Hospitality Forward
Hosted by Hanna Lee and Michael Anstendig · Hanna Lee and Michael Anstendig
4.7from 39 ratings
- 119
- Episodes
- 9
- Transcribed
- 39
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 43K
- YouTube views
About Hospitality Forward
Welcome to Hospitality Forward, a podcast for hospitality & travel professionals, where we invite members of the media to share their insights and tips. My name is Hanna Lee. I’m President of Hanna Lee Communications, an award-winning public relations agency in New York City. And I’m Michael Anstendig, a food and beverage writer and my work has appeared in publications like the New York Times, Time Out New York, New York magazine online and others. I'm also the Editor in Chief at Hanna Lee Communications. The hospitality & travel industry is now facing incredible challenges, and we know our community is looking for support and solutions. So we want to provide ways of attracting the media spotlight that can help your business rebuild and prosper. That is why we created this podcast, where we will interview the smartest, most accomplished journalists who cover hospitality & travel for some of the world’s leading outlets. Our upcoming episodes featuring media members from the New York Times, Esquire, Fortune, Time Out New York, Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure and many others. And because we understand the power of media coverage, we’ll ask our guests to reveal their insider tips. They’ll explain how to get the word out about yourself and your business, how to handle media interviews, how to be a great media resource, and how to tell your newsworthy story in a compelling and authentic way. We are so excited to bring you these insightful interviews to help our industry reset, redirect and rebound. So subscribe today and join us as we move Hospitality Forward together. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Hanna Lee and Michael Anstendig
- Category
- business · society & culture · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 Aug 2020
- Latest episode
- 30 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
9 of 119 episodes have a transcript.
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode #114: Jack Ezon & Annie Fitzsimmons, Co-Hosts, Embark Beyond's "Beyond" Podcast
5 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode #113: Brian Underwood, Beauty & Grooming Director, Men’s Health and Women’s Health
30 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode #112: Jess Feldman, Associate Director of Special Projects, Travel + Leisure
Inside a recent episode
Episode #114: Jack Ezon & Annie Fitzsimmons, Co-Hosts, Embark Beyond's "Beyond" Podcast
Published 30 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So I, Jack's going to laugh at this, but I never wanted to be put in any sort of box. So I think sometimes people dream of one thing. And I wanted to be a journalist, but I mostly wanted to work in travel and I wanted to do 17 different things. So basically, I started out as a tour guide in Europe and a journalism. I was doing freelance projects here and there. And then I ended up Long story short, kind of getting my big break at travel and leisure, starting on their digital side. And then basically at National Geographic, pitching and creating this role as Urban Insider, where I got to travel the world for six years reporting on cities and culture. […]
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- Jack Ezon
- Annie Fitzsimmons
- Brian Underwood
- Jess Feldman
- Pilar Guzmán
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 42,864
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 33 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 6 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 74 / 100
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- Quality
- 83
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 85
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Questions about Hospitality Forward
Who hosts Hospitality Forward?
Hanna Lee and Michael Anstendig host the show. Published by Hanna Lee and Michael Anstendig.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes monthly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Hospitality Forward take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
Where can I read transcripts?
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