Today, Accor launches the renewed 14th edition of the Take Off! Student Challenge. In 2025, we are taking a transformative step forward by bringing the competition closer to local markets, ensuring greater inclusivity, accessibility, and real-world impact.
Workplace culture can make or break a company. It’s the talent and individuals that contribute to a business who define its success from the beginning. According to Deloitte, 83% of executives and 84% of employees believe that having engaged and motivated employees is the most important part of a company’s success.
In this expanded role, Caroline will focus on helping venues streamline operations, enhance the booking experience, and drive business growth through iVvy’s venue & event management solutions. Since joining iVvy in August 2023, Caroline has played a pivotal role in helping venues across EMEA improve efficiency, maximise revenue opportunities, and deliver seamless event experiences. Now, she will bring this expertise to North America, ensuring more venues can benefit from iVvy.
The hospitality industry is facing a talent crisis, but what does it take to attract, retain, and inspire the next generation of leaders? In this episode of The Turndown, Lori Kiel, SVP of Revenue Management at Pyramid Global Hospitality, shares her thoughts on the evolving role of talent and technology in the industry.
The theme for Future Hospitality Summit Saudi Arabia 2025- taking place from 11-13 May at Mandarin Oriental Al Faisaliah, Riyadh, is ‘Where Vision Shapes Opportunity’. In the lead up to the event next month, we asked several industry partners about the opportunities they see for the hospitaliy industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2025 and beyond.
The hospitality sector came together recently during the Digital Transformation Summit in Orlando, Florida, to explore—you guessed it—digital transformation in the hospitality industry.
Stress can lead to various physiological and mental strains, resulting in decreased work efficiency, increased absenteeism and voluntary turnover – which ultimately impact guest satisfaction and profitability. Thus, it is essential to maintain employees’ well-being and help them manage their stress. Some organizations even have the job position of chief wellness officer to manage staff’s mental health.
Pedagogical Peer Coaching (PPC) is a powerful tool for faculty development that offers educators a confidential and supportive space to refine their teaching practices. Through course observations, collaborative discussions and faculty-led learning communities, PPC is a source of continuous improvement without the pressure of formal evaluation or hierarchy. Thanks to fresh perspectives and targeted feedback, this collaborative peer coaching system should be seen as a major asset for steering effective teaching and learning experiences.
Training and development are an arm of a wider education umbrella and a key tool for gaining hospitality expertise and professional development progress. Training involves a combination of industry content, techniques and methods connected to operations and emphasizes learning for the advancement of the hospitality industry.
There is something dynamic, inspiring, and almost… magical when you are sitting at the Women in Leadership (WIL) Day’s roundtable table; on your left, there is a senior executive of a renowned company, and on your right, another leader of the industry that you always dreamed of pursuing. Suddenly, all eyes and ears are on you as you share your perspectives of the world, and you feel HEARD.
Building on its mission to make travel easier for everyone, Booking.com’s latest research* highlights the challenges neurodivergent travelers face and the opportunity for the industry to work together to create a more seamless and accessible experience.
I once got a call for a taskforce mission at a resort in Mauritius. The kind of call where you just know it’s going to be an adventure. The HR Director said,
In the fullness of one’s self-expression is one’s self-discovery. Until a person ventures into the unlimited domain of the mind, and learns to freely express themselves, such a person can never truly be free to understand themselves. So then, life’s meaning can be summated by an unyielding pursuit of the unknown and the tender connection between mind and marrow.
Generation Z is making headlines as it replaces millennials as the youngest generation in the workforce and introduces its own perspectives and approaches to work life. According to the United States Department of Labor, Gen Z accounts for almost one-fifth (18%) of the labor force, surpassing baby boomers. That number is expected to grow as more individuals from this generation graduate from college and enter the workforce.
Accor, a global leader in hospitality, has signed an MOU with the Indian School of Hospitality (ISH) to create a structured pathway for future hospitality leaders. This collaboration establishes a specialised Postgraduate Programme (PGP) in Sales and Revenue Management, ensuring Accor has access to a highly trained, business-ready workforce aligned with its growth strategy in India.
Are you a hotel manager contemplating your next career move? Or, are you hotel management graduate, exploring the progression opportunities in your field? You're in the right place. The hospitality industry offers diverse career pathways for individuals with strong hospitality management skills and a passion for service excellence. This article explores potential career options following a tenure as a hotel manager, whether you aim to climb within hotel management or transition into senior corporate roles.
What does emotional intelligence (EI) mean in today’s highly digitalized landscape? With such a large chunk of our interactions mediated by technology, we need a new understanding of EI to make sense of today’s emotional nuances in the virtual world. The future of intelligent, human-centric leadership depends upon it.
RateTiger is delighted to welcome Mr. Manik Budhraja as the Global Director of Sales & Account Management. With almost two decades of experience in the hospitality technology sector, Manik brings a wealth of expertise in strategic alliances, customer success, and revenue growth, reinforcing confidence in his leadership.
“In a rapidly evolving landscape…” - This Chat-GPT siren seems to be the most frequently used phrase of the past year and immediately makes me question the content that follows. However, we can all reluctantly relate to the statement and the Communications function is no exception. While the AI wave has flooded our daily lives, changing how we work and what we communicate, other societal trends and consumer behaviors continue to prompt (pun intended) fundamental changes within corporate communications.
Here we are, in the first quarter of 2025. It has been a rough year, but we have almost made it through (just kidding). There have been debates that have been flashpoints in the first quarter of the year. One that continues to play out as we honor Women’s History Month is the topic of DEI.