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Choice Hotels International Hosts “SOAR” Seminar to Attract, Mentor and Educate Historically Underrepresented Groups on Their Path to Hote
Choice Hotels® | April 30, 2024
Industry's first and only dedicated development team focused on creating a more inclusive hospitality industry reintroduces program with a new name and hosts second annual HERtels luncheon NORTH BETHESDA, Md., April 30, 2024 -- Ahead of its 68th Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), one of the world's largest lodging franchisors, hosted its SOAR (Supporting Ownership Access & Representation) development seminar to reintroduce its program to create hotel ownership opportunities for underrepresented entrepreneurs. During the seminar, Choice reaffirmed its more than twenty-year commitmen...
Radisson Hotel Group Releases Its 2023 Responsible Business Report, Marking 35 Years Since Its Pioneering First Environmental Policy...
Radisson Hotel Group | April 22, 2024
2023 was an exceptional year for Radisson Hotel Group’s award-winning Responsible Business program. The Group made significant progress on its Net Zero by 2050 transition, achieved important milestones in employee engagement and diversity, and continued to look beyond its borders to convene the hospitality industry in meeting the growing demand of consumers for green travel. The release of Radisson Hotel Group’s 2023 Responsible Business report marks the 35th anniversary since the Group issued its first pioneering environmental policy – the first ever in the industry. The 2023 report outlines key initiatives and milestones the Grou...
New Travel & Tourism Social Impact Report Reveals Significant Increase in Female Employment Since 2010...
The World Travel & Tourism Council | December 19, 2023
London, UK: New research from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and Sustainable Tourism Global Center (STGC), initiated by the Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia, reveals that the global Travel & Tourism sector is delivering soaring employment opportunities to women and young people around the world. The report shows that the Travel & Tourism sector directly employed a rapidly rising number of women between 2010 and 2019, increasing from 38.6 million to 47.8 million, an increase of 24%. It also found hospitality to be the leading employer of women within the sector, accounting for more than half of female employmen...
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Defined...
Gissell Moronta | November 9, 2023
By Gissell Moronta The terms diversity, equity, and inclusion are intertwined. As workplaces, communities, and society work to build justice, fairness, and equality into their environments, these three words represent opportunities to embrace new ways of inviting people in, capitalizing on their unique perspectives, and encouraging productive collaboration. Diversity Diverse is an adjective that describes something with a great deal of variety. A diverse workforce is one that includes people from different social, cultural, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, economic, religious, and racial backgrounds. Diversity extends beyond re...
Women Hold 58% of IHG’s Senior Management Positions in Malaysia...
IHG Hotels & Resorts | November 8, 2023
Global hotel group is supporting female colleagues to thrive through empowering culture and diverse development opportunitities Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 8 November 2023: IHG Hotels & Resorts is delivering on its commitment to support female colleagues in Malaysia, where 58% of its senior management* roles are now held by women which surpasses the country average of 40%1. Providing career pathways and development plans suited to individual needs are among the key elements of IHG’s approach, as it continues to attract and develop a diverse range of talent in the country. The company has also evolved its recruitment and rete...
Black Travel Summit Launches National Black Travel Day to Commemorate the Black Travel Movement...
Black Travel Summit | September 26, 2023
MIAMI, Fla. (September 26, 2023) – Black Travel Summit (BTS) introduces National Black Travel Day (November 11), a new holiday dedicated to celebrating, honoring, and uplifting the global Black travel community. National Black Travel Day is a day for Black travelers and travel professionals to celebrate diversity, their impact, future, and culture in travel. It is an homage to the Black travel movement; a reminder for allies, supporters, but also for the community that diversity in travel isn’t a trend that ends, it’s necessary for a brighter future for all who travel. Following the summit’s annual in-person conference in October,...
Ready for the Future? Five Leadership Trends Reshaping Hospitality...
EHL | September 13, 2023
New technologies, employee well-being, CSR, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives are all strong trends influencing the management of global hospitality businesses today. Adapting to the evolving landscape of the global hospitality industry To lead people and organizations successfully in the coming years, leaders need to have a clear understanding of these trends and how to implement them while considering the specific needs of their organizations and the context of their market. In this article, we’ll discuss the top five trends influencing global hospitality businesses, and their leadership, today. And we’ll offer some s...
Keeping the Start-Up Mindset Alive: Maintaining Innovation in a Scaling Organization...
Aldair Borges | August 1, 2023
By Aldair Borges Often as organizations scale, they lose their edge. Things start to move slower, and innovation can feel few and far between. This post will outline seven key points I’ve learned for maintaining an innovative edge within a cross-functional product team, enabling growth and promoting creativity. 1. Empower your teams Workplace culture isn’t the main thing people look for when joining a company, but it’s certainly one of the reasons people stay, or in some cases, leave. As an organization scales, we often hear leadership teams emphasizing the importance of maintaining that “start-up” feeling of innovation and ...
