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Pillow Talk Sessions

Jessica Gillingham

Booking Overview

Pillow Talk Sessions is a hospitality-operations focused show exploring how modern guest experiences are delivered through tech-enabled systems, organizational design, and new operating models. It’s a strong booking opportunity for founders and leaders building or scaling hospitality platforms, property management technology, and modern hospitality brands with measurable operational strategy.

Metrics

Episodes: 46

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Gender skew: Male

Listener location: United Kingdom

YouTube: 110 subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

jessica@abodeworldwide.com

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Host

Jessica Gillingham - Author of Tech-Enabled Hospitality and founder/CEO of Abode Worldwide, a strategic public relations agency dedicated to elevating the profile of transformative technology solutions in global hospit...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Hospitality operators, founders, and technology leaders (especially those building or scaling short-term rental/property management, branded living/BTR-adjacent concepts, or operations platforms using AI/automation). Often include prior platform/operator scaling experience and/or measurable operational scope (units, locations, revenue/profit outcomes).
Required Achievements:  
Founded or led a hospitality brand/operator concept, Built and scaled a property management or lettings platform, Launched an operations technology product (often AI-driven), Demonstrated measurable scaling outcomes (e.g., unit portfolio size, multi-city operations), Developed vertically integrated operating/brand models

Recent Guest Discussions

Maxine Leufroy-Murat - Transition From Short Lets To Branded Living; Operating Models For Prs/btr-style Experiences; Role Of Institutional Capital; Vertically Integrated Hospitality Stack.

Njl Elliasson - Rapid Growth Leading To Operational Collapse; Rebuilding With Process/quality Focus; AI For Maintenance/onboarding/day-to-day Ops; Technology As Competitive Moat; Operator-owner Accountability.

Matt Bell - Building A Hospitality Brand At Budget Price Points; Retail Analogy For Hospitality Operations; Technology Removing Friction Without Replacing Warmth; Decision Framework And Scaling Discipline.

Recent Topics

Hospitality, Operations, Technology, Property Management, Automation

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
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Building on Water: The Next Frontier of Hospitality with Brian Meyer (FLOHOM)

October 01, 2026

A houseboat that no bank would finance and no insurer would cover might seem an unlikely starting point for a hospitality brand. For Brian Meyer, it was the beginning of FLOHOM.Brian Meyer grew up on the water. He paddled competitively, built a paddleboard company in downtown Annapolis, and spent years living at the marina where his business was docked. When it came time to move, he couldn't afford a waterfront home, but he walked into a refurbished 1970s houseboat and couldn't get ...

Scaling Hospitality: From Short Term Rentals to Modern Hospitality with Reuben Doetsch (AvantStay)

September 17, 2026

AvantStay started with a simple proposition: create a consistent guest experience in a fragmented market. Eight years later, Reuben Doetsch has scaled it to more than 3,000 homes across 100-plus US markets.In today's episode, I ask Reuben a deceptively simple question. What exactly is a short-term rental operator in today's market? AvantStay spans large group homes, aparthotels,, and branded residences, with technology and data at the center of how it operates.Reuben makes a case th...

From short lets to branded living with Maxine Leufroy-Murat (Sejour Living)

June 18, 2026

Like many entrepreneurs entering the short-term rental space, Maxime Leufroy-Murat started out believing growth was a function of acquiring more properties and scaling operations. After more than a decade in the industry, he has reached very different conclusions.Maxime Leufroy-Murat has spent over a decade inside the short-term rental industry — building City Relay, one of London's most established lettings management platforms, and Opago, a tech-enabled operations business now managing...

Frequently asked questions

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How do I get in touch with Pillow Talk Sessions?

Pillow Talk Sessions is hosted by Jessica Gillingham. Its publicly listed email is jessica@abodeworldwide.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for Pillow Talk Sessions?

The publicly listed email for Pillow Talk Sessions: jessica@abodeworldwide.com.

How many listeners does Pillow Talk Sessions have?

Podseeker estimates Pillow Talk Sessions reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Pillow Talk Sessions?

Pillow Talk Sessions typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Hospitality operators, founders, and technology leaders (especially those building or scaling short-term rental/property management, branded living/BTR-adjacent concepts, or operations platforms using AI/automation). Often include prior platform/operator scaling experience and/or measurable operational scope (units, locations, revenue/profit outcomes). Common among recent guests: Founded or led a hospitality brand/operator concept; Built and scaled a property management or lettings platform; Launched an operations technology product (often AI-driven). Recent guests include Maxine Leufroy-Murat, Njl Elliasson, and Matt Bell.

How hard is it to get booked on Pillow Talk Sessions?

Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.

What topics does Pillow Talk Sessions cover?

Recent episodes cover Hospitality, Operations, Technology, Property Management, and Automation. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

jessica@abodeworldwide.com

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