations, Guest Experience, Design Craft, Sustainability, And Creative Process.

Recent Topics

Hospitality, Hotel Design, Interior Design, Hotel Development, Guest Experience

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Defining Hospitality
:

Connecting the Room - Michelle Finn - Defining Hospitality

July 15, 2026

In this episode, Dan Ryan sits down with Michelle Finn, longtime industry fixture and the driving force behind Alis Design Plus, to trace the evolution of hospitality trade events from HD Expo's chaotic 1990s launch (earthquakes, riots and all) to today's design and investment ecosystem. Michelle unpacks her "dinner party" philosophy of hosting, the power of relationships over transactions, and how she scaled that intimacy from a dozen guests to thousands of attendees without losing the human...

Details That Matter - Adrienne Scribner - Defining Hospitality

July 08, 2026

In this episode, Dan sits down with Adrienne Scribner, principal and managing director of hospitality at Baskerville, to unpack what three decades in hotel design has taught her about the unglamorous work that actually makes projects succeed. They dig into why there is no "coordination fairy" waiting to catch your mistakes, how typing specs into a purchasing system in the early '90s built the foundation for her entire career, and why mentoring the next generation means being approachable rath...

The Art of Making Spaces Beloved - Alexa d'Argence- Defining Hospitality

July 01, 2026

Dan Ryan sat down with Alexa d'Argence, senior interior designer at Ken Fulk Inc., to explore what it really means to design spaces people fall in love with. Alexa pulls back the curtain on KFI's work at the Huntington Hotel in San Francisco and the Beverly Hills Hotel. sharing how a strong concept and cinematic vision guide every decision from the big picture down to the smallest detail. The conversation gets reflective too, touching on why slowing down is sometimes the only way forward, and...

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