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Here's what happened this week--

• Cheers to our new weekly column F&Be!  For the first installment, we meet the inspiring Maura Milia, manager and bartender at The Connaught Bar in London, which just nabbed the top spot on the "50 World's Best Bars" list for 2020. 
• hertelier's very first post was a useful resource of networking organizations for women in lodging, this week we updated to add She Has a Deal, a real estate investment platform founded to create pathways to hotel ownership and development for women through education, networking, and mentorship.  They run an annual pitch contest where women can win $50,000 in deal equity, this year's finalists are presenting at a lunch on June 5, find out more on our LinkedIn page.
• As Earth Day was on Thursday, we shared a conversation with Michelle Devlin, General Manager and head of sustainability for Red Carnation Hotels. Her first job in housekeeping sparked her passion for the environment, which is now a significant part of her role with Red Carnation.  She offers tips on small changes that can make a big impact. 
• This week, advice columnist Nancy Mendelson helps a reader cope with a cruel boss at her first job.  Have you ever had to deal with a mean boss, what did you do? Please share your experiences in our Facebook Group!

hertelier round-up of the week’s interesting articles on the hotel industry and women in business:

• Continuing on the topic from last week's email about women dropping out of the workforce more than men this past year, in The Guardian, they look deeper into the "shecession" and why women are slower to get back to work, particularly women of color. The issue of childcare and the need for flexibility are at the forefront.
• With that in mind, Stephanie Ricci's column in Hotel News Now, "Hoteliers: Heed Warnings From the Restaurant Industry Employees Are Tough To Find," suggests the way forward is flexibility if hospitality wants to not just fill jobs, but once again become a career of choice.  Within her column, she links to two further stories that dig deeper into how flexible scheduling might work within the hotel sector and what efficiencies can be gained through dynamic staffing and cross-training.
• An interesting time to learn from other industries, this week General Motors CEO Mary Barra posted on LinkedIn, "Over the last year, we have listened, learned, empathized and included each other. This led us to introduce how we will manage the future of work at General Motors, called “Work Appropriately."  This means that where the work permits, employees have the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals. The notion behind this approach...our employees are capable of making smart decisions without overly prescriptive guidance,” One can easily draw parallels to hospitality, as automotive factories and labs require people on-site as do hotels. 

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Finally, this coming week we are super excited to be running a three-part series with Gilda Perez-Alvarado, Global CEO, JLL Hotels & Hospitality, who opens up about challenges she has faced as a woman in real estate, what she sees for the hotel industry coming out of the pandemic, and how she has handled becoming a mother for the first time at age 39.  Starts tomorrow and you don't want to miss any of it!  

Have a great week,

Emily