• NH Hotel Group reinforces its position as a company committed to gender equality for the third consecutive year.
  • The hotel chain stands out for its commitment to female leadership and its equal pay and gender parity policies.

Madrid - NH Hotel Group, part of Minor Hotels, announces that it has been included for the third consecutive year in the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for its commitment to gender equality policies and transparency in its performance as listed company.

The company has obtained a score above the global threshold established by Bloomberg, thus reflecting its commitment and performance in gender equality issues through five aspects: female leadership and talent flow, equal pay, inclusive culture, policies against sexual harassment and pro-woman brand. Specifically, NH Hotel Group has stood out for its commitment to female leadership and talent portfolio, as well as its equal pay and gender parity policies.

NH Hotel Group is the only hotel chain among the 18 Spanish companies included in the index. In addition, it is also one of the only two hotel companies that are part of this reference index.

Ramón Aragonés, NH Hotel Group CEO, has stated: “We are extremely proud to be part of the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for the third consecutive year. A recognition that values ​​the work carried out in recent years in this field and that encourages us to continue working on equal opportunities and the promotion of female talent”.

In this 2022 edition, the GEI index is made up of 418 companies from 45 countries, including ones based in Colombia and Uruguay for the first time. Among the eleven sectors in which the activity of the included companies is classified, those of the financial and technological sector stand out this year.

NH Hotel Group: commitment to diversity

NH Hotel Group has a great commitment to its employees and the conviction that diversity is a key factor in developing a network of diverse talents, capable of understanding the needs of customers, innovating and reflecting society in the business world in this era 3.0. For all these reasons, a fundamental pillar of the company's corporate culture is also based on diversity, equality and inclusion.

Currently, the almost 12,000 employees of the Company come from 133 different nationalities. Of these, 22% work in countries other than their country of origin. In addition, 51% of the total workforce are women, who occupy 44% of the total management positions. In terms of age, in 2020, the percentage of employees between 25 and 40 years old stood at 44%.

All these advances have made NH Hotel Group a benchmark in the sector in terms of diversity, and not only with regards to women. The recognition of Bloomberg GEI in these last three years is proof of this.

In this sense, the Company continues establishing as a priority to continue with a long-term project of real management of the diversity of employees in all its aspects and to support their professional development within the Group.

About NH Hotel Group, part of Minor Hotels

NH Hotel Group, part of Minor Hotels, is an established multinational hotel operator and a benchmark urban hotel chain in Europe and the Americas, where it runs over 350 hotels. Since 2019, it has been working with Minor Hotels on integrating all of its hotel trademarks under a single corporate umbrella brand with a presence in over 50 countries worldwide. Together they have articulated a portfolio of more than 500 hotels operating under eight brands – Anantara, Avani, Elewana, Oaks, NH Hotels, NH Collection, nhow and Tivoli – which between them provide a broad and diverse spectrum of hotel solutions in touch with the needs and desires of today's global travellers.