The hospitality sector has increasingly become fragmented – throughout the past decades, the industry has been shaped by the changes in ownership and by the heightened degree of specialisation, innovation... read more →
The article takes an in-depth look at how leaders must possess both creativity and problem-solving skills to excel on the job. Although some may views these skills as opposites, we... read more →
As we do every year, we evaluated the performance of CEOs in the hotel industry using our proprietary “pay-for-performance” model. Our goal is to determine whether a CEO deserves his... read more →
Despite well-publicized exceptions, women are the minority in the highest levels of executive leadership—a phenomenon traditionally attributed to workplace barriers collectively termed the glass ceiling. Newer research, however, increasingly implicates... read more →
Hotel company CEO turnover has picked up in the past two years with 12% of the world's 50 largest hotel companies now being led by a new Chief Executive. Given... read more →
If the hotel industry performance matrix was the benchmark for economic growth and stability in the US, there would be a different tune in this year's presidential election. The past... read more →
The casino industry is much the same as it was in 2009 as the impact of the recession has been deeper and the recovery slower than most analysts expected. Consumer... read more →
In an interesting study1 from the 1950s a researcher analyzed the number of tickets sold for 28 passenger trains that had crashed during the decade. It was observed that these trains... read more →
There are many who believe that "corporate ethics" is a modern phenomenon, but 2,000 years ago, Cicero addressed the topic in his "On Duties". The issue has certainly been launched... read more →
The last two years have seen a significant strengthening of industry regulation, across the world, aimed at bringing about greater corporate fairness and transparency in the way companies govern themselves.... read more →