May 29, 2026

What a Founder Learns Inside a Big Hospitality Company - Tamara Lohan, Hyatt

What a Founder Learns Inside a Big Hospitality Company - Tamara Lohan, Hyatt
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In this episode, our career correspondent and hertelier founder Emily Goldfischer continues her conversation with Tamara Lohan, Global Brand Leader for Luxury at Hyatt.

Tamara shares what it's like to step inside a large company after co-founding and building Mr. & Mrs. Smith for more than two decades. She gets into the difference between a mentor and a sponsor, why she wishes she'd built her network earlier, and the deep work of repositioning Park Hyatt, Alila, and Miraval for the next luxury traveler. She also makes the case for more women at the top to change the structures of an industry that asks leaders to travel hard, and names the contradiction every visible leader feels between showing up and doing the work.

Also see: Travelers Want Hotels With a Point of View - Tamara Lohan, Hyatt

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Music for this show is produced by Clay Bassford of Bespoke Sound: Music Identity Design for Hospitality Brands