Hola from Tenerife Round-Up Readers!

Happy Memorial Day and UK Bank Holiday weekend! If you're working, you're busy, and if you're relaxing, you're a different busy––so I'll keep it short!

It's been a crazy week! I came back from Oslo--highly recommend a visit and stay at the Sommerro and Villa Inkognito--to attend the opening of the new House of Ming restaurant at the Taj St. James' Court in London. BTW, Taj Hotels in London has two amazing female leaders Mehrnavaz Avari and Araceli Rius-Perez, more to come on these inspiring women!

The following evening was the UK premiere of The Lost Tourist, this eye-opening documentary produced by G Adventures founder Bruce Poon Tip is a must-watch (you can find it on Apple, Hulu, and Amazon). The film shines a light on the horrors of irresponsible tourism — abuse of people, children, communities, places, and animals. And while there are many issues to address globally, you are left with a hopeful message about how travel can be a force of positive change.

Then we headed on a last-minute trip to the Ritz-Carlton Abama in Tenerife, literally booked Wednesday at midnight, and flew on Friday!

Let's get to the news!

Business, Women, and Random Trends:
 

• New research reveals the 30 critiques holding women back from leadership that most men will never hear Three female PhDs say their research demonstrates that practically any characteristic can be proclaimed problematic to question a woman’s competence and suitability for leadership, read more in Fast Company.
   

• The Most Common Graduation Advice Tends to Backfire If you encourage women and men to follow their passions in selecting a major or career, there is a big gender gap. If you encourage them to make money, there is less of a gender gap, with more women skewing toward traditionally masculine fields, read more in the NYT (paywall).
   

• Do men shun household chores? Spain is launching an app to find out A survey from Spain’s national statistics institute, published in December, 45.9% of female respondents said they carried out the majority of household chores, compared to just 14.9% of men. Now Spain is creating an app to track it and improve the balance toward gender equality.
   

• Out the Door in Under 13 Minutes: The Ultimate Women’s Get-Dressed-Quick Guide Want to speed up your morning without sacrificing style? WSJ (paywall) rounds up expert tips that will have you glammed and garbed for the office in (almost) no time.

Travel & Hospitality news:

• Hilton Launched a New Extended-Stay Brand: H3 Hilton’s new extended-stay brand is designed to meet the needs of the rapidly expanding $300 billion workforce travel market. Launching in the U.S. under the working title Project H3, this lower midscale, extended-stay solution is the newest addition to Hilton's portfolio of world-class brands.
   

• Travel is BAAAAACK AAA released data about how Americans plan to travel this Memorial Day and chaos hit UK travelers getting away for the Bank Holiday weekend.

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. 
 

• Dispatch from IHIF: 5 Key Takeaways + Going Towards GOPAR Reports from Gilda Perez-Alvarado and Judith Cartwright in attendance at International Hotel Investment Conference in Berlin.
   

• Women Leaders in Focus at CHRIS and HOLA Conferences Student reporter Isabella Suffredini shares key takeaways from the CHRIS and HOLA conferences in Miami last week.
   

• How Being Brought Up By Asian Parents Affects Your Leadership Style Executive coach Sophie Chen shares how an Asian upbringing can impact women at work. She shares how to work through these ingrained biases.

   

• You Can't Fake Genuine with Shelley Brown Columnist Nancy Mendelson gets WEIRD with Shelley Brown! Shelly is an expert on building cultures of belonging, which starts with embracing individuality.

Videos and Podcasts to download!

What is up with the US debt ceiling?! Hopefully, it works out at the last minute, here is a good explainer from Vox.

How are logos created? Paula Scher is one of the most influential graphic designers in the world, this video shares how she has come up with iconic campaigns. Riveting!

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Thank you for reading! Have a great week!

Em