BD Faletalimalo aso nei faʻalauiloaina le tofiaina o Rani Gharbie o le Ulu o Acquisitions & Atinaʻe mo The Pod Faletalimalo, BD Hotel sili ona aoga micro-faletalimalo manatu. O le Pod Hotels i le taimi nei e lima meatotino i totonu o le faila, tolu o na tatalaina i le lua tausaga talu ai (o le igoa maualuga Pod Times Square tatalaina ia Ianuari 2018; Pod DC ma Pod Brooklyn tatalaina i le 2017), ma le igoa talu ai nei faʻalauiloa isi lua faletalimalo. i le paipa tuʻusaʻo (Pod Philly tatala i le tautoulu 2019 ma Pod LA faʻatulagaina mo 2020). O lenei, ua faʻafaigaluega e le Pod Hotels ia Gharbie e toe faʻataʻitaʻia lenei pisinisi faʻamanuiaina i nisi o maketi taua e aofia ai Miami, San Francisco, Chicago, Austin, Boston, Nashville, Seattle, Montreal, Toronto, ma Mexico City, faʻatasi ai ma isi. Gharbie na vaʻaia muamua atinaʻe ma mauaina mo North America i Virgin Hotels i le mea na ia matua fesoasoani i le tuputupu aʻe o le igoa tulagavae i maketi autu.

O le Pod Hotels o loʻo faʻatonuina le vave faʻateleina o manaʻoga mo taugofie olaga faletalimalo faʻatulagaina i alualu i luma mafaufau ma paketi malamalama tagata femalagaaʻi o ni tagata atamamai ma fiailoa ma o loʻo tausisi i mea maualuga faʻamoemoe pe a oʻo mai i le moni o poto masani, poto tisaini ma atamai tekonolosi. Faʻatasi ai ma ana potu talimalo aoga, olaola fesoʻotaʻiga avanoa ma fetuutuunai mamanu, O le Pod Faletupe maua sili atu tupe faʻaalu peʻa faʻatusatusa i talatuu faletalimalo faʻailoga o tutusa tulaga.

I le avea ai o le Ulu o Suʻesuʻega ma Atinaʻe o loʻo galulue vavalalata ma tagata e ona faletalimalo o le BD, Richard Born ma Ira Drukier, o Gharbie o le a nafa ma le faʻailoaina o avanoa e ono faʻafaigaluega ai tupe faʻatasi ma le tuʻufaʻatasia o paʻaga faʻataʻatitia ma le aufaʻatupe e faʻatupe galuega i le lumanaʻi i le tele o maketi. O le a ia faʻaaogaina le BD Hotels 'poto i le faletalimalo atinaʻe, inivesi ma faʻagaioiga e faʻalauteleina le Pod Hotels ituaiga i le salafa o le atunuʻu ma mulimuli ane lalolagi.

"Rani auai ma matou i se taimi taua ao matou fuaina le Pod Faletupe portfolio faʻatele i North America" fai mai Richard Born, Pule o BD Faletalimalo. "E le taumateina o le a avea o ia ma se aseta tele a o ia aumaia le 20 tausaga o le poto masani i faletalimalo mauaina, atinaʻe ma faʻagaioiga."

"O loʻo ou vaʻavaʻai atu i luma e faʻateleina le aoga faʻataʻitaʻiga Richard ma Ira fausiaina i maketi taua a le atunuʻu," o le tala lea a Gharbie. "Ua ou vaʻaia le tuputupu aʻe gafatia mo le ituaiga ona o loʻo iai le faʻateleina o manaʻoga mai tagata faimalaga o aso nei e nofo i le atamai, ituaiga fou pei o The Pod Hotels."

Ae le i auai i Virgin Hotel, o Gharbie sa avea ma Pule Faʻatonu ma Faʻavae i Cedar Funds, o Niu Ioka City faʻavae atinaʻe ma inivesi faʻavae ma le faʻatauaina i le alualu i luma faletalimalo ma fanua faʻatau aseta, faʻapea foʻi ma Faʻatonu Faʻatonu o Atinaʻe ma InterContinental Faletalimalo Vaega (IHG ). I se faʻaopopoga, Gharbie o se Adjunct Polofesa i le Columbia's Masters i Real Estate Development program, lea na ia aʻoaʻoina ai le spring spring Private Equity Development, Hotel Focus. O loʻo ia te ia le Master Degree mai le polokalame, o le MBA mai le HEC Business School i Montreal, o le Bachelor degree i Hotel Management mai le Glion Hotel School i Suiselani, ma le tusi pasi i Hotel Real Estate Investments ma Asset Management mai le Cornell University i New York .