Check-In with Bryan and Jeremy

About Check-In with Bryan and Jeremy

Welcome to Check-In with Bryan, your essential podcast for staying ahead in the dynamic world of hospitality. Hosted by Bryan Fish, CEO of Reliance Hospitality and a highly sought-after keynote speaker, this podcast dives deep into the strategic insights, evolving trends, and transformative ideas driving the hospitality and travel industries forward. Drawing from Bryan’s extensive background in hospitality management, strategic planning, and business innovation, each episode features compelling discussions with influential industry leaders, hotel executives, investors, asset managers, and expert consultants. You’ll gain valuable insights into operational excellence, market developments, investment opportunities, asset optimization strategies, and relevant travel news influencing the hospitality landscape. Designed specifically for hotel owners, operators, hospitality investors, travel professionals, and industry leaders, Check-In with Bryan empowers listeners to elevate their business strategies, harness industry-leading insights, and navigate the ever-evolving intersection of hospitality and travel. Stay informed, inspired, and ahead of the competition with Bryan Fish and Reliance Hospitality.

Publisher

Bryan Fish

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

24 Jun 2024

Latest episode

22 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

75 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Sept 2026

   He Turned Down JP Morgan for a Restaurant Job

   Will Dasco got demoted the summer he was a bartender on Cape Cod. Bartender down to server — a punishment, on paper. He made more money, he was better at it, and it set the direction for the next decade. A few years later he finished an accounting degree at Suffolk and had two comparable offers in hand: JP Morgan Chase and Hillstone Restaurant Group. He took the restaurant job. His family hated it. "I got a lot of stern talking-tos" — but finance didn't feel right in his core, and hospitality...

2. 

   15 Sept 2026

   I’ll Build It So They Can’t Tell Me No

   Sarah Dandashy of Ask a Concierge got a flat "no" from a major brand two weeks before we taped this. Her response: build something they can't turn down. In her third visit to Check-In with Bryan, Sarah opens up about the rejections behind a career that looks effortless from the outside — the year-long TV development deal that died, the brands that passed, and the mindset that carried her through all of it: "It's not rejection, it's redirection." Sarah made her professional debut at 14 as a fa...

3. 

   8 Sept 2026

   Your Press Release Is Getting Deleted

   Hotel press releases mostly get deleted, and the reason is almost never the writing. CJ Arlotta spent his career on the other side of the desk - a journalist covering hospitality, healthcare, politics and government tech, and senior editor at Hotel Business before he opened his own B2B hospitality PR agency in 2019, about three months before the industry stopped moving. So when he tells you what happens to your announcement when it hits an editor's inbox, he's not guessing. This is the season...

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

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