Episodes: 46
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Gender skew: Male
Listener location: United Kingdom
YouTube: 110 subscribers
Publicly listed emails
jessica@abodeworldwide.com
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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...
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.
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...
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.
The publicly listed email for Pillow Talk Sessions: jessica@abodeworldwide.com.
Podseeker estimates Pillow Talk Sessions reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
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.
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Recent episodes cover Hospitality, Operations, Technology, Property Management, and Automation. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.
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