Hospitality Daily Podcast

Ryan Magnon, Chief Operating Officer at Ithaka Hospitality Partners, shares how his early experience as a bat boy for the Atlanta Braves shaped his approach to hospitality and time management. He explains how serving players taught him the fundamentals of anticipating needs, managing time with intention, and developing

In this final episode of our series with Chet Pipkin, founder of Belkin and an investor and advisor shaping innovation in education, sustainability, and hospitality, we zoom out to explore the major forces he believes will define the future. Chet reflects on how he recognized the rise of personal computing in the 1980s

Chet Pipkin built Belkin into a billion-dollar global company, and today, he’s applying those same leadership principles in hospitality through Desolation Hotel in Lake Tahoe. In this conversation, he shares how his leadership philosophy has evolved and why empowering people at every level is essential to organizationa

Chet Pipkin, founder of Belkin and Desolation Hotel, shares how he’s bringing decades of experience building one of the world’s largest consumer technology companies into the hospitality industry. From EV charging to booking systems and even something as simple as checking out a bike, Chet explains how he designs every

When Chet Pipkin moved from founding Belkin to creating Desolation Hotel, he brought with him a deep curiosity about how people experience the world—and a lifelong habit of solving problems through design. In this episode, Chet shares how he and his team built Desolation Hotel to create what he calls “aha moments”—thos

Chet Pipkin, founder of Belkin and now Desolation Hotel, shares how he’s applying decades of experience in innovation and leadership to reimagine what a hospitality business can be. After growing Belkin into a global technology brand, Chet turned his attention to creating meaningful, sustainable experiences in Lake Tah