Harvard Business

APRIL 2, 2018

Develop heuristics to enable faster decision-making and action taking. For example, a useful heuristic might be, when selecting a hotel to host a work event, you’ll define 5 criteria and pick a hotel that meets at least 4 of these 5. This is both a 1% improvement strategy and an example of a useful rule of thumb.

Hotels 134

Hotels Examples Tools Productivity 134

Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2018

Understanding the brand strategy. It wanted to be known for entertainment venues and hotels that were not gaming-centric — such as the Bellagio and MGM Grand in Las Vegas. MGM also developed a communications campaign that reached all employees from all angles. Companies need stronger and more focused engagement.

Company 143

Company Training Training Culture 143

Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

I had to dip my toes in the Persian Gulf – and take a picture with the only 7 star hotel in the world, The Burj Al Arab. I loved the title of the Hotel Al Qasr’s concierge reception. This was one of the views from my hotel room.). Marhaba means “hello” in Arabic. Talk about welcoming communication!

Media 85

Media Hotels Healthcare Government 85

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

One sales and marketing executive I know told me how he was flown to London with 20 of his colleagues, put up in a pricey hotel, and then trained to do the haka, a traditional war dance, by a group of Maori tribe members from New Zealand. Sometimes these events get really elaborate. What’s more, collaboration was perceived as messy.

Survey 133

Survey Hotels Interviews Research 133

Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2018

Checking into a hotel for a conference several years ago, I asked the receptionist where I could get some dinner. There was no restaurant in the hotel, I was told; my only options were ordering delivery from a fast-casual chain or a pizza joint. So what can companies do to help their employees develop healthy habits while traveling?

Travel 75

Travel Data Hotels Exercises 75

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Currently located on 430 Park Avenue, the latest buzz on the street is the new office being built for BCG New York – they are moving from midtown Manhattan to the colossal state-of-the-art Hudson Yards development. Before the acquisition of Parthenon, consulting at EY was really synonymous to Advisory (not strategy).

Consulting 157

Consulting Deloitte Bain McKinsey 157

Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2016

Given their capabilities, these entrepreneurs take a “do-it-yourself” approach and develop software to support organizational needs. No strategy is static. This is often referred to as “ubiquity first and revenues later” strategy. Insight Center. How Digital Business Models Are Changing.

Construction 119

Construction Airlines Data Travel 119

Harvard Business

APRIL 11, 2018

The employment of scent branding is a strategy that Hyatt Place has been using since its inception, in 2007. Today, Hyatt Place’s signature scent can be found in almost 300 hotels across the U.S. Regardless of the industry, the process and considerations for developing an olfactory brand are the same. Ad agency J.

Hotels 71

Hotels Real Estate Retail Productivity 71

Harvard Business

JULY 3, 2018

If you’re like most people, these priorities slip to the back of your mind while you work on low-importance, time-specific tasks, such as booking a hotel room for a conference, clearing out your email inbox, or writing a monthly newsletter. Having strategies for making quicker decisions can help too. So, what can you do?

How To 134

How To Examples Strategy Strategy& 134

Tom Spencer

JULY 14, 2023

Others have developed theories to explain why businesses fail and what criteria distinguishes successful founders from unsuccessful ones. While this idea is appealing and no doubt has some truth to it, it has led many entrepreneurs to develop, fund, and launch products that ultimately fail.

Productivity 78

Productivity Marketing Airlines Hotels 78

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Only 13% of directors in the energy and utilities industry consider innovation to be a major strategic challenge, but the swift growth of renewable energy companies and such developments as the use of drones for monitoring oil and gas production suggest that no industry is impervious to the forces of innovation.

Telecommunications 126

Telecommunications Survey Biotechnology Industry 126

Harvard Business

JANUARY 3, 2017

Its pricing strategy does not mesh with its overall proposition to customers, with the result that the retailer does not get the pricing credit it deserves. Aggregator and comparison websites have brought greater price visibility and ease of product comparison to banking, insurance, hotels and other consumer markets.

Retail 132

Retail Survey Bain Comparison 132

Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2018

It is cliché to talk of Airbnb as the hotel company with no properties, or Uber as the taxi company with no cars. Attract enough users to ‘pay off’ the cost of developing and launching the feature. For example, social media networks and search engines are free for users, while advertisers are brought in as the marketplace develops.

Advertising 74

Advertising Operations Retail Examples 74

Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2017

But platforms and networks can be developed in many different ways. As an example, hotel chains like Marriott or Hilton create value chains that deliver rooms and related services to their customers. Different companies can pursue quite different platform strategies based on what kinds of capital they choose to network together.

Intellectual Property 71

Intellectual Property Strategy Strategy Strategy& 71

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 4, 2011

AECOM provides economic analysis and strategic planning services, which generally fall into four areas of practice: Economic Planning and Real Estate, Entertainment and Leisure, Hotels and Resorts, and Capital Facilities Planning. GHK operates in three main areas: Public Policy, International Development, and Ports and Logistics.

Consulting 94

Consulting Intellectual Property Engineering Real Estate 94

Harvard Business

JUNE 22, 2016

For example, do you make and sell things, hire skilled employees and provide services, develop and new IP like software or pharmaceuticals, or build and manage digital networks, be they transactional, informational, or social? That includes identifying your current mix of assets and the business model that your asset portfolio creates.

How To 123

How To Metrics Pharmaceuticals Hotels 123

People Business Psychology

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Having worked in the luxury-segment hotel industry, I subscribe to the idea that leaders have a strong influence of how, and how well, the workforce operates – especially in the hotel industry. Employees need to feel valued, they need to feel they have opportunities for growth and development. In any business.

Leadership 52

Leadership Hotels Industry Report 52

Harvard Business

MARCH 23, 2017

Here’s how one marketing exec of an industrial cleaning product put it, explaining that in his industry, only one attribute – cleanliness – really mattered: We sell sanitizers and cleansers for towels and sheets at hotels and resorts. Companies are then forced to reduce prices as a means to maintain market share.

Case Interview 108

Case Interview Marketing Bain Hotels 108

Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

She works with retail, technology, and lifestyle client companies on setting up market and brand strategies, brand positioning, transitioning markets, and marketing new products lines. I essentially work with the clients internally to set up marketing and brand strategies for success. What did that conversation look like with them?

Retail 100

Retail Fashion Consulting Hotels 100

Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2016

Within weeks there was $50 billion in business deals involving foreign companies, including the Airbus agreement (worth $25 billion) to sell 118 planes, and Italy’s state rail company’s $5 billion pact to develop the local rail network. However, remaining U.S. sanctions are delaying these projects being financed.

Tourism 70

Tourism Banking Hotels Financial 70

Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

She works with retail, technology, and lifestyle client companies on setting up market and brand strategies, brand positioning, transitioning markets, and marketing new products lines. By bringing people together to talk about the latest developments in the industry, connections are easily made and new clients often appear soon afterward.

Retail 153

Retail Fashion Consulting Marketing 153

Tsavo Neal

MARCH 30, 2017

These best consulting blogs offer bite-sized reads packed with actionable tips and strategies for consultants. Rather than blogs focused on a particular consulting industry, I’m listing blogs that are focused on business development, marketing, and sales for consultants and independent professionals.

Consulting 120

Consulting Journal Marketing Resources 120

Tom Spencer

MAY 31, 2024

They tend to have higher marketing costs associated with advertising, branding, website development, and client events. For example, they typically require consultants to travel to client sites for meetings and presentations, creating expenses related to airfare, hotels, and ground transportation.

Agile 88

Agile Advertising Travel Consulting 88

Management Consulted

MARCH 26, 2017

Although historically not known for consulting services (unless you were consulting – ahem, lobbying – government officials), strategy, operations, and even tech consulting have exploded inside and outside the Beltway in the last 10 years. – Washington, DC. They reserve one only on days when they plan to come to the office.

Oliver Wyman 100

Oliver Wyman Consulting Deloitte Bain 100

Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2017

Specifically, there are three urban planning strategies, commonly followed by major metropolises, that leaders can use for inspiration in the race to keep up with digital competition. Today Dubai also boasts the world’s tallest building, artificial islands, the first hotel with a rain forest, and the largest indoor theme park on earth.

Agile 71

Agile System Retail Data 71

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Traditional businesses should worry, and maybe they should think about platform strategies. It has mainly disrupted the hotel chains, which are not platforms, but it may well disrupt online booking sites, which are. But we think these conclusions are overwrought — and miss what’s really going on.

Operations 70

Operations Hotels System Industry 70

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

We also supplemented the survey with well-known brand rankings, Net Promoter Scores (NPS), and an analysis of their marketing expenditures and strategies. Vail Resorts remade their entire marketing strategy with a program called EpicMix. These changes fundamentally require rethinking strategy, organization, investment, and measurement.

Advertising 71

Advertising B2B Survey B2C 71

Tom Spencer

MAY 16, 2020

Having a clear direction and strategy for your career early on can grant you amazing advantages, but so can keeping your options open and exploring the opportunities offered by consulting. It is more beneficial to be a subject matter expert and develop knowledge and skills in a specific industry or functional area.

Consulting 88

Consulting Industry Case Interview Culture 88

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Here are four strategies. Westin, the hotel chain, awards its top innovators a five-day exotic trip each quarter. Develop Talent to Develop the Culture. One of the greatest forms of employee recognition is an investment in someone’s personal growth and development. How do you do that?

Culture 70

Culture Talent Industry Financial 70

Harvard Business

JANUARY 29, 2018

To help business leaders better understand industry disruption, we developed an index that measures an industry’s current level of disruption as well as its susceptibility to future disruption. Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods is forcing many incumbents in the grocery segment to rethink their go-to-market strategies.

Industry 71

Industry Retail Accenture Transportation 71

Tom Spencer

APRIL 17, 2016

This is especially true for organisations that have software development skills and who are able to produce new digital products by drawing on their own capabilities. Mix things up – I am currently staying in a hotel in Beijing.

Travel 60

Travel Hotels Software Productivity 60

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

India has been increasing its spending on infrastructure such as airports, new cities, hotels, ports, roads, bridges, hospitals, and power plants. While India remains a formidably challenging market, there are at least three reasons why global firms cannot overlook India without consequences. India has seen growth in infrastructure spending.

Engineering 71

Engineering Wireless Education Marketing 71

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Research: Remember this: Market research is a proactive activity built on developing a hypothesis of the market or asking a question that you are looking to answer. Second, build a strategy by understanding what you will and won’t do. Brand Strategy is three questions: a) Who are we targeting? Developing a voice.

Sports 59

Sports Marketing Research Strategy 59

Management Consulted

JUNE 17, 2015

The original site offered short-term living quarters, breakfast and a unique business networking opportunity for attendees who were unable to book a hotel in the saturated market. We offer a bi-monthly newsletter (by application only) for high level strategy jobs at top firms around the world. What do you say?”

Culture 100

Culture Interviews Cover Letters Travel 100

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Before the crash, investment was the equivalent of about 40% of GDP, around three times the rate in most developed countries and significantly greater even than what Japan invested during its development phase - which preceded its bust of the early 1990s. The conference hotel is a fun place in and of itself.

Conference 76

Conference Banking Government Travel 76

Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

Thinking like a software company starts with basic strategy questions: What do you do uniquely well and what do you know how to do that your competitors do not? It purchased Cruise Automation, a startup developing self-driving software, for over $1 billion. What barriers do customers face in realizing value from your current offerings?

Software 70

Software Company Intellectual Property Airlines 70

Chad Barr

MAY 1, 2007

Engaging in continuing, challenging, personal and professional development. The awards were announced at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Naples, FL at the Million Dollar Consulting Graduate School by Alan Weiss, Ph.D., . • Achieving significant annual revenue and profit improvement. Taking prudent risk and demonstrating resilience.

Intellectual Property 40

Intellectual Property Consulting Hotels Ethics 40