Hospitality Financial Leadership: Why Financial Acumen Is So Important to Your Hospitality Career

David Lund | July 8, 2019

By David Lund It is common sense to know: With more knowledge and skills your career prospects and advancement possibilities are enhanced. In hospitality it is not quite as well understood. There exists a counter culture to growing up, to raising one’s self out of the guest- and colleague-only world into the financial arena. I know and have met many people who camp out in hospitality for this very reason. The idea that they will not have to deal with numbers and the black and white is part of our culture. In this piece I am going to examine why this exists and what you can do to rise up! The hotel world has changed tremendously in ...