Hotels - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Aug 2014
News

The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)

work. Trips to tropical places are opportunities to secure new hotel customers. Summer beach time has been replaced with road trips to the Hamptons and Nantucket. I think the only safe place for a true vacation now is an iceberg cruise in... View Details

28 Jul 2014
Blog Post

Mid-summer Update

hinge on the feedback from customers. We needed high quality results and enough of them to make the data statistically significant. Back at the hotel that night, I was finally able to take a first look at the results. Some strong trends... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

15 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 15

Business School Case 213-050 Hotel Ivory Cheick Sanankoua is an MBA student who believes that he has found the perfect investment property, a small, independently owned hotel on the Ivory Coast. However, he... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

How Numbers Talk to People

particular CSI story involved lost revenue on hotel payment transactions. Analysis of data suggested that after a customer had selected a hotel, filled in the travel and billing information, then clicked the "Buy Now" button, a... View Details

Profile

Bei Guo

R&D, and venture capital." With her colleagues, Bei visited businesses that ranged in size from a startup "that began in a hotel room with a couple of laptops" to a large manufacturer that was developing a new, much... View Details

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul

supply. "It's a very cyclical business," he said. "But even a down cycle can provide opportunity for people with their eyes wide open." Constantini said he favors the hotel and assisted-living businesses. "I would... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Construction; Real Estate

01 Mar 2012
News

Putting Ghosts to Rest

machetes and constant fear, where friends and neighbors somehow switched off their humanity for four months. The hotel where I stayed—the Serena, Kigali’s main business hotel—was called the Hotel des... View Details

Keywords: Chris Maloney; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

Profile

Shawn Tuli

hands-on role with Hersha Hospitality Management. “I loved that it had humble beginnings,” he says. Starting with one motel in central Pennsylvania, Hersha evolved into a public company with numerous hotels in gateway cities across the... View Details

Portrait Project

Mardie Oakes

In the sixth grade I wrote, "If I had a million dollars I would buy a new wardrobe. I would get some Kalvin Klines and new sandles. I would wear all these things in Hawaii. I would stay at the most expensive hotel there is. I would... View Details

04 Sep 2019
News

Ask the Expert: Bounce Back

newsletter advertising can be extended to many industries: hotels or airlines can embed ads for attractions near featured destinations or travel accessories, entertainment venues can embed ads for local restaurants and bars, retailers... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

29 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 29, 2008

Shanghai plant starts production in 2008, will its almost $50 million investment pay off? Is 10 years of experience in China enough to know how China works? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308051 Shangri-La View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2012
News

High Honors

company with his brother Jim and cousin Jonathan. Loews, once merely a movie theater company, was transformed by Tisch’s father and uncle, who parlayed the purchase of a single New Jersey hotel into what is now one of the largest... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Finance; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management; Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2022
News

Action Plan: Writing the Next Chapter

dreamed of living and working in New York. Her parents encouraged her to pursue her outside interests, which included studying hotel management and working in luxury marketing, but those experiences brought her back to Caran d’Ache. After... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2009
News

Remembering “Mr. Harvard”

to exercise. It was the key to his longevity, he said, along with lots of sleep and no alcohol or tobacco. He was known for walking from airports to downtown hotels and climbing the stairs in skyscrapers. He ran his first marathon, in... View Details

Web

Tips for Working Remotely | Information Technology

protect yourself when using hotel or airport Wi-Fi. Review our Best Practices for Traveling Abroad document, created in conjunction with other higher education institutes. Protect your Mobile Devices Keep the OS and apps on your device... View Details

08 Feb 2016
News

Alumni in Mexico City Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

Mexico City on February 8, 2016 to celebrate and connect with each other as the School hosted “A Vision for the 21st Century” as part of the world tour of The Harvard Business School Campaign. The Mexico City Hyatt Regency Hotel was the... View Details

05 Feb 2016
News

The Wheel of the World

earth was the center of the universe,” says Mueller-Maerki. “The level of mechanical complexity and design needed for the apparent geocentric motion is amazing to see.” On a typical tour day, he adds, a group might leave the hotel at 6... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

24 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

Partners and Great Wolf Resorts: Buying from a Highly Regarded Competitor The case examines the March 2015 Centerbridge Partners investment decision regarding whether to acquire Great Wolf Resorts, a North American family-oriented indoor water parks and View Details