Ep. 42 - RevPar Problems, Real Talk: When Memes Meet Metrics with Calvin Tilokee How do revenue managers really think? What makes hotel rates spike during Taylor Swift concerts—or Bigfoot conventions? And why do memes about ADR hit harder than your star report? In this episode of Tickets to Travel: The Business of Travel Experiences , we sit down with Calvin Tilokee of RevPAR Media, the sharp mind behind the viral @RevPARProblems Instagram account. Calvin pulls back the curtain on hotel pricing strategy, compression events, influencer marketing, and what event producers often get wrong when pitching to hotels. Whether you’re trying to block rooms for a major festival, fill your hotel over a soft week, or just want to understand the secret language of revenue managers, this episode is packed with insight and humor. This episode is a must-listen for hotel sales and revenue teams, meeting and event planners, festival promoters, and hospitality marketers. Follow @RevPARProblems on Instagram for daily hotel truths and satire. And subscribe now to hear why Calvin says: “We don’t need your group when we’re already full. Call us the week after Christmas.” For more insider conversations at the intersection of travel, ticketing, and live experiences, follow us on all socials @Tix2TravelPod and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. If you haven’t listened yet, head to www.tttpod.com to catch up on past episodes.…
Common topics that fool the brain. I talk about my growing up gay, politics, school, life at home, technology, automotive, and etc. So, I’m pretty much a jack-of-all-trades. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sterling-cruze/support
Common topics that fool the brain. I talk about my growing up gay, politics, school, life at home, technology, automotive, and etc. So, I’m pretty much a jack-of-all-trades. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sterling-cruze/support
This episode describes a recent relationship that I went through where I felt that my friend let me down when in actuality he didn’t but I fooled myself into believing that he did. This is a helpful guide for others going through the same situations and or types of relationships to see and reflect on their own lives and their own thought processes to live and lead a better and happier life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sterling-cruze/support…
This episode is about loving yourself and being the person that you want to be. Not letting other people but it’s her you from your ultimate goal in life. This also speaks on respecting yourself and caring for yourself to heal a broken heart. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sterling-cruze/support…
This episode is giving a clear description of reminiscing from my childhood to my early 20s in late teen years of some very promiscuous stuff going on when I discovered Grindr and also when I discovered different smells and learning how do you spell different things. Enjoy as this episode is gonna be a rough one! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sterling-cruze/support…
This episode is talking about me growing up gay and how life was when I was growing up gay. Growing up with a straight father and a straight mother and how the default is to believe that you’re going to have a straight son. This is also a comedic episode and I’m touching on all of the stuff that I did in high school behind my father’s back while I was growing up gay. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sterling-cruze/support…
Explains trials and tribulations of being assertive and being called mean, crazy, and crude. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sterling-cruze/support
Great ways to manage money and stopping with guilty pleasures as well! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sterling-cruze/support