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Matt Talks Hospitality

Matt Talks Hospitality

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 Matt Talks Hospitality is a podcast for hoteliers who want to understand the technology, ideas and people shaping modern hospitality. Hosted by Mews CEO Matt Welle, each episode explores the tools, challenges and decisions behind how hotels work – and how they keep getting better. All episodes available here: https://hubs.ly/Q0350wrf0 Meet Matt beyond the podcast: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthijswelle/Copyrights © 2025 All Rights Reserved by MEWS Economics Management Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • Inside Bob W: Why Niko Karstikko treats hotels like software

    Inside Bob W: Why Niko Karstikko treats hotels like software
    Jan 28 2026
    Can a hotel run with one seventh of staff and still outperform its peers? Bob W is built for the modern traveler who wants the best of both worlds: the consistency and reliability of a hotel, with the space, utility and local feel of a short-stay apartment. But what truly sets Bob W apart is its software-first mindset. Niko Karstikko, Co-founder and CEO of Bob W, joins Matt to explain how Bob W blends apartments, hotels and automation into a new hospitality category.
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    36 mins
  • Cocoons to capsules: Halima Aziz on Zedwell's city-centre hotel vision

    Cocoons to capsules: Halima Aziz on Zedwell's city-centre hotel vision
    Jan 21 2026
    Cocoons and capsules sit at the heart of Zedwell Hotels’ London city-centre vision, where rooms are designed around sleep, efficiency and the realities of urban life rather than tradition. In this episode, Matt speaks with Halima Aziz, Head of Hotels at Criterion Hospitality, which owns and operates Zedwell Hotels, about turning forgotten city spaces into some of London’s most profitable hotel real estate, all while removing TVs, kettles and even windows from the rooms.
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    42 mins
  • Sports, refugee clubhouses and a new idea of hospitality with Jan van Hövell

    Sports, refugee clubhouses and a new idea of hospitality with Jan van Hövell
    Jan 14 2026
    Survival requires food and water, but spirit craves community. By building sports clubs inside refugee camps, KLABU creates places where people can gather, play and regain a sense of normal life amid displacement. KLABU’s founder Jan van Hövell explains how these clubhouses are set up in crisis zones, why sports help build communities and how KLABU and Mews are collaborating to support indigenous Venezuelan refugees in Boa Vista, Brazil.
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    38 mins
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