women in leadership
From the CEO: Women Leading Travel & Hospitality
Katie Briscoe | July 21, 2023
Last month, the MMGY Global team attended the inaugural Women Leading Travel & Hospitality Summit in Nashville. Surrounded by 350 industry-leading women for nearly three days, I couldn’t help but to reflect on the impact of women leaders on our own business. In January of this year, I became the first woman to serve as chief executive in a business that is over 40 years old. While this was a significant step, it’s really just one piece of our story. A story of systemic change at the highest levels of MMGY Global that has resulted in record-breaking growth and has set the stage for prosperity across our global team and its client port...
Women Growing Among Hospitality Leadership
AHLA Foundation | May 5, 2023
WASHINGTON (May 5, 2023) – Representation of women within hospitality leadership continues to increase, with women gaining some ground at the CEO and president levels, according to a new report commissioned by the AHLA Foundation and conducted by Penn State’s School of Hospitality Management. The AHLA Foundation is a philanthropic organization that aims to inspire, support, and advance the hospitality workforce. The 2023 “Women in Hospitality” research report focuses on evaluating the state of women’s representation in leadership in the hotel industry. The findings indicate that in 2022 the hospitality industry made steady, increm...
Breaking Barriers: Wyndham’s Women Own the Room Signs Over 30 Hotels in First Year
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts | March 22, 2023
PARSIPPANY, N.J., March 22, 2023 -- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the world's largest hotel franchising company with approximately 9,100 hotels spanning more than 95 countries, today announced the continued momentum of its groundbreaking "Women Own the Room" program, which in its inaugural year, has signed more than 30 hotels across the U.S. and Canada, 10 of which are now open. The first-ever program by a major hotel company specifically targeting women's advancement in hotel ownership, Women Own the Room is designed to advance and empower women entrepreneurs to break through the predominantly male-dominated hotel indust...
Women Take ‘Centre Stage’ in Tourism Development
UNWTO | March 8, 2023
To mark International Women’s Day, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and UN Women have jointly reaffirmed their commitment to keep women’s empowerment ‘Centre Stage’ of tourism development. Tourism as a gender equality leader UNWTO research has previously shown the enormous potential of the tourism sector to empower women of all backgrounds. Fifty-four per cent of the global tourism workforce is female, the gender-wage gap is lower in tourism, and the proportion of women in leadership roles is higher than in other sectors. However, much progress is still to be made. Women are still concentrated in lower-paid, precarious ...
Accor Marks International Women’s Day With Commitment to Equality
Accor | March 7, 2023
In celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8th March 2023, Accor, the region’s largest international hotel operator, has reiterated its long-standing commitment to ensuring gender equality, wage parity and protecting women’s rights in every aspect of its business. IWD has been marked for over a century, but more work is still required to create a gender equal world, free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. The theme of this year’s event is #EmbraceEquality – a concept that underscores Accor’s operations and underpins its future strategy and direction. A total of 13,914 Heartists® – Accor’s passionate, ins...
Leisure Industry Faces Huge Gender Imbalance, Latest Report Finds
WTTC | February 22, 2023
London, UK: New research looking at Publicly listed companies has revealed that the leisure industry is facing a major diversity disparity, with only 7% of the top spots held by women, a stark contrast to the 50-50 gender balance of the overall workforce. The first report of the series, “The numbers behind women in leadership: Leisure”, which was carried out by private advisory firm Aptamind Partners and is supported by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC),drew on publicly available data from the world’s largest hotel groups, casinos and entertainment companies, shows that the gender gap widens the higher up the career ladde...
HEI Hotels & Resorts Invests in Female Leadership Through Their Women in Leadership Council
HEI Hotels & Resorts | April 18, 2022
Norwalk, CT – April 18, 2022 – HEI Hotels & Resorts, one of the nation’s leading privately held hotel investment and third-party management companies, recently convened in Dallas, TX for the meeting of its Women in Leadership Council. In its third year, the council, led by women, hopes to cultivate more diversity in a male-dominated industry by championing and promoting female leaders within the organization and across their over 90 properties nationwide. The Women in Leadership Council was formed in 2017 under the leadership of Rachel Moniz, Principal and Chief Operating Officer at HEI, and Kelsey White, Director, Talent Acquis...
TIEWN Multi-Faceted Announcement for 1st Quarter 2022
TIEWN (Travel Industry Executive Women’s Network) | March 8, 2022
New sponsors, new membership programs, and new events are driving the great expansion of the TIEWN NETWORK furthering the sentiment of global women in the travel industry Los Angeles - March 8, 2022 - TIEWN (Travel Industry Executive Women’s Network) announces the completion of several initiatives in extended support of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the travel, tourism, and hospitality industries. During these difficult times in our world, TIEWN is humbled to announce sweeping changes in our Network as we grow activities exponentially. TIEWN, as one of the oldest established organizations, has been bringing women togethe...
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