gender diversity
Breaking the Glass Ceiling – Women in the Hospitality Industry
Mandeep S. Lamba | October 23, 2023
By Mandeep Lamba, Dipti Mohan, Dhwani Gupta Efforts to promote gender equality have become a global priority, with organizations like the United Nations embedding this goal within their Sustainable Development Goals. Notably, an increasing number of women are pursuing higher education in countries like the US, the UK, and India, and are entering the workforce as the corporate sector is offering a more flexible work environment. As a result, women have made significant strides in multiple sectors, including the dynamic world of hospitality. Recent research conducted by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) reveals that women ...
Inclusivity Is the Key to Gender Diversity: Open the Door Please!
Marloes Knippenberg | March 8, 2022
By Marloes Knippenberg Belonging to hospitality, the most service, people-oriented industry, you tend to be impacted by everything the world is undergoing at any given time – technological zeitgeists, global economic slowdowns, unexpected weather turbulence, in addition to the human quest for knowledge, disruptions, and innovations. Regardless of the environment, less represented groups on a leadership scale change the social engineering in decision-making. For decades, boardrooms have lacked women inclusivity, but now, industries have adopted and started promoting changes as more women sit at executive boards and rank high on global pro...
Gender Diversity in Leadership: How to Solve the Problem When You Can’t See It?
Dr Sowon Kim | August 10, 2021
Dr. Sowon Kim A presentation of research findings that confirm significant gender differences in diversity of leadership roles, specifically in perception when it comes to understanding why women occupy so few professional leadership roles. Leadership diversity affects the bottom line Women currently represent 70% of the hospitality industry’s workforce (Baum, 2015). Yet, by the end of 2020, only 17% of business leaders at the executive level were women and only 6% of CEOs were women (European Women on Boards, 2020). Leadership diversity matters because it affects the bottom line. A recent study revealed that co...
Gender Diversity at the Top of the Ladder: Will Hope Become Reality?
Dr. Cédric Poretti | March 18, 2021
By Dr. Cédric Poretti An article that raises the question: If women are receiving more higher education than men, then why don't we see more of them in top management positions? Universities are educating more and more women Education is a major factor enhancing development and quality of life. As highlighted by the United Nations, it has become a priority in international development goals. In recent decades, the share of young adults (25-34 year-olds) reaching tertiary education [1] across all OECD countries increased to 44%, which is significantly higher than the 27% for their 55-64 year-old counterparts (OECD, 2019). In Switzerlan...
Women-Led Businesses: Getting the Female Founders’ Perspective
Dr. Nicole Rosenkranz and Dr. Sowon Kim | October 10, 2019
By Dr. Nicole Rosenkranz and Dr. Sowon Kim How does a woman do business in a male-dominated context? Three female CEOs share their perspectives on gender-bias for entrepreneurs and how to overcome it. June 14, 2019, the second Grève de la femme (women’s strike) in Swiss history took place after the first 28 years ago. Over half a million women took to the streets in protest of gender inequality. Unfortunately, the world today still shows a large gap in the appreciation of both genders in the business world and beyond. Currently, 35.3% of entrepreneurs are women (FSO, 2016) and 31% of SMEs are led by women (USAM, 2017) in Switzerland....
Gender Diversity – a True Value Added for Companies
Dr Jean-Philippe Weisskopf | September 11, 2018
By Dr Jean-Philippe Weisskopf According to a recent white paper by the Hospitality Industry Pipeline (HIP) Coalition the workforce in the tourism and hospitality industry is comprised of 70% women. This number is remarkable and inspiring for gender diversity and parity on the job market indicating that women are a force to be reckoned with in the industry. It, however, hides a less pleasant picture once analyzing the upper echelons of companies. The white paper further finds that in the same companies only 20% of executive officers and a staggeringly low 8% of directors are female. This is surprising, as a majority of studies find a pos...
U.S. Travel Trends Index: International Travel Post-Executive Order Stronger Than Expected
Chris Mumford | June 6, 2017
In first TTI to measure effects of executive order on immigration, visits to the U.S. grew in April WASHINGTON (June 6, 2017)—More international visitors came to the U.S. than expected in April 2017, according to the U.S. Travel Association's latest Travel Trends Index (TTI)—defying expectations of slowed growth or outright decline in reaction to President Trump's controversial executive orders on travel and immigration, first issued January 27. In fact, international travel grew by about four percent year-over-year in April. Because the average international visitor embarks on a trip to the U.S. 56.9 days after thei...
