 Today folks is Tom Delzapo. Tom is the founder of the New Hotel Collection. If you happen to be coming to Pinellas County or the Smoky Mountains, folks, we get a couple nice hotels for you, man. The New Hotel Collection seeks to provide a superior hotel experience to the marriage of modern amenities with historic ambience. And there's no doubt they just bought the Cordova in St. Petersburg, Florida, which was established in 1921. And folks, in Florida, there's not a lot of places around from 1921. Tom, welcome to TFNN. Tom, thanks for having me on. I appreciate it. Absolutely. So first off, I know, tell us about the Cordova Inn. And I mean, it's pretty impressive what you've done here. You not only bought an old hotel, but the furnishings and everything else. You basically, well, tell us what you've done with it. Yeah, so we purchased it pretty much in the height of the pandemic, but really was a macro play on the real estate that we saw happening in not all of Florida, but specifically in St. Petersburg. So we wanted to have a footprint in the town itself, especially with them building the pier and a lot of the restaurants there. We bought it, we took it down. We've done a tremendous amount of reservations on it. We've opened a bar there. We have a coffee bar in the morning. We've redone all the rooms. We've definitely kept it true to like it's 1921. The theme there is kind of like a little bit of a French kind of theme with it's just, it's just wonderful. We brought it all back to its original state and the city's been very, has been, has been great to work with in the, in this situation with the hotel. So we're super excited about it. And they should be because we don't have many buildings that are beautiful like this downtown. I mean, you know, and you know, folks, trust me, I mean, I love people that want to preserve stuff, but sometimes when you're preserving a wooden building, man, I'm not talking about the code over here and I'm just talking about in general, you know, this is something that, that should be preserved. And that's so cool, man, that you get a coffee bar. And so do you have a, do you have a liquor bar in there too? Oh, we've got a liquor bar. Cool, man. Cool. We have a, the bar opens up from, from Wednesdays to Sundays. Okay. The Scott and it's got all these great bourbons and you can have any specialty drink. We've got draft beer also too. So it's open not only to the hotel guests, but what we've been seeing is a lot of people from the community coming in there and having a drink and just kind of hanging out in the lounge and there's a, there's a library in there. So it's really, it's worked up well. We're very excited about it. And like you said, there's not really a lot of affordable hotels in St. Petersburg. And we try to deliver a five star experience at a three pot, you know, a three star price point. So nice. It's been, it's been tremendous. Well, and so I'm definitely not going to have a beer and a coffee. That's for sure. That's for sure. So, hey, tell me about this. This is pretty cool. So well here, let's talk about, I want to go down to the one, how long have you, now, now folks, if you, now this is downtown St. Pete, which is beautiful, but if you like to go to the beaches, right? He has a beautiful place at the harbour side, which is Indian shores. Correct. Now, how long have you owned the one at Indian shores? Yes. So the one, we're on Indian, Indian rocks and Indian shores. So we have two places right directly on the waters and Indian shores, which are fantastic. Two and three bedroom condominiums right on the water. And then in Indian rocks, we have a slate of a building there inside the harbour side. And it's great because there's the splash park for the kids, the beaches across the street. Yes. And that whole area is really interesting because there's just, it's a little, got a little bit of like a surfer, bohemian vibe. It's not really built up like clear water. And there's just not a lot of places to build. So we've been very lucky with some of the purchases that we've had. There's no doubt. And what Tom's saying, folks, okay, I have a place in Indian shores. So I, it's a true beach community, folks. It's beautiful. Okay. You take it, you can take your shoes off, man. And you want your shoes off. Yeah. I mean, it's, it's really cool. The reason I was saying, how long have you owned that one? So our first purchase was in Indian rocks at the harbour side resort. And then about a year and a half later, we went right into Indian shores because those places came up for sale. Then was Tennessee and just lately in St. Petersburg. So it's been about four years, the company's been around. Okay, cool. The reason I was asking, the guy that actually developed that was so smart because he did it, folks, right in the middle. This is like an amusement park. So pitch, this is an amusement park on the beach, right? Yeah. So it's really cool because you have no competition, man. I mean, if I still have young children, it'd be like, well, if I have grandkids, I'll bring them down there. This is like an ultimate place, folks. You look, so pitch it, folks. You can look at the water, meaning the Gulf. You can look at the intercoastal. You can bring your child down. You can do it. You can go down. I mean, they got water rides there. They're extraordinary, man. That is so cool. Yeah, there's all, you know, it's great for parents with kids and young kids because they've got a kid's kiddie pool pot, you know, kind of area in there. And then they have a lazy river, but there's a ton of lifeguards on duty. Yes. There's great food there. You can get plenty of beer or liquor if you want. It's a mom and dad can hang out. It's a really great experience. So we get a lot of families there. And on the beach, it's more, it's more coupling. You know, everybody wants to go over there, just kind of hang out and enjoy the beach. Like you said, it's very, very beachy there. Now let's talk about the Rocky. I mean, the Smoky Mountains. This is pretty cool. Okay. So up at the Smoky Mountains, what do you have? Yes. So that's an interesting purchase because what happened is the city decided to really put some investment in the city because they're watching all these tourists go by into, into the other parts of Aireville. So we were offered an opportunity there. Brand new build, beautiful two and three bedroom condominiums brand new. We've got a rooftop bar called the Sky Bar there that overlooks the mountains. So that's been a, that's actually been a very exciting purchase for us. It's right on the base of Smoky Mountain National Park there. And it's like I said, it's, it's a little bit away from everything. So it's, it's very private. It's in this whole little community where the city council is putting all this money in. There's a lot of mom and pop places. They're like coffee bars and little bars. It's totally cute. It's worked out really, really well for us. Very excited about that. Nice. Well, I can see your focus is pretty cool, man. And when I just named off all those hotels folks, okay, the website is newhotelcollection.com. That's where you can pick this up. If you're coming to St. Pete, if you're coming to Pinellas County folks, okay, you get three great choices. And I know these places folks, okay. Well, if you're down Indian rocks, Indian choice, you're going to love it. You're downtown St. Pete, you're going to love it. I don't know the Smoky Mountains, but that's a place that I do want to get to when we're so close. And there's a lot of folks that come from here, Tom, to Smoky Mountains just for, because it's so close for the weekend and stuff. We do. We actually get a tremendous amount of people from Tennessee and the southern states bordering Florida coming down here because they're landlocked. They want to get to the beach. And in vice versa, people who want a little bit of a mountain experience can go out there with the family. And there's so much to do out there. And it's just that, you know, it's nothing better than coming back and use every place that's got a fireplace and it's got a balcony and there's a bar upstairs on the rooftop. It's a different experience, no doubt. So we get a lot of reverse flow from Tennessee and from people in Florida wanting to go out and experience that also too. You're absolutely right. You got to love it. Well, listen, man, this has been a pleasure. Thank you so much. We look forward to having you on and congratulations. You get some beautiful properties, man. I mean, just hopefully we get to see you at the bar and I could buy you a couple of drinks. Thank you so much for having me. You will see me, man. I'm Irish. Have a great one, Tom. Have a safe one, man. Bye. Thank you. Bye-bye. Stay right there, folks. You're coming right back.