About the Podcast
Every career takes a different road.
Hospitality Folks is a weekly video podcast about the people, ideas and technology shaping the future of hospitality, travel and tourism. Hosted by Alicia Dick Wahlberg, each episode goes beyond the job title to explore the unexpected career paths, bold choices, failures, lessons and human stories behind the people building and leading with hospitality at heart. From hotel managers and founders to innovators, entrepreneurs and industry changemakers, this is where we talk about the real people behind the industry. Come for the hospitality. Stay for the unexpected journeys.
Every guest brings a different path, a different lesson, and a different way of seeing the industry & each other.
Blogs
More stories from the floor.
Article Meet Magnus Busch | Co-Founder of nook society
What does it take to build a hospitality brand around people rather than rooms? This time, we're catching up with Magnus Busch, Co-Founder of nook society,…
Industry Trends 80 Million Europeans Have Gym Memberships. Hotels Are Still Selling Them Pool Chairs and Basement Gyms.
By: Alicia My husband and I have been trying to find the our ideal vacation in Europe for 4 years. My husband wants to summit something.…
Leadership The Question That Separates Good Hospitality Leaders from Great Ones
By: Alicia The Question That Separates Good Hospitality Leaders from Great Ones Most managers ask why. Why did this not get done. Why did that go…
Community
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For Brands
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€ 375
A simple, low-commitment way to test the Hospitality Folks audience.
€ 875
A full-episode presence, on air and on LinkedIn.
€ 1,650
Your expert, a full episode, and the reach to back it up.
About the Host
Alicia Dick Wahlberg
Alicia is the host, with two really fantastic last names 😂. Hospitality found her by accident, and even after trying to leave, she kept getting pulled back into hospitality and travel because of the people in these industries: their drive, their passion, and the sheer number of kind people who care deeply about what they do. In real life, you can probably find her with red lipstick and 4th cup of cold coffee cup in hand, getting completely lost in a conversation, nerding out about someone’s latest idea, and asking far too many questions because she genuinely wants to know more.
Hospitality Folks started after hundreds of conversations with people in hospitality, travel, and hospitality tech. I kept meeting these incredibly passionate, fascinating people with stories, ideas, failures, and experiences worth hearing, and kept wondering: why isn’t there a place for these stories, especially the people quietly moving our industry forward who aren’t already everywhere online?
So I decided to make one.
Come for the hospitality. Stay for the wonderfully unhinged career paths, big passions, unexpected turns, and people who just couldn’t stop themselves from diving all the way in.
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These are the stories and the learnings we hope inspire someone else to say: “This is what I want, and now I believe I can do it too.”
