Staying Rare & Celebrating the Roots of Hospitality, w/ Hall Cannon (New Zealand)

My guest this month is Hall Cannon. I first met Hall in 2015 while visiting New Zealand, and having the pleasure of staying in his small lodge Otahuna located near Christchurch. I wanted to sit and down and talk with Hall for a number of reasons. In this moment, and you’ll see this through the conversations I’ve recently shared, and will be sharing this year, I’m partial to the small guys and gals. In our industry. Those who choose to stay hyper focused on where their feet are. They have the opportunity to expand, to take what they’ve done quite successfully and do it, build it, in another place. And look, there is no right or wrong when it comes to this type of business decision. Whether we’re talking about growing a travel agency beyond yourself & your assistant, to a large host … or growing a 7 room hotel to a 27 or 247 room hotel, because you can. The important thing, and I’ve always talked about this, the important thing is to understand yourself and what makes you joyful, not trying to follow the recipe you see succeeding down the street. Because the cook down there has a different blueprint to yours. Know your blueprint, accept it, trust it, live it, and life, business, just flow.