{"id":114334,"date":"2022-11-22T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/?p=114334"},"modified":"2024-11-19T14:00:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T19:00:57","slug":"repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/11\/22\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"REPOD S4E8 &#8211; Expansion &amp; Hospitality: Mark Flint, CEO of The Escape Game, USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"REPOD S4E8 - Expansion &amp; Hospitality: Mark Flint, CEO of The Escape Game, USA\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=mu4fu-131dc9a-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Tahoma&amp;skin=1b1b1b&amp;font-color=auto&amp;logo_link=episode_page&amp;btn-skin=60a0c8\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gPEely4RqAU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Season 4, Episode 8 of REPOD, we return home to the United States for a chat with Mark Flint, CEO of The Escape Game (TEG). With over 26 locations in 14 states, TEG is positioned to offer a shared American experience. Many of their locations have the same games as locations in other cities, all with consistently high quality rooms, accessible venues in high-profile shopping centers, beautifully decorated sets, and friendly customer service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark operates his company with a businessman&#8217;s brain and an escape room enthusiast&#8217;s heart. The emphasis on hospitality lies at the heart of The Escape Game experience. Their mission statement is <em>Every Single Guest<\/em>, and Mark shares insights on how he incorporates their mission into every location and experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/S4E8-Mark-Flint-The-Escape-Game-USA-landscape.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" data-attachment-id=\"114775\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/s4e8-mark-flint-the-escape-game-usa-landscape\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/S4E8-Mark-Flint-The-Escape-Game-USA-landscape.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1100,628\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"S4E8 Mark Flint The Escape Game USA landscape\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/S4E8-Mark-Flint-The-Escape-Game-USA-landscape-1024x585.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/S4E8-Mark-Flint-The-Escape-Game-USA-landscape-1024x585.jpg\" alt=\"escape room decorated to look like a moroccan marketplace, with image of smiling man in a suit, titled Expansion &amp; Hospitality: Mark Flint, CEO of The Escape Game, USA\" class=\"wp-image-114775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/S4E8-Mark-Flint-The-Escape-Game-USA-landscape-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/S4E8-Mark-Flint-The-Escape-Game-USA-landscape-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/S4E8-Mark-Flint-The-Escape-Game-USA-landscape-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/S4E8-Mark-Flint-The-Escape-Game-USA-landscape-685x391.jpg 685w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/S4E8-Mark-Flint-The-Escape-Game-USA-landscape.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With their commitment to warm and welcoming customer service, well-maintained, clean lobbies and games, and an eye towards rapid expansion, The Escape Game reflects American values. Mark emphasized their in-house leadership training program, and in chatting with him, it was clear that his strong vision and leadership is reflected through his company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"thank-you-to-our-sponsors\">Thank You to Our Sponsors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We are immensely grateful to our sponsors this season: Morty App, Escape Tales from Board and Dice, and Buzzshot. We truly appreciate your support of our mission to promote and improve the immersive gaming community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"mortyapp.com\/repod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"758\" data-attachment-id=\"103024\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/asset-264x\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Asset-26@4x.png\" data-orig-size=\"1174,869\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Asset 26@4x\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Asset-26@4x-1024x758.png\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Asset-26@4x-1024x758.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-103024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Asset-26@4x-1024x758.png 1024w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Asset-26@4x-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Asset-26@4x-768x568.png 768w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Asset-26@4x-685x507.png 685w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Asset-26@4x.png 1174w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"morty-app\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mortyapp.com\/repod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Morty<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Morty is a free app for discovering, planning, tracking, and reviewing your escape rooms and other immersive social outings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Special Badge for REPOD listeners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/MortyApp.com\/REPOD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MortyApp.com\/REPOD<\/a> to sign up and get a special badge for our listeners (works for existing users also). <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:4px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/escape-tales.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"696\" data-attachment-id=\"114262\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/escape-tales-cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/escape-tales-cover.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1105,751\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"escape tales cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/escape-tales-cover-1024x696.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/escape-tales-cover-1024x696.jpg\" alt=\"3 board game boxes, one that says Children of the Wyrmwoods, one that says low memory, and one that says The Awakening. Also a book titled Book of Rituals.\" class=\"wp-image-114262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/escape-tales-cover-1024x696.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/escape-tales-cover-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/escape-tales-cover-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/escape-tales-cover-685x466.jpg 685w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/escape-tales-cover.jpg 1105w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"morty-app\"><a href=\"https:\/\/escape-tales.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Escape Tales<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Escape Tales is an acclaimed series of tabletop escape room games\u2014 each featuring a unique blend of mind-bending puzzles masterfully woven into thought-provoking, robust narratives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Special Discount for REPOD listeners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use code &#8220;<strong>roomescapeartist<\/strong>&#8221; for 25% off all Escape Tales products and Books of Rituals on <a href=\"https:\/\/boardanddice.com\/?s=escape+tales&amp;post_type=product\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Board &amp; Dice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buzzshot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"341\" data-attachment-id=\"112962\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/buzzshot-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/buzzshot-logo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"663,341\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"buzzshot logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/buzzshot-logo.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/buzzshot-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Buzzshot logo featuring a rounded square with a white &quot;Z&quot; surrounded by stylized z shaped graphics\" class=\"wp-image-112962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/buzzshot-logo.jpg 663w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/buzzshot-logo-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"morty-app\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buzzshot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/buzzshot.com\/repod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buzzshot<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Buzzshot is \u2018Customer Satisfaction Software\u2019 for your escape room business. Streamline your marketing and grow your escape room business with pregame and postgame features including robust waiver management, branded team photos, and integrated review management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Special Discount for REPOD listeners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use our link when booking a demo for 20% off your first three months. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"topics-discussed-in-this-episode\">Topics Discussed in this Episode<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mark talks about the early days of his operation when he first opened in April of 2014. [3:09]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark and David talk about the impact of Trip Advisor on the popularity of escape rooms in the mid 2010s. [3:37]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peih-Gee mentions that one of the benefits of having a chain of escape rooms all running roughly the same games is creating a shared experience among players. [5:57]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark talks about growing his operation and why they run the same games in different locations instead of creating new games for each city. [6:24]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark talks about some of the challenges of opening locations in different states. He mentions ensuring that the quality can be consistently delivered, as well as dealing with different building codes. [8:49]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark talks about travelling and playing escape rooms as an enthusiast. [10:23]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark talks about what inspires him when designing games. [11:54]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark tells us that when he first decided to start his company, he toured different places like Hungary and Singapore, playing escape rooms there for research. He discuses some of the variations in design styles. [13:21]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark talks about cultivating a positive relationship between The Escape Game and the escape room enthusiast community, and how to balance designing for both the enthusiast and the casual first-time player. [14:52]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peih-Gee talks about her experience playing at The Escape Game and how impressed she was with the consistency of the quality of games. [16:55]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark talks about their most premium game, <a href=\"https:\/\/theescapegame.com\/nashville\/escape-rooms\/ruins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Ruins: Forbidden Treasure<\/em><\/a>, which is exclusive to the Berry Hill, Nashville location. [17:30]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark talks about their highly acclaimed game, <a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2018\/09\/03\/the-escape-game-playground-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Playground<\/em><\/a>, which has won a Golden Lock Award from REA, and why he thinks it&#8217;s so popular. [21:30]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/The-Escape-Game-Playground-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" data-attachment-id=\"68787\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2018\/09\/03\/the-escape-game-playground-review\/the-escape-game-playground-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/The-Escape-Game-Playground-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Escape Game &amp;#8211; Playground 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/The-Escape-Game-Playground-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/The-Escape-Game-Playground-1.jpg\" alt=\"In-game: A pair of classroom desks with strange projects resting on top of them.\" class=\"wp-image-68787\" style=\"width:429px;height:322px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/The-Escape-Game-Playground-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/The-Escape-Game-Playground-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mark talks about his business background before he founded The Escape Game. [23:29]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark talks about some of the factors that limit their escape game design process for their type of business model, including size of the room and ability for the team to deliver a good experience. [24:53] <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark talks about the importance of &#8220;delivery,&#8221; including the website experience, the greeting as the guest walks through the door, the briefing that the guest gets, and the nuanced and attentive game guiding. [25:53]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark talks about maintaining consistency and cohesiveness of maintenance and customer service on a national level. [26:50]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark talks about his staffing model for each of his locations and their formal leadership training program within The Escape Game company. [28:08]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Escape Game tends to open in high traffic locations like shopping centers. Mark talks about how and why they select these high profile locations. [29:53]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark talks about adapting the games for different locations. [34:15]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark talks about adjusting location sizes according to local market demand. [35:35]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark discusses being a good neighbor with other escape room companies. [36:28]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark talks about why The Escape Game returned to public bookings as a pricing model, and how to balance pricing models for escape rooms for both enthusiasts and casual players. [39:12]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark shares that <a href=\"https:\/\/thenemesisclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Nemesis Club<\/a> in Phoenix, Arizona, with games <a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/06\/07\/nemesis-club-evil-robots-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Evil Robots<\/em><\/a> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/04\/21\/nemesis-club-mogollon-monster-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mogollon Monster<\/a><\/em> is one of his favorite escape room companies in the US. [42:59]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark talks about TEG&#8217;s newest game in development, a space-themed game. [44:01]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark mentions that he would love to fulfill special requests from our listeners, particularly requests for a private room experience. He encourages enthusiasts to reach out to the location and that they will work with you to host a private team game. [45:30]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark shares a bonus story about the time he played an escape game in China called <em>Kill Hitler.<\/em> [48:13]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/reality-escape-pod_round-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"91709\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/reality-escape-pod_round-web\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/reality-escape-pod_round-web.png\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"reality-escape-pod_round-web\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/reality-escape-pod_round-web.png\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/reality-escape-pod_round-web.png\" alt=\"Reality Escape Pod mission patch logo depicts a spaceship puncturing through the walls of reality.\" class=\"wp-image-91709\" style=\"width:378px;height:378px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/reality-escape-pod_round-web.png 600w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/reality-escape-pod_round-web-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/reality-escape-pod_round-web-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/reality-escape-pod_round-web-100x100.png?crop=1 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leave us a voicemail<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Got a question or thought for the podcast? You can submit a voice recording by calling the Room Escape Artist not-so-hotline that always goes straight to voicemail (551-227-7273).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"resources-mentioned-in-this-episode\">Resources Mentioned in this Episode<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theescapegame.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Escape Game Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/category\/company\/the-escape-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REA reviews of The Escape Game<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2020\/08\/18\/the-escape-game-opens-recon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lisa shares a story about her customer experience at The Escape Game in this post about their appearance at RECON &#8217;20. <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NdGZWXjktfA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;listType=playlist&#038;list=PLvtiar8OygebTfdxOIfxvERf32izded2f\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Mark Flint<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mark-Flint-headshot-the-escape-game.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"698\" data-attachment-id=\"114761\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/mark-flint-headshot-the-escape-game\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mark-Flint-headshot-the-escape-game.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2500,1704\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1502463590&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mark Flint headshot the escape game\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mark-Flint-headshot-the-escape-game-1024x698.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mark-Flint-headshot-the-escape-game-1024x698.jpg\" alt=\"man with short neat grey\/brown hair, blue eyes, smiling, in a checkered shirt, blue blazer, against a background of greenery\" class=\"wp-image-114761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mark-Flint-headshot-the-escape-game-1024x698.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mark-Flint-headshot-the-escape-game-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mark-Flint-headshot-the-escape-game-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mark-Flint-headshot-the-escape-game-1536x1047.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mark-Flint-headshot-the-escape-game-2048x1396.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mark-Flint-headshot-the-escape-game-1200x818.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mark-Flint-headshot-the-escape-game-685x467.jpg 685w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mark-Flint-headshot-the-escape-game-2000x1363.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Flint is the CEO and Co-Founder of The Escape Game (TEG), a world-class experiential entertainment concept with 27 (and growing) retail locations across the United States and employing over 900 amazing, talented, and dedicated team members. TEG\u2019s headquarters and creative design\/ manufacturing studio are based in Nashville, TN. TEG\u2019s IRL (in real life) experiences cast its beloved guests as heroes in story-driven missions which take place in highly immersive, multi-room sets and present guests the opportunity to \u201cwin\u201d each mission by working together to solve intellectual and tactile challenges within a 60-minute timeframe. TEG also provides an exciting portfolio of hosted, digital, play-from-anywhere experiences during the pandemic, geared towards engaging and effective team building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Board member of Five Iron Golf, a fast-growing urban indoor golf experience that combines golf, technology, and entertainment. President Emeritus at HMS Valuation Partners, a healthcare business appraisal firm Mr. Flint founded at the age of 25. Along with Melinda, wife of 29 years and best friend, invested in several emerging start-up companies. Holds Bachelor\u2019s degree in Finance and Economics from Spring Hill College as well as two Master\u2019s degrees (MBA and MPH) from Tulane University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded The Escape Game along with brothers Jonathan and James Murrell in 2013 out of the Flint family basement. Together with co-founders, developed TEG\u2019s product offering, service model, and company culture that has successfully delivered millions of guest experiences, generated over 115,000 5-star reviews, and is consistently scored for NPS (Net Promotor Score) at the highest levels for any industry. While at The Escape Game, served in various leadership roles, including strategy, game design, and finance functions. Passionate and particular about game\/ experience design, having co-created over 20 unique gamified experiences for TEG\u2019s retail platform as well as projects for select third-party clients, including Disney, PwC, and Amazon Studios, each being repeat clients of TEG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"support-repod\">Support REPOD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/roomescapeartist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subscribe to Patreon for bonus content<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/PerplexorsPuzzles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Perplexor\u2019s Puzzles<\/a>&nbsp;and REPOD by using our affiliate code \u201cREPOD\u201d for 10% off purchases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Please rate and review our podcast!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for listening!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Support Room Escape Artist&#8217;s Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are lots of ways to support Room Escape Artist, like buying from <a aria-label=\"Amazon (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/shop\/roomescapeart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=6220&amp;awinaffid=651019&amp;ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etsy.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Etsy<\/a> after clicking into the links included in this post or backing us on <a aria-label=\"Patreon (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/roomescapeartist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patreon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The money that we make from these helps us to grow the site and continue to add more value to the community that we love so much. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":114775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[586398298,586398213,53843328],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reality-escape-pod","category-recon","category-the-escape-game"],"acf":[],"is_reblog":null,"post_id":null,"blog_id":null,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"586398298","yoast-structured-data-blocks-images-cache":null,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":null,"_yoast_wpseo_linkdex":null,"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"30","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Podcast interview Mark Flint, CEO and co-founder of The Escape Game, a top notch national escape room chain in the United States.","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"8","_yoast_wpseo_wordproof_timestamp":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>REPOD S4E8 - Expansion &amp; Hospitality: Mark Flint, CEO of The Escape Game, USA - Room Escape Artist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Podcast interview Mark Flint, CEO and co-founder of The Escape Game, a top notch national escape room chain in the United States.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/11\/22\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"REPOD S4E8 - Expansion &amp; Hospitality: Mark Flint, CEO of The Escape Game, USA - Room Escape Artist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Podcast interview Mark Flint, CEO and co-founder of The Escape Game, a top notch national escape room chain in the United States.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/11\/22\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Room Escape Artist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-22T15:01:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-19T19:00:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/S4E8-Mark-Flint-The-Escape-Game-USA-landscape.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peih-Gee Law\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Peih-Gee Law\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/22\\\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/22\\\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Peih-Gee Law\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b814320565e72735a577874a660a5964\"},\"headline\":\"REPOD S4E8 &#8211; Expansion &amp; Hospitality: Mark Flint, CEO of The Escape Game, USA\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-22T15:01:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-19T19:00:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/22\\\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1389,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/22\\\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/S4E8-Mark-Flint-The-Escape-Game-USA-landscape.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Reality Escape Pod\",\"RECON\",\"The Escape Game\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/22\\\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/22\\\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/22\\\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\\\/\",\"name\":\"REPOD S4E8 - Expansion &amp; Hospitality: Mark Flint, CEO of The Escape Game, USA - Room Escape Artist\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/22\\\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/22\\\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/S4E8-Mark-Flint-The-Escape-Game-USA-landscape.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-22T15:01:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-19T19:00:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"Podcast interview Mark Flint, CEO and co-founder of The Escape Game, a top notch national escape room chain in the United States.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/22\\\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/22\\\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/22\\\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/S4E8-Mark-Flint-The-Escape-Game-USA-landscape.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/S4E8-Mark-Flint-The-Escape-Game-USA-landscape.jpg\",\"width\":1100,\"height\":628,\"caption\":\"escape room decorated to look like a moroccan marketplace, with image of smiling man in a suit, titled Expansion & Hospitality: Mark Flint, CEO of The Escape Game, USA\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/22\\\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"REPOD S4E8 &#8211; Expansion &amp; Hospitality: Mark Flint, CEO of The Escape Game, USA\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Room Escape Artist\",\"description\":\"Well-researched, rational, and reasonably humorous.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Room Escape Artist\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/rea-logo-pop-art-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/rea-logo-pop-art-1.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":308,\"caption\":\"Room Escape Artist\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b814320565e72735a577874a660a5964\",\"name\":\"Peih-Gee Law\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a3c1462ec6243d35bef5e0c258575f6fe17d0db90129d60e382cd59ca30d5fee?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a3c1462ec6243d35bef5e0c258575f6fe17d0db90129d60e382cd59ca30d5fee?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a3c1462ec6243d35bef5e0c258575f6fe17d0db90129d60e382cd59ca30d5fee?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Peih-Gee Law\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/roomescapeartist.com\\\/author\\\/peihgeelaw\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"REPOD S4E8 - Expansion &amp; Hospitality: Mark Flint, CEO of The Escape Game, USA - Room Escape Artist","description":"Podcast interview Mark Flint, CEO and co-founder of The Escape Game, a top notch national escape room chain in the United States.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/11\/22\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"REPOD S4E8 - Expansion &amp; Hospitality: Mark Flint, CEO of The Escape Game, USA - Room Escape Artist","og_description":"Podcast interview Mark Flint, CEO and co-founder of The Escape Game, a top notch national escape room chain in the United States.","og_url":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/11\/22\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\/","og_site_name":"Room Escape Artist","article_published_time":"2022-11-22T15:01:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-11-19T19:00:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1100,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/S4E8-Mark-Flint-The-Escape-Game-USA-landscape.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Peih-Gee Law","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Peih-Gee Law","Est. reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/11\/22\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/11\/22\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\/"},"author":{"name":"Peih-Gee Law","@id":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b814320565e72735a577874a660a5964"},"headline":"REPOD S4E8 &#8211; Expansion &amp; Hospitality: Mark Flint, CEO of The Escape Game, USA","datePublished":"2022-11-22T15:01:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-19T19:00:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/11\/22\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\/"},"wordCount":1389,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/11\/22\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/S4E8-Mark-Flint-The-Escape-Game-USA-landscape.jpg","articleSection":["Reality Escape Pod","RECON","The Escape Game"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/11\/22\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/11\/22\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\/","url":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/11\/22\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\/","name":"REPOD S4E8 - Expansion &amp; Hospitality: Mark Flint, CEO of The Escape Game, USA - Room Escape Artist","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/11\/22\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/11\/22\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/S4E8-Mark-Flint-The-Escape-Game-USA-landscape.jpg","datePublished":"2022-11-22T15:01:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-19T19:00:57+00:00","description":"Podcast interview Mark Flint, CEO and co-founder of The Escape Game, a top notch national escape room chain in the United States.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/11\/22\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/11\/22\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/11\/22\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/S4E8-Mark-Flint-The-Escape-Game-USA-landscape.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/S4E8-Mark-Flint-The-Escape-Game-USA-landscape.jpg","width":1100,"height":628,"caption":"escape room decorated to look like a moroccan marketplace, with image of smiling man in a suit, titled Expansion & Hospitality: Mark Flint, CEO of The Escape Game, USA"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/11\/22\/repod-s4e8-expansion-hospitality-mark-flint-ceo-escape-game-usa\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"REPOD S4E8 &#8211; Expansion &amp; Hospitality: Mark Flint, CEO of The Escape Game, USA"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/","name":"Room Escape Artist","description":"Well-researched, rational, and reasonably humorous.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/#organization","name":"Room Escape Artist","url":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/rea-logo-pop-art-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/rea-logo-pop-art-1.png","width":300,"height":308,"caption":"Room Escape Artist"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b814320565e72735a577874a660a5964","name":"Peih-Gee Law","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a3c1462ec6243d35bef5e0c258575f6fe17d0db90129d60e382cd59ca30d5fee?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a3c1462ec6243d35bef5e0c258575f6fe17d0db90129d60e382cd59ca30d5fee?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a3c1462ec6243d35bef5e0c258575f6fe17d0db90129d60e382cd59ca30d5fee?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Peih-Gee Law"},"url":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/author\/peihgeelaw\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/S4E8-Mark-Flint-The-Escape-Game-USA-landscape.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p57yLY-tK6","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114334"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151926,"href":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114334\/revisions\/151926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}