Michele Marsee is the director of sales at Embassy Suites Convention Center Las Vegas. Previously, she was the director of sales and marketing at Springhill Suites by Marriott Las Vegas Convention Center, a senior sales manager for Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel, and director of sales at Playlv Gaming Investments. Michele is a board director for...
Despite the best intentions, many organizations still fail at attracting, promoting and retaining diverse talent. Sherida McMullan, head of inclusion and diversity, Lyft, offered insight on how organizations can make the right investments in the right people, especially during these uncertain times. McMullan was part of a recent panel in The Equality Lounge at NRF...
KSL Resorts announced July 12 the appointment of Kristie Goshow as its new chief commercial officer. In this role, Goshow will oversee driving and maximizing revenue performance of the company’s growing portfolio of resort properties. Goshow assumes the position following the retirement of former KSL Resorts’ CCO Jeff Senior, who was the visionary of the...
Happy International Day of Friendship! (At least a few days early.) July 30 was proclaimed International Day of Friendship in 2011 by the United Nations General Assembly (U.N.), with the idea being that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities. It’s meant to be a day...
Pre-pandemic, 70 percent of Uber employees traveled for work, and Marriott’s global sales focus was on hosting business travelers. Those came to a halt in 2020, and companies were forced to get creative. Now that they’ve each been through such a unique time, these companies are looking toward the future of business travel and the...
The “SHEcession,” otherwise known as the increased effects of job and income losses on women, is more prevalent than ever before. A recent conversation in The Equality Lounge at NRF Retail Converge looked at the ways COVID-19 has impacted women at work, and offered tangible solutions for companies to support them in their return to...
Southwest Airlines Co. announced the promotion of Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer Linda Rutherford to executive vice president, people and communications, effective June 30. Rutherford will succeed Bob Jordan in what was the executive vice president, corporate services role, as he pivots to making the CEO transition as smooth as possible and spending...
Hello there! My name is Marie Albiges, I’m so excited to be joining the Women Leading Travel & Hospitality team as a senior editor to help serve this amazing community of women. I’m a French native who moved to the U.S. when I was young thanks to adventurous parents. I’ve lived on the East Coast...
As we enter the second half of 2021, the wellness industry is once again changing at warp speed. The Global Wellness Summit keeps a close eye on the sector to identify wellness trends and predictions as well as how they’re evolving — especially as the world pivots in a post-COVID economy. A Wellness Master Class...
Walk around any town or city at the moment and you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s 2019 again. As summer kicks into gear and vaccination rates rise, American hospitality is back in business. Recent research by SafetyCulture and YouGov showed that, encouragingly, consumer confidence continues to rise. Only 23 percent of respondents expressed a level...
