Category Archives: Hospitality Leaders – Navigating COVID-19

These are roundtables of local hospitality leaders talking about what is happening in the area during COVID-19

Navigating Hospitality Round-table May 7, 2020



Our leaders have gathered to discuss what they know best, how to lead the hospitality industry in times where we don’t know what tomorrow brings.  This round-table closes the circle, we started at Timeless Tanglewood, and for this chapter, we close at Timeless Tanglewood. As you will hear, this is only just the beginning of … Continue reading Navigating Hospitality Round-table May 7, 2020


Navigating Hospitality Round-table April 23, 2020



Great discussion on how it looks today in the new normal world of hospitality.  Listen to our local leaders talk about what is going on, from how the business has shifted, to hard decisions needing to be made. Attendees: Welcome President and CEO of Visit Pensacola, Darien Schaefer Rick West – VooDoo BBQ DC Reeves … Continue reading Navigating Hospitality Round-table April 23, 2020


Navigating Hospitality Round-table April 9, 2020



Robust discussion this week regarding what’s next for our hospitality industry. Each week unfolds new challenges, and this is where we come together as a hospitality community and share. This week we have: Rick West – VooDoo BBQ DC Reeves – Perfect Plain Jack Brown – Visit Pensacola Todd Thompson – Pensacola Chamber Rick Fountain … Continue reading Navigating Hospitality Round-table April 9, 2020


Navigating Hospitality Round-table April 2, 2020



This week the Hospitality Leaders in Pensacola come together and discuss where we are at in today’s COVID 19 world. Gus Silivos – Skopelos at New World Nick Murry – Innisfree Rick West – VooDoo BBQ DC Reeves – Perfect Plain Jack Brown – Visit Pensacola Todd Thompson – Pensacola Chamber Rick Fountain – Dean … Continue reading Navigating Hospitality Round-table April 2, 2020


Navigating Hospitality, Roundtable March 26, 2020



March 26, 2020 COVID 19 Navigating Hospitality Roundtable Pensacola Hospitality Leaders sharing how it is going, and what we can do as a community. Amazing leaders. Gus Silivos – Skopelos at New World Nick Murry – Innisfree Rick West – VooDoo BBQ DC Reeves – Perfect Plain Jack Brown – Visit Pensacola Todd Thompson – … Continue reading Navigating Hospitality, Roundtable March 26, 2020


March 19,2020



Navigating Hospitality – Current Conditions. Join Dr. Alison Green as she talks to our industry leaders about how COVID19 is impacting the local hospitality industry. Panelists include:Rusty Branch – Executive Director Escambia County Destination Marketing OrganizationNick Murray – Corporate Director of Food and Beverage, Innisfree HotelsJean Pierre N’Dione – General Manager and Co-Owner, Five Sisters … Continue reading March 19,2020