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I’ve always said that running a business on a "gut feeling" is a fast way to go broke. If you want to scale, you have to move from opinions to facts.

In this episode, I sit down with Daniel Leifeld from Key Data to talk about the massive shift happening in the accommodation world. Daniel has been in the "Silicon Valley of vacation rentals" in Colorado since 2011, and he’s seen exactly how the biggest players use data to outmanoeuvre the rest of the market.

We dive into why the "middle class" of property managers is currently being swallowed up by giants, the high-stakes strategy of blocking your calendar for the 2026 World Cup, and why RevPAR is the only metric that actually tells the truth about your performance.

What we cover in this session:

The World Cup Gamble: We look at why blocking your property for major events might actually backfire if you don’t understand the cross-border travel logistics. ⚽

The Big Three Metrics: Why balancing ADR and Occupancy to find your true RevPAR is the absolute foundation of a professionalised business. 🔢

The Loss of Mentorship: How industry consolidation is wiping out local knowledge and what you can do to fill that gap. 🤝

The AI Slop Factor: Why early adopters of AI are paying the highest price and how to keep the "human" in your hospitality. 🤖

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