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Why Digital Leadership Is a Non-Negotiable for Future Success
EHL Insights | August 1, 2023
In today's fast-paced and constantly changing digital world, businesses and organizations face a pressing challenge: how to effectively grow digital leadership. Gone are the days when a good mastery of Powerpoint, Excel sheets, online meetings, and email was enough to succeed in a management role. In today’s workplace, digital leadership requires far more than digital literacy, it means being fluent and flexible in the digital sphere and having a fine-tuned set of technical and soft skills. As leadership roles continue to evolve rapidly, with digital technologies playing a crucial role, it’s important for managers and leaders to unders...
The Best Languages to Learn for Business and the Hospitality Industry
Beata Lobertréau | April 25, 2023
By Beata Lobertréau Improving your employability with in-demand languages The hospitality industry, a sector with a wide range of business facets driven by serving an international clientele, needs employees who are multilingual and conscious of multiculturalism. Possessing more than one language skill makes you more marketable. Being more culturally appropriate and responsive is a great advantage when dealing with international clients. In the job market, multilingual hospitality workers are in demand; multilingual candidates may be offered job opportunities that are not open to others. Besides the top language, which is still...
HSMAI Foundation Announces Winners of the Global Collegiate Marketing Case Competition
The HSMAI Foundation | April 3, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: McLean, VA (April 3, 2023) – Following the first ever Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Foundation Global Collegiate Marketing Case Competition between elite undergraduate and graduate universities, the Foundation announces the winners, Republic Polytechnic (undergraduate) and Purdue University (graduate). Following three years of pandemic-related travel disruptions, the competition’s “Recovery and Revival” theme focused on encouraging new perspectives on the issues, trends and opportunities that are relevant to the resurgence and development of the global hospitality industr...
In Memoriam: A Tribute to Howard Feiertag, HTM Industry Giant, Educator and Mentor
March 8, 2023
Dear Feiertag Hospitality and Tourism Management students, alumni and friends, With heavy hearts we are sharing with you the sad news: Howard Feiertag, namesake of our program, HTM industry giant, long-serving faculty member, and a kind, generous, charming human being, passed away on March 3, 2023 at the age of 94. Howard amassed over thirty years of experience in virtually every area of the industry including hotel operations, food and beverage, sales and marketing, and meetings and convention management. He led hundreds of extremely popular professional development sessions at major hospitality and tourism conferences. In 1989, it was...
HSMAI Foundation Announces Members of 2023 Board of Directors
HSMAI Foundation | February 21, 2023
McLean, VA (Feb. 21, 2023) The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Foundation is proud to announce the members of its 2023 Board of Directors. HSMAI Foundation leaders have a passion for helping solve the sales, marketing, and revenue talent challenges being faced by many hotel and hospitality companies. The board is composed of senior travel and hospitality executives, led by chair, Michelle Woodley, President, Preferred Travel Group, who is in her second year of a two-year term. “I’m excited to champion another year of initiatives that help to attract, develop, and engage diverse talent in our industry” ...
AHLA Announces 17 State Hotel Conferences for 2023
AHLA | December 7, 2022
WASHINGTON (Dec. 7, 2022) – The American Hotel & Lodging Association announced today the dates, cities, and registration information for its 2023 On The Road State Hotel Conferences. The conferences will provide hoteliers, suppliers and service providers opportunities to connect with their peers as well as hospitality and policy leaders to learn about the latest news and information affecting the hotel and lodging industry. The half-day, free events are part of AHLA’s On The Road Events Series and open to anyone who works in the hotel industry. “AHLA’s On The Road State Hotel Conferences are designed to help local hotel...
AAHOA Commends Best Western® Hotels & Resorts for Being Collaborative and Open-Minded With Respect to Fair Franchising Initiatives and Education
AAHOA | December 7, 2022
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 7 – AAHOA leadership, which represents the largest hotel owners association in the world with nearly 20,000 members, recently met with leaders John Kelly, Board Chairman; Larry Cuculic, President and Chief Executive Officer; Danny Lafayette, Board Vice-Chairman; Phil Payne, Board Secretary-Treasurer; Mike Merchant, Board Director; Ishwar Naran, Board Director; Viral (Victor) Patel, Board Director; and Stephen Wahrlich, Board Director, from Best Western® Hotels & Resorts, a global brand leader with a portfolio of 19 brands, and approximately 4,500 hotels across all chain scale segments. The focus of the meeting was...
Las Vegas Sands and Marina Bay Sands Launch $1 Million Hospitality Scholarship Program in Singapore
Sands | September 6, 2022
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 6, 2022-- Las Vegas Sands ( NYSE: LVS) and Marina Bay Sands have established a $1 million scholarship program that will help build a pipeline of new talent for the hospitality industry in Singapore through Sands Cares, the company's community engagement program. The scholarship initiative is designed to advance hospitality careers in Singapore to capitalize on the tremendous tourism growth projected over the coming years. The Sands Hospitality Scholarship Program will benefit more than 100 Singaporean students pursuing hospitality or tourism-related courses of study at six Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) in...
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