Dear Round-Up Readers,

You may have noticed that the hertelier site went down this week…for four days!!  When people ask me what I miss about working for a big company, ummm...the IT department!? 🙄 

It’s not like there’s ever a good time for a website to go down, but this week was particularly frustrating, given that we had a nice mention on Linkedin from the International Hospitality Institute.  Thankfully, we've brought some amazing tech partners on board, so hertelier is live again, and we have some bangers out this week: Stacy Silver's ALIS recap, Nancy Mendelson unpacks the E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million verdict, and inspired by witnessing a woman trying to pump in a hotel bathroom, contributor Rachel Vandenberg writes about the importance of offering nursing facilities at work (and other venues). PLUS, my takeaways from a bunch of conferences in London and meet the new GM of the Virgin Hotels New York, Denise Luna. So, scroll on down and be sure to click, click, click!

By the way, will anyone be attending the Forbes Travel Guide Summit in Las Vegas?? I'll be moderating “Women in Leadership - Cultivating the Next Generation of Hoteliers” at 2pm on February 28th and at 2:30pm on February 29th with amazing panelists: Anne Golden MI FIH, Brian McHugh, Erica Whitaker, and Shannon McCallum! Please reach out if you will be there, I would love to connect.

So much to share, let's get to the news...

Business, Women, and Random Trends:
 

• The Price Women Pay for Networking With High-Status People The Wall Street Journal cites new research suggests that the tactic works well for men. But for women, stereotypes get in the way.
   

• Inspiration!! ForbesWomen 50 over 50 EMEA Edition From the CEO of Eurostar to "Lessons in Chemistry" best-selling author Bonnie Garmus, women on this list are shaping the future of science, fashion, finance, and even the Catholic Church.
   

• Office Mandates Don’t Help Companies Make More Money, Study Finds While this does not surprise...new research shows that return-to-office mandates don’t play any role in a company’s financial performance, but do have negative side effects for its workforce.
   

• 3 Red Flags You’re Being Gaslit at Work We've covered these topics, but always good to have reminder of the differences between impostor syndrome and career gaslighting—and how you can spot the two. Read more in Fast Company.

Travel & Hospitality:

• Just Peachy! 🍑 Pantone's Color of the Year Inspires Hotel PR 🍑 Read about Georgia's Hotel Bardo in Elle Decor, the "Peach Fuzz" room in Tribeca's Walker Hotel in Globetrender and how Pantone itself imagined the color for a hotel lobby in Interior Design. Fun fact: this is the 25th anniversary of the Pantone "color of the year" program. 🎶 I get my peaches out in Georgia... 🎶
   

• How $1,000-a-Night Hotel Rooms Became the New Normal Thanks to inflation, competition and aspiration, luxury travel has reached a new standard in cities from London to Rome, Dubai and New York...read more in Bloomberg.
   

• ‘Destination Dupes’ and Other Ways to Save Money in 2024 Interesting in the context of the Bloomberg story, the New York Times offers strategies — like traveling where the dollar is strong and sampling unsung destinations — to help readers make the most of their budget. (Destination Dupes was one of the big trends we mentioned in last week's RU)
   

• Accessible Travel, a $58 Billion Market, Gets Its First One-Stop Shop

  AccessibleGo is the first website to tailor bookings for flight, hotel and car rentals for travelers with special needs. Competition is growing fast, reports Bloomberg. Hoteliers take note of this opportunity to be more inclusive (and tap into a lucrative market!)

   

• Developer Glyn Aeppel Plans to Pay it Forward to Women Was excited to read about Glyn Aeppel's success with the MOB Hotel of the People brand and her plans to bring it to the US in Hotel Investment Today. Glyn offers great advice and I was thrilled to learn of her ambition to help women get into investing. (Will follow up for sure! I worked with Glyn at Loews Hotels and am a big fan!)

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. 
 

• Takeaways from January Conferences in London: Insights from Travel Experts at Skift, SmartFlyer, and More! It was a busy January for travel industry peeps in London! We share top takeaways from three conferences held in the UK capital.
   

• E. Jean Carroll Puts a Face on Self Worth What is the worth of an 80-year-old woman? Columnist Nancy Mendelson unpacks the case of E Jean Carroll v Donald Trump.
   

• Breaking Barriers: How Providing Nursing Facilities Opens Doors for Women in the Workplace We're pumped about this issue! Women need spaces for nursing in the workplace...contributor Rachel Vandenberg explains why.
   

• On the Scene at ALIS: Top Takeaways More than 3,000 hotel industry executives gathered at the annual Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS). Stacy Silver relays the news!
   

• Putting Out Fires: Denise Luna, General Manager, Virgin Hotels, New York Volunteer firefighter, mother, dog lover and the new General Manager of the Virgin Hotels New York flagship hotel. Meet Denise!

Podcasts to Download!

• HBR's Women at Work is favorite pod in general, but this episode "Sexism is Everywhere" is NOT TO BE MISSED. Many of the topics are ones we've discussed in hertelier and at our events (coping with being talked over, idea stealing, etc.)
   

• Hospitality Daily How "The Great Crossover" is Creating Opportunities in Hospitality Commercial Strategy Now - Kristie Goshow, KSL Resorts really interesting take on the intersection of fashion and travel...and more! Highly recommend.
   

• Naureen Ahmed on Susan Barry's Top Floor Big fan of both of these ladies, so of course this episode is a winner!! Naureen is founder of the Inspiring Women in Hospitality community. Give her a follow!

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Thank you for reading!

Em