Dear Round-Up Readers,

Greetings from Amsterdam! Before heading here, I attended the Skift "Future of Lodging" Conference in London this past week. Women absolutely owned the stage! You must read the recap of that engaging and interesting event.  

Keeping it short and light because hertelier is on holiday! We're booked in to do the Vermeer exhibit and the Heineken experience today. While we have not had great weather, Amsterdam is still beautiful and so fun. If you have any tips, email me! We are here until Tuesday.

Let's get to the news!

 
Business, Women, and Random Trends: 

•  The Catch-22 for Working Parents The U.S. requires parents to work in order to receive aid but does very little to enable parents to work—or workers to parent. Read more in The Atlantic (paywall).
   

• Gwynnocent! If you've not been keeping up with the celeb trial of our age, read the brilliant recaps of the Gwyneth Paltrow ski trial in New York magazine's The Cut In case you missed it, hertelier ran an equally brilliant commentary on GPs recent diet controversy.
   

• Prominent Women's Basketball Coach Ripped For Her Wild Courtside Wardrobes Even if you're not a sports fan, LSU coach Kim Mulkey's wardrobe is inspiring and she has led her team not just to the Final Four, but is in the championships today! I hope they win.

Travel & Hospitality news:

• Hotels Open Doors to Women for Ownership and Leadership Skift reports on what hotel companies are doing to support women from helping with ownership to executive development programs.
   

• More millennials are turning 40 — and they're changing travel as we know it CNBC reports on how hotels are catering to this generation from fridges for breastfeeding mothers to Shangri-la creating a new brand Hotel Jen targeting this group.
   

• Regenerative Tourism – A holiday mind shift beyond sustainability EHL explains 'regenerative tourism' is based on adding a positive impact to the local community and environment. Its successful implementation requires a shift in mindset about what going on holiday really means in today's changing society.
   

• Turns Out, ChatGPT Is Pretty Good at Planning Your Next Vacation As long as you recognize its rather major limits, reports Bloomberg.
   

• ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 Will Be Set in Thailand!! We can't wait. Read the exclusive in Variety and then our take on why White Lotus is so haunting for hoteliers.
   

• Should we still be talking about women in wine? France-based wine expert Wendy Narby reflects on how far women have come in the wine industry.

On hertelier this week:

Big welcome to our new subscribers! The story in Forbes, How Women Are Changing The Hotel Industry, keeps bringing new readers! Super excited to have you here. 
 

• Women Owned the Stage at the Skift Future of Lodging Conference + 7 Top Takeaways How generative AI is changing the hotel business and other top takeaways from the Skift conference in London, which was the first interview for Katerina Giannouka, the new CEO of Jumeirah.
   

• Ally of the Month, Mr. March, Curtis Crimmins, Co-Founder & CEO of Roomza Curtis Crimmins, Founder and CEO of the tech-led hotel start up Roomza, credits women for opening every door in his life, read why he is so passionate about equality for all.

   

• 5 Tips for Avoiding Foot Pain and the Best Shoes for an 8 + Hour Shift Attending a conference in heels and walking all over Amsterdam has inspired me to share this post with tips from a leading NYC podiatrist!

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Thank you for reading! Have a great week!

Em