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The Boostly Podcast

Stories from other hosts during the CoronaVirus Crisis

The Boostly Podcast

Mark Simpson

Marketing, Business

5.0302 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Season 8 Episode 22. This is a recap of my interview with six hospitality owners who shared stories during the Coronavirus crisis. Recording date: Tuesday 14th April *Please note events and news might have changed since the recording* 03:20 How Andy Gannett started in the hospitality industry 04:10 Andy's experience when the Coronavirus started to peak 07:30 Occupancy level this year as compared to last year 08:50 Andy's tip to get direct bookings 10:40 About David Diack 11:30 David's business life when Coronavirus started 13:20 David's tip to hospitality owners 14:50 What David did to help the business 16:50 About Georgina Bearman 18:20 The business pivot that Georgina made 19:40 The extra pivot 22:30 Georgina's tip to bring in extra income 23:15 About Matt Ward 25:50 Proactive things that Matt did 27:30 Matt's advice 28:50 On payment holiday 31:20 About Tania King-Mohammed 32:10 Tania's business when Coronavirus hit 36:10 Tania's normal guests before Coronavirus 36:40 The first thing that Tania did 39:00 About Liam Carolan 41:00 Liam's business when Coronavirus hit 42:15 Proactive things that Liam did 45:10 Liam's advice to get more bookings • https://Boostly.co.uk • https://Boostly.co.uk/5steps • https://instagram.com/boostlyuk • https://Boostly.co.uk/guidebook • https://Boostly.co.uk/website • https://BookdirectMap.com • https://Boostly.co.uk/podcast

Transcript

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0:00.0

The podcast were in season 8 and we're episode 22 and tonight I am interviewing six other hospitality owners who are

0:16.6

bringing in profit during the Corona virus crisis and not only have it bringing in income not a they've got different properties, different portfolio.

0:32.9

The reason why I wanted to do this episode

0:35.2

is it was recorded on Tuesday the 14th of April.

0:37.6

We are now one month in to the UK

0:40.5

and the hospitality industry being hit by the coronavirus. It was time to spread some positive

0:45.9

vise because a lot of people are starting to get a little bit downbeat with government

0:50.0

grants and loans and not knowing when this is going to end.

0:53.0

Tonight's episode was amazing for one main reason

0:56.8

is that they all shared the same tip,

1:00.3

is that you've got to utilize your social media to get bookings.

1:07.0

Don't think that you can't put something out on social media.

1:11.0

Don't think that you can just go dark, don't go go quiet you need to be present even at a

1:15.2

time like this even if you can't take bookings right now this is the most important

1:19.0

message that was spread and I'm really looking forward to hearing from all of the hosts tonight.

1:24.8

We've got Andy Garnett, we've got David Diet, we've got Georgina Berman, we've got Matt Ward,

1:28.6

we've got Tanya King Mohammed and we've got Liam, Liam Carillon.

1:31.8

Watch this, please reach out to all of the people that

1:34.8

took part if you've got any further questions, but most importantly, please can you do me

1:38.5

my massive favour. Go to the sponsors of the Boostley podcast that make all of this possible that make sure that I can keep doing this time and time and time again.

1:46.0

Go check it out. hostfully.com you get one free digital online guidebook that you can together and send to your potential guests

1:55.2

pre-stay post-day during the stay and it's so cool because it means you don't have to

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