Prior to Colicchio Consulting, Trip Schneck was the co-founder of HotelMe.com, a verified online review platform offering consumers trusted reviews from verified guests.  He sold the company to Gannett in 2014.

Trip was also the president and co-founder of TIG Global.  As president, he was responsible for the overall strategic direction, development, and operations of the company. Trip sold the company to MICROS in December 2009, which resulted in investors earning a 99% compounded IRR on their investment over an eight-year period.

Previously, Mr. Schneck served as vice president of asset management and strategy at Thayer Lodging Group, a private hotel ownership group with a nationwide portfolio. He oversaw distribution strategies, revenue management, sales, marketing, and business development initiatives across the company. He was also responsible for the asset management of the portfolio, comprising 23 hotels with a market value in excess of $2 billion.

Prior to joining Thayer Lodging Group, Mr. Schneck served as the operations director for several hotels and as a consultant working with large pension funds to improve hotel investment operations. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and he received his MBA from the RH Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. Trip has served on the advisory board for Cornell’s Center for Hospitality Research and is currently a board member at the School of Hotel Management at Auburn University.