"Hey Alexa, What's The Wifi Password?" with Matthew Loney

Matthew Loney currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Xplorie, the leading guest experience platform for U.S. leisure markets. Delivering best-in-life moments for millions of guests annually, Xplorie has nearly quadrupled in size over the past five years under Mr. Loney’s leadership. Prior to joining Xplorie, Mr. Loney served as an attorney and held executive positions at two national restaurant chains. This episode is sponsored by Hostfully! Hostfully is an industry leading software company that provides property managers and hoteliers with a property management platform and amazing digital custom guidebooks that will make your guests' experience with you 10X better! Use SLICKTALK20 to get $100 off of their property management platform and two months free of their premium digital guidebooks! This episode is sponsored by our friends at NoiseAware! NoiseAware is the only 100% privacy safe noise monitoring solution so get with NoiseAware so you don’t waste any time while you grow your professional and amazing business! Use SLICKTALK20 to get 20% off your noise devices with NoiseAware! This episode is also sponsored by Jetstream! Jetstream is a full-service hospitality solution with a powerful team behind it! To learn more about Jetstream, just click this link!     In this episode, we explore:  03:33 - Background of the guest 07:37 - Vacation Rentals 11:16 - Restaurant Concepts 13:46 - Tours and Activity Industries 18:25 - Directions and Decisions to take 22:13 - Challenges experienced from the start 26:51 - Figuring out the hurdles 32:13 - Biggest Hurdle that turned into success 37:37 - Voice Operated Technology - Alexa 43:13 - Managing Content 48:45 - Recognizing the common issues 50:26 - Importance of Podcasting for the business 55:50 - How podcast help other people 01:00:17 - Connect with the guest Connecting with the Guest: Website: www.Xplorie.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewloney/ Slick Talk Website & Socials: https://bit.ly/3uCsm6H Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices