Hospitality Reinvented

About Hospitality Reinvented

Presented by KRG Hospitality and hosted by industry veteran Doug Radkey, Hospitality Reinvented is a solocast production that provides a new level of industry focused thought leadership by providing valuable educational and personal development opportunities for listeners with a focus on what’s next for brand, strategy, and people within the bar, restaurant, or hotel industry.

Publisher

Doug Radkey

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Oct 2024

Latest episode

23 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

36 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Sept 2026

   The Location is Not the Opportunity

   A 'great location' can still be a bad investment. In this episode of Hospitality Reinvented, Doug Radkey explores why hospitality founders need to stop treating every attractive property as an opportunity before the numbers, market, operating model, and strategy prove that it is. Too often, founders fall in love with a space first, then begin forcing the concept, budget, revenue model, and timeline to fit around it. Familiarity with a neighborhood, excitement around a building, or pressure from a landlord can quickly replace disciplined decision-making. This episode explores why due diligence matters, how feasibility studies and strategic roadmaps protect capital, and why data should support, not replace, entrepreneurial instinct. Doug breaks down the importance of pressure testing assumptions around demand, revenue, occupancy costs, construction, labour, dayparts, competition, and market behaviour before making a major commitment. The goal here is to build a hospitality business that can survive, perform, and create long-term value. Sometimes the smartest decision is moving forward. Sometimes it is walking away. Either way, make the location prove it deserves your investment.

2. 

   3 Sept 2026

   Building Your Pre-Open Support Team

   Your hospitality concept may begin with your vision, but it will be shaped by dozens of voices before opening day.Family. Friends. Designers. Consultants. Accountants. Lawyers. Contractors. Vendors. Chefs. Technology partners.The right support team can protect your investment, challenge assumptions, and help turn an idea into a viable business. But when those people are not aligned to one strategy, their opinions and expertise can quickly become conflicting noise.In this episode of Hospitality Reinvented, Doug Radkey explores the role of both personal and professional support during the pre-opening journey, and why founders must remain accountable for the intersection of every decision.The strongest hospitality businesses are built by bringing the right people around one clearly defined strategy, following the right sequence, and ensuring every discipline understands the business they are collectively trying to create.Because the right support team does more than help you reach opening day. It helps ensure the business behind those doors is actually worth opening.

3. 

   5 Aug 2026

   Vibes Before Viability?

   Too many hospitality concepts are built around the vibe before anyone proves the viability. The founder can describe the lighting, music, menu, materials, branding, and exact feeling they want guests to experience. But ask about required revenue, average guest spend, seating capacity, labour, operating costs, or the path to profitability, and the clarity often disappears. In this episode of Hospitality Reinvented, Doug Radkey challenges the growing tendency to lead with branding, design, real estate, and founder emotion before establishing a viable business foundation. This is not an argument against creativity. It is a reminder that creativity needs structure if it is going to survive. Doug explores how the wrong development sequence can lock founders into costly assumptions, why movement is not always progress, and how feasibility and operational clarity protect the concept, the founder, and the investment. Because vibe may attract attention. Viability though - that creates endurance. And when the sequence is right, you do not have to choose between the two. Learn more about building a decision-ready hospitality concept at KRGHospitality.com.

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YouTube views

2,167

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

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Quality

71

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

32

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