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The Hotel Daddy Podcast

T. Blake Danner

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Frequency: 1 episode/39d. Total Eps: 9

Hotel Daddy is a podcast featuring in-depth interviews with hospitality movers and shakers, offering candid conversations that reveal how the best in the business became the leaders they are today. Listen in for inspiration and behind-the-scenes stories from the best in the industry.

Hosted by T. Blake Danner, Executive Producer, Stephanie T. Bryant, Production and Engineering by David Jewell. Associate Producer, Nelson Luis Ortiz, with original theme music composed and produced by Evan Jewell.

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Brad Wilson, Chairman ACE Hotel Group - Great Hotels Win When Creativity Meets Operations Discipline

Season 2 · Episode 3

Friday, September 11, 2026 • Duration 32:25

A motel becomes a resort, a brand becomes a destination, and suddenly the whole industry gets permission to think bigger. We’re joined by Brad Wilson, chairman of Ace Group International, a leader who’s helped shape modern lifestyle hospitality through roles at W Hotels, the James Hotel brand, and Ace Hotels. Brad shares what it really takes to build a boutique hotel that guests talk about, return to, and gladly pay more for, even in an era dominated by OTAs and constant price comparison.

We dig into the James Scottsdale story and why a design-forward concept can thrive far from the usual coastal hotspots. Brad breaks down the “secret sauce” behind hotels that bat above their average: obsessive care, memorable details, and a sense of place strong enough that the hotel becomes part of the trip. From there we get practical about hotel operations and profitability, including Brad’s favorite framework for teams: “complicators” who push creativity and “simplifiers” who make the business work. When those two groups respect each other, you stop selling rooms like a commodity and start building real pricing power.

Design lovers will get plenty here, too: warm modernism, the rise of maximalism, and why “safe beige” can quietly kill differentiation. Brad also shares lessons on leadership through growth, bringing in new partners, and staying customer-first as tastes change. We close with an honest conversation about being openly out in business and how authenticity strengthens culture and connection.

If you enjoy deep dives on boutique hotels, lifestyle brands, hotel design, and hospitality leadership, subscribe, share this with a friend in the industry, and leave a review. What’s one hotel that felt like a destination the moment you walked in?

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