HXD212 turns up the heat with real conversations that challenge comfort and spark action. Hosted by Thibault Catala, founder of Catala Consulting, the show brings together leaders, creators, and rebels shaping what comes next across hospitality, AI, technology, and life design. No scripts. No filters. No polished talking points. Just curious minds, honest dialogue, and ideas pushed one degree further. To the boiling point.Human-to-Human. At 212°F.
Can We Build a Hotel Revenue Tool in 1 Hour with AI? Abdul Basit Banbhan | Ep. 011
Can we build a hotel revenue tool with AI in just one hour? One spreadsheet. One hotel revenue expert. One Cursor ambassador. And a challenge to see how far AI can take us. 🎙 Episode 011 of HXD212: unfiltered conversations with leaders, rebels, and builders shaping what's next. Abdul Basit Banbhan, Cursor Ambassador for Austria, joins Thibault Catala for a different kind of episode: building hotel software together, on screen. Abdul has never worked in a hotel. Thibault brings the revenue...
25 Aug 2026
He Built a Hotel With No Lobby and No Building | Tiago Venâncio, Treasurests Hospitality | Ep. 010
The hotel of 2035 may not look like a hotel at all. No lobby. No traditional front desk. Mixed-use buildings. Branded residences. F&B-led concepts. And neighbourhoods becoming part of the actual guest experience. Episode 010 of HXD212: unfiltered conversations with leaders, rebels, and builders shaping what's next. Tiago Venâncio, Managing Director of TREASURESTS Hospitality, has spent nearly two decades working across hotel development, investment, brands, and operations. But some of ...
3 Aug 2026
AI Won’t Replace Strategy. It Will Expose Weak Thinkers. George Nimeh | Ep. 009
AI will not replace strategy. It will expose weak thinkers. Most companies do not have a strategy. They have content calendars, meetings, campaigns, and more tools than ever before. But in a world where everyone can publish, automate, and generate more content with AI, the real question becomes: who can still think clearly? 🎙 Episode 009 of HXD212: unfiltered conversations with leaders, rebels, and builders shaping what's next. George Nimeh has spent his career at the intersection of media...
14 Jul 2026
What Hotel Owners See That Operators Don't. Philipp Huterer | Ep. 008
A hotel can be fully booked and still be a bad investment. Most operators don't see it. Most owners don't say it. Until now. 🎙 Episode 008 of HXD212: unfiltered conversations with leaders, rebels, and builders shaping what's next. Philipp Huterer, Managing Director of MRP Hotels, did not build his career chasing occupancy numbers. He built it understanding what those numbers actually mean to the person who owns the building. After training at Glion Institute of Higher Education and IE Busi...
18 Jun 2026
Can Psychedelics Make You a Better Leader? Sophie Spitzer | Ep. 007
From being terrified of substances to building safe legal psychedelic journeys. Can psychedelics become the next frontier of mental health, leadership, and human transformation, or are we still dangerously romanticising something we barely understand? 🎙 Episode 007 of HXD212: unfiltered conversations with leaders, rebels, and builders shaping what's next. Sophie J. Spitzer, founder & CEO of Kinisi, did not come into psychedelics through hype, spirituality, or trend-chasing. She came thr...
6 May 2026
Mews PMS from Startup to $2.5B valuation. Matthijs Welle | Ep. 006
From two hotel guys with no tech skills to a $2.5 billion valuation. How do you reinvent an industry from the inside and what does it take to survive when no one will fund you? 🎙 Episode 006 of HXD212: unfiltered conversations with leaders, rebels, and builders shaping what's next. Matthijs Welle, CEO of Mews, took the path most hotel professionals dream about — Hilton's management track, a fast career, a clear trajectory. Then he quit. At 30, with no mortgage, no kids, and no tech experien...
15 Apr 2026
Why Vienna Could Become Europe’s Next Startup Hub. Markus Raunig | Ep. 005
Can Austria become a real startup nation. Or will it stay comfortable playing small? 🎙️ Episode 005 of HXD212: unfiltered conversations with leaders, rebels, and builders shaping what's next. Markus Raunig, Executive Chairman of AustrianStartups, sits at the center of the Austrian entrepreneurial ecosystem. He works with founders, policymakers, investors, and universities to push one simple idea: Entrepreneurship should be a normal career path, not an exception. Austria has talent, capital...
24 Mar 2026
Signal vs Noise. Why Most Leaders Get It Wrong. Delia Wieser | Ep. 004
We live in a world flooded with trends, predictions, and “what’s next” reports. AI. Sustainability. Digital transformation. The next big shift.But how much of what we call important is actually signal. And how much is just noise? 🎙️ HXD212: Turning up the heat in hospitality. Unfiltered conversations with leaders, rebels, and builders shaping what comes next. Human-to-Human. At 212°F. -- Delia Wieser is one of the sharpest thinkers on how real change happens.She works at the intersection of i...
How do you tell what’s a real hotel trend. And what’s just conference noise? 🎙️ HXD212: Turning up the heat in hospitality. Unfiltered conversations with leaders, rebels, and builders shaping what comes next. Human-to-Human. At 212°F. -- Rita J Varga, founder of RaizUp and one of the sharpest voices in hospitality commercial leadership, breaks down why the same “trends” repeat for 10–15 years. Data. Guest experience. AI. Sustainability. Different labels. Same frameworks. The real bottleneck i...
11 Feb 2026
Decisions Beat Dashboards: What Hotels Get Wrong About AI | Ep. 002
How do you make good decisions in a world flooded with data and AI? 🎙️ HXD212: Turning up the heat in hospitality. Unfiltered conversations with leaders, rebels, and builders shaping what comes next. Human-to-Human. At 212°F. -- Jason Noronha, co-founder & CEO of D3x, explains why decisions beat dashboards, why “data-driven” is often a way to avoid ownership, and how AI should remove busywork so humans can focus on taste, emotion, and guest experience. Jason comes from hotel operati...
21 Jan 2026
Tradition vs Innovation: Hotel Sacher's Honest Answer | Ep. 001
How does a 150-year-old luxury hotel adopt AI without losing its soul? -- 🎙️ HXD212: Turning up the heat in hospitality. Unfiltered conversations with leaders, rebels, and builders shaping what comes next. Human-to-Human. At 212°F. -- In this first episode, Paul Sorantin, Commercial Director of Hotel Sacher, shares how one of the world’s most iconic heritage hotels embraces innovation without compromising what truly matters. Hotel Sacher in Vienna is a global symbol of tradition. Behind the s...
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