{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Defining Hospitality","title":"Navigating the Peaks of Innovation - Larry Traxler - Defining Hospitality","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4287,"description":"This week, Dan Ryan sits down with Larry Traxler, a 30+ year veteran of architecture and design, former SVP Global Head of Architecture & Design at Hilton Hotels & Resorts, and founder of Traxworks Hospitality Collaborative, to make the case that great hospitality design isn’t about replicating what’s trending, it’s about understanding place, people, and purpose. From breaking ceramic tiles on job sites in Japan to navigating 102 countries and opening 1,000 hotels a year at Hilton, Larry has spent his career building bridges between creative vision and business reality, and now, finally free to say no, he’s going deeper than ever.\n\nAbout the Guest: \nOn this episode, Dan Ryan sits down with Larry Traxler, founder of Traxworks Hospitality Collaborative and former SVP Global Head of Architecture and Design at Hilton Hotels & Resorts. Larry has shaped some of the most memorable spaces in global hospitality, one mosaic wall, and one very deliberate hammer swing at a time. When he’s not advising owners on design strategy or racking up passport stamps across his 102nd country, he’s photographing wildlife in his backyard, plotting a month in Africa, and finally, finally, getting to put more into the projects that truly light him up.\n\nChapters:\n00:25 Welcome to Defining Hospitality\n01:28 Mentors Safari and Photography\n02:53 Backyard Safari and Reps\n05:42 Defining Hospitality Through Design\n12:09 Traxworks Freedom to Say No\n15:13 Jordan Mozer Narrative Craft\n22:31 Becoming the Bridge Conductor\n30:36 The Clift Deep Dive Details\n35:27 Nine Million Miles\n36:43 Creativity in the Air\n38:27 Hilton Lessons to Trexworks\n43:10 Solo Founder Reality\n45:13 AI as Creative Toolkit\n50:00 Recessions and Resilience\n54:04 Hospitality Beyond Hotels\n01:00:20 Fighting Design Sameness\n01:02:35 Traxworks Freedom and Farewell\n\nQuote of the Show:\n“It’s those people that have a fear of the future that get held back. Sometimes you just have to jump off the bridge and leap into those entrepreneurial...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jOMZku2zhfiEl2keEgoTu9dN4zv3kAryH7e0rdfDrqM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM5MzU3LzE2ODE4/MjI1NTUtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}