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Matt Talks Hospitality

Matt Talks Hospitality

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 Matt Talks Hospitality is a podcast for hoteliers who want to understand the technology, ideas and people shaping modern hospitality. Hosted by Mews CEO Matt Welle, each episode explores the tools, challenges and decisions behind how hotels work – and how they keep getting better. All episodes available here: https://hubs.ly/Q0350wrf0 Meet Matt beyond the podcast: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthijswelle/Copyrights © 2025 All Rights Reserved by MEWS Economics Management Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • Cocoons to capsules: Halima Aziz on Zedwell's city-centre hotel vision

    Cocoons to capsules: Halima Aziz on Zedwell's city-centre hotel vision
    Jan 21 2026
    Cocoons and capsules sit at the heart of Zedwell Hotels’ London city-centre vision, where rooms are designed around sleep, efficiency and the realities of urban life rather than tradition. In this episode, Matt speaks with Halima Aziz, Head of Hotels at Criterion Hospitality, which owns and operates Zedwell Hotels, about turning forgotten city spaces into some of London’s most profitable hotel real estate, all while removing TVs, kettles and even windows from the rooms.
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    42 mins
  • Sports, refugee clubhouses and a new idea of hospitality with Jan van Hövell

    Sports, refugee clubhouses and a new idea of hospitality with Jan van Hövell
    Jan 14 2026
    Survival requires food and water, but spirit craves community. By building sports clubs inside refugee camps, KLABU creates places where people can gather, play and regain a sense of normal life amid displacement. KLABU’s founder Jan van Hövell explains how these clubhouses are set up in crisis zones, why sports help build communities and how KLABU and Mews are collaborating to support indigenous Venezuelan refugees in Boa Vista, Brazil.
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    38 mins
  • AI and other key trends changing hospitality in 2026 with Wouter Geerts

    AI and other key trends changing hospitality in 2026 with Wouter Geerts
    Jan 7 2026
    What can the hospitality industry expect in 2026? Especially given the rapid development of AI and the fact that a third of travelers already use LLMs to search and get travel inspiration. Wouter Geerts, Director of Market Research at Mews, joins Matt to break down the 2026 Hospitality Industry Outlook report, shaped by conversations with 18 industry experts, including hoteliers, tech vendors, consultants and investors. You’ll hear about the changing AI use cases in hotels, new guest behavior patterns and what determines which hotels get surfaced and booked in 2026.
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    36 mins
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