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- 30 Aug 2018
- News
“No Interest in Being the Only”
of RLJ Lodging Trust, a Bethesda hotel company with a market cap of $3.8 billion. “I am humbled and honored to be the first, but I have no interest in being the only,” Hale told the Washington Post. Hale, who joined RLJ in 2005, has also... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
A London Lodging Landmark
carpeting and wiring, no detail is being overlooked in an effort to restore the hotel to its former glory in time for its centenary celebration in 2006, the Mail on Sunday (September 24, 2000) reported. Consider, for example, the matter... View Details
Keywords: Hospitality
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Zanzibar: Something for Everyone
pineapple. Another optional day tour from Zanzibar was a snorkeling and deep-sea diving excursion. A 45-minute boat ride from our beachfront hotel led us to a spot where we anchored and swam or dove in a spectacular coral reef with... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
HBS Global Conference Set for Berlin in June
exchange of ideas about the evolution of the European Union." Held at the Estrel Residence and Congress Hotel -- Germany's largest hotel -- the conference will also feature social events and tours, as well... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Serving as a cultural ambassador
case about our Tohoku partners," Tamaki recalls. "We hope that the cases will inspire ideas about how to help communities recover from future disasters." Her team worked with an entrepreneur who built a hotel out of trailer homes in a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Fourth Annual African-American Alumni Association Conference
"Navigating Success in Volatile Times" will be the theme of this year's HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) conference. The fourth annual event, to be held October 5–7 at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, will provide... View Details
- Profile
Richard Lou
units and establishing a hotel-development arm. "I became the middleman between my family and key business players, like the bankers and franchisors," says Richard. Part of his job was to translate for his family, but with his education from Cornell's School... View Details
- Profile
Jillian Dorans
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? The short answer: I fell in love with hospitality. I'm what you would call a career-switcher. Three years into my management consulting career, I worked on a project for a large hotel... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
The World at a Click
hotel room, or car rental. The suppliers of such services then decide whether or not they can meet that price. Priceline currently holds several patents on demand collection technology and has expanded to offer customers a chance to bid... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelly
- 17 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - The Future of Green Building
approximately 40% of global CO2 emissions. With renewed commitments to green building coming from the conclusion of COP27, we feature two interviews from the CEM collection with business leaders in the real estate and hotel industries.... View Details
Harold S. Geneen
Geneen diversified International Telephone and Telegraph through acquiring shares of companies ranging from the Sheraton Hotel Chain to the Hartford Insurance Company. Geneen grew his firm from $765 million to $8.5 billion in revenues to... View Details
Keywords: Communications
- 21 Mar 2016
- HBS Case
Can Customer Reviews Be 'Managed?'
Research says 85 percent of people will make a purchase after reading online reviews about a product or service. This has had huge implications for the hotel industry and helps explain why TripAdvisor, a massive repository of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Barbara Bry: Business is Blooming
picture on a napkin of a hotel kiosk where travelers could get and send e-mail, she was able to help put together a team and raise money for ATCOM/INFO, which became the premier provider of software (Iport) for high-speed, remotely... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Lesson Plans
and most people weren’t prepared for a recession. THE WAY FORWARD See more from the online-only June Bulletin’s coverage of the path ahead for education, health care, management, and the hotel and restaurant industries. Return to June... View Details
Keywords: Jen Mele
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
HBSAAAA Convenes in San Francisco
The first conference for HBS African-American alumni to be held outside Boston drew well over a hundred participants to the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco over Columbus Day weekend. A committee led by Steven R. Wilkinson (MBA '82)... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
The Network Effect
mass during his career as an entrepreneur, investor, and executive, and he wanted to put it to work on COVID-19 research. THE WAY FORWARD See more from the online-only June Bulletin’s coverage of the path ahead for education, health care, management, and the View Details
- 7 PM – 9 PM PST, 26 Feb 2015
HBS San Francisco Young Alumni Reception
HBS alumni MBA 2010-2014 are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in San Francisco. View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Having a Ball
terminally ill, and others unlikely to be part of the presidential inauguration should have a chance to experience it. When the JW Marriott on Pennsylvania Avenue offered a $1 million package deal that included 300 hotel rooms, suites,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Ink: Miami’s Dark Neon Era, the Language of Success, and Getting Psyched Up
MORE Farzad on the lasting allure of 1980s Miami on the Skydeck podcast MORE Farzad on the lasting allure of 1980s Miami on the Skydeck podcast The Bookshelf Journalist Roben Farzad (MBA 2005) on his new nonfiction tale, Hotel Scarface:... View Details
- 02 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best
the "comp," or complimentary benefit, which can include a free dinner at a hotel restaurant, reduced-priced tickets and good seats to a show, or even free lodging in deluxe accommodations. In short, casino hosts are the ultimate customer... View Details