Richard "Shawn" Ellis is a hospitality strategist, hotelier, and advisor with a human-centered take on where hospitality, travel, and placemaking are headed. His work traces how experience, technology, wellness, and leadership intersect to shape hospitality that means something in a world that keeps speeding up. Editors and producers come to him for one reason: a clear, grounded point of view on the future of hospitality, stated plainly.