The Hospitality Wildcatter

Name: The Hospitality Wildcatter
Brand: Advantage Media
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How a Maverick and His Team Are Disrupting 1,400 Years of Hotel Tradition

By: Richard Shawn Ellis

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Hardcover | 27 October 2026

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Hardcover

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22.86 x 15.24

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Available: 27th October 2026

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A Bold Vision for the Future of Hospitality

For more than 1,400 years, the hotel industry has relied on the same model: build hotels near destinations and fill them with guests.

But modern travelers expect something more.

In The Hospitality Wildcatter, veteran hotel developer Richard Shawn Ellis explores how hospitality lost its focus on people and became dominated by standardized brands and predictable experiences. Drawing on decades of work in luxury resorts, casinos, and global development projects, Ellis introduces the Arc of Life, a new framework for designing hospitality around the evolving needs of travelers.

Readers will discover:

Why the traditional hotel model is losing relevance
How personalization is reshaping traveler expectations
Why experience-driven destinations are redefining hospitality
How design, data, and technology can improve guest experiences

Part memoir and part industry manifesto, The Hospitality Wildcatter offers a compelling look at the future of travel, hospitality, and place-making.

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