This 30-year industry vet is disrupting the travel sector

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🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Eric Goldreyer, CEO of Savvy, explains how he's competing with giants like Airbnb and Expedia… solving the biggest problem with modern travel… and reshaping the hospitality industry. Plus, he shares his top tips for entrepreneurs. In this episode: Eric Goldreyer, CEO of Savvy, on reshaping hospitality [1:03] How Eric competes with giants like Airbnb and Expedia [4:45] Modern travel is broken—Savvy is fixing it [11:47] The key to building consumer trust [19:00] Beyond bookings: Savvy's plans for future revenue [24:37] IPO vs. acquisition—Eric's endgame [29:00] Eric's top tips for entrepreneurs [31:22] Did you like this episode? Get more Wall Street Unplugged FREE each week in your inbox. Sign up here: https://curzio.me/syn_wsu Find Wall Street Unplugged podcast… --Curzio Research App: https://curzio.me/syn_app --iTunes: https://curzio.me/syn_wsu_i --Stitcher: https://curzio.me/syn_wsu_s --Website: https://curzio.me/syn_wsu_cat Follow Frank… X: https://curzio.me/syn_twt Facebook: https://curzio.me/syn_fb LinkedIn: https://curzio.me/syn_li

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0:00.0	Wall Street Unplug looks beyond the regular headlines heard on mainstream financial media
0:06.7	to bring you unscripted interviews and breaking commentary direct from Wall Street right to you on
0:12.2	Mainstream.
0:18.6	Hey, Eric, thanks so much to join us today at Wall Street Unplugged.
0:22.6	Happy to be here. Thanks for having me.
0:24.7	Well, I always love having industry veterans here.
0:27.6	I mean, when I've been doing it in the markets for 30 years, you've been a veteran of a certain industry, which is online travel, which is pretty crazy for almost three days.
0:36.3	Hospitality, baby.
0:37.5	Oh, yeah, over crazy for almost three decades. Hospitality, baby. Oh.
0:38.3	Yeah, over.
0:39.2	Crazy industry.
0:40.6	So it's one thing to say that you've been part of that industry for 30 years.
0:44.8	It's another thing to say you started one company and successfully, you sold it, and then
0:48.8	you started another company and did it again.
0:51.1	And now you're looking to do something with another company.
0:53.0	Before we get to that part, give us a little bit of your background. How did you get into this industry and why you
0:57.9	love it so much? Because it's not easy dealing with people sometimes. You know, so true, so true.
1:05.2	You know, I mean, I've always loved hospitality. I just, my wife and I, we've been married
1:09.9	35 years now. And out of college, which is where
1:13.4	we met, we would actually go stay in bed and breakfast, like legit bed and breakfast, not Airbnbs.
1:19.7	This is back when there were guidebooks. So you literally had to read the entire guidebook to find the
1:25.1	one that matched your price range and had the hot tub and had the view or whatever you were looking for.
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