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- 21 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
From Germany to HBS
very different from a German university. Therefore, it is useful for you when making your decision to apply for HBS and when writing your application. After all, your flight and hotel expenses for this trip are tax-deductible in Germany! ... View Details
- Web
Awards | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
include: traveler's name, point of origin and destination, dates of travel, travel class, total cost, and a zero balance or method of payment. Lodging Expenses Hotels should be moderately priced. The original View Details
- 21 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It
customers." He cites the example of a major hotel chain that asks guests to complete a multiple-question satisfaction survey via their room's TV set during their stay. When one guest answered "extremely dissatisfied" to all... View Details
Keywords: by Jean Ayers
- Profile
Brittani Rettig
sciences industries on large global transformations and M&A integrations. In any free moments I have, I write a fitness and wellness blog called Grit by Brit. I also teach group fitness classes at the W Hotels and 24 Hour... View Details
- 14 Feb 2007
- Op-Ed
Tata-Corus: India’s New Steel Giant
this lies within Tata Steel itself, as in its acquisition in Singapore. And the rest lies in the broader ambit of the Tata group through its acquisitions of Daewoo's truck assets in South Korea, Tetley Tea in the U.K. and ritzy hotel... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 31 Oct 2019
- News
Business Success Means Community Success in Wisconsin; GNN Roundup
thousands of participants to pubs, restaurants, and hotels around the world. While many events had no agenda other than socializing, others featured special guests or roundtable topics. In São Paolo, 25 alumni and guests gathered for a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 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
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
500,000 listings and counting. (By way of comparison, hotel industry giant Marriott offers around 530,000 rooms worldwide.) Airbnb, which has been valued at roughly $2.5 billion, recently closed a $200 million round of financing,... View Details
- 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
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Booth Gardner’s Night at the Oscars
by Margie Kelley GARDNER PARTY: Booth Gardner, center, celebrates at HBO’s Oscar Documentary Nominees party at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills his with daughter Gail Gant (left), President of HBO Documentary and Family Sheila Nevins,... View Details
- 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
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Selling Luxury to Everyone
now," she said. "The consumer really wants highly designed garments at an affordable price." Tyler Morse, president of Bliss, an upscale spa and beauty company purchased by Starwood Resorts and Hotels in 2004, said that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Prima Datarina
with a long history in the airline and hotel industries now gaining traction in the arts world. By analyzing existing data, Hodges and her team have the flexibility to adjust ticket prices on a weekly, or even daily, basis to smooth the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Ink
column was a way to explore the link between a business leader’s workspace and the culture of his or her organization. Along the way, Raje—former chief executive of BP Ergo, her family’s office furniture business—featured the hotel... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
community. Together, the two men developed remarkable plans for Tetiaroa that Bailey, on behalf of the Brando estate, is now implementing. The Louisiana-born Bailey is the managing director of Pacific Beachcomber SC, which owns six hotels... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Action Plan: Yes, Chef!
Wolfgang Puck (OPM 53, 2019)—aka the father of California cuisine, OG celebrity chef, and culinary empire-builder—began his career as a disgraced cook’s apprentice at a hotel restaurant. At 14, he’d been eager to take the post just... View Details
Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune