Crossing Borders With Nathan Lustig

​​Nico Barawid, Casai: Providing Consistently High-Quality Hospitality in Mexico, Ep 147   In Mexico, the hospitality industry is the third-highest contributor to GDP. Therefore, when COVID-19 initially shut tourists out of the country and forced many hotels to close down, the Mexican economy was hit relatively hard. By the second half of 2020, travel to Mexico was picking up, and the hospitality industry is ready to make a comeback, with some Mexico destinations on pace for more travel than in 2019!   Casai, a luxury hospitality startup, aims to be the high end Airbnb for digital nomads, high end business travelers and families. In this episode of Crossing Borders I sat down with Casai’s founder and CEO Nico Barawid to learn more about his story.   Starting with his first job at a startup in San Francisco and his background in consulting, Nico explains how these experiences prepared him to run Casai efficiently. We also discuss the difficulties Casai faced during the pandemic and Nico explains the ways in wh