The Art of Hospitality is the podcast for vacation rental professionals who want to think differently about what they're building.
Each week, Conrad O'Connell and Adam Norko dig into the ideas, strategies, and conversations shaping the vacation rental industry — from AI and operations to guest experience and growth.
Less fluff. More depth. Always practical.
Latest Episodes
The Story Of AI Agents Running A 150 Unit Company With 1 Full Time Employee (With Jan Sahagun)
We're joined this week by Jan Sahagun of Trellis (backed by YC) to talk all things agents, the future of STR/Vacation Rentals tech, running with lean teams, 150 proper...
If We Were Going To Build A Vacation Rental Business, How Would We Do It? (With Adam Norko & Conrad O'Connell)
We're solo this week to explore a fun thought experiment: what if we had to open our own vacation rental company? How would we operate it? Fund it? Grow it? What types...
Operator Series: These Vacation Rental Managers Are THE AI Pioneers (With JJ King, Jack Zoppa, Jacob Mueller)
We're joined by an all-star cast from all over the US to talk AI, practical use-cases and growth in tooling that is going to move the needle. JJ King, Jack Zoppa and J...
The Vacation Rental Data God Is Back With An Update (With Jamie Lane)
We're joined by a favorite guest, Jamie Lane of Airdna to talk all things q1 2026 wrap up, World Cup demand, reading data the right way, how AI is impacting the AirDNA...
Operator Series: Winning In The Midwest With The Right Team (With Michael Friedman)
We're pumped to welcome Michael Friedman, Chief Executive Officer of Simple Life Rentals onto the show to talk all things AI, growth, team, profitability, smart homeow...