Benjamin Smith

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Benjamin Smith is the founder of IntuitiveStay™, the guest intelligence platform for independent hospitality businesses. Helping staff be seen and employers lead smarter since 2026.

Why Your Best Manager Might Be Running on Empty by Mid-Afternoon

I keep hearing versions of the same story from people I know in hospitality and I keep seeing it pop up in different forms...

Hospitality’s Vicious Triangle: How Cost-Cutting Backfires on Owners, Staff and Guests

Everyone in this industry is talking about a crisis right now and depending on who you ask, it's a completely different one. Owners blame...

Emotional intelligence is the most important skill in hospitality, so why does nobody measure it?

Twenty years in hospitality including The UK, Thailand, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand. Backpacker hostels to five-star hotels and in all of it,...

Why Guests Don’t Complain to Your Face But Will to Google

It was a Friday night. Table of four, booked for 7:30pm. They had the set menu, a bottle of red, desserts. When I went...

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