Consulting Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

One of Lee's major and lasting legacies was the creation of Disney Great Leader Strategies which was used to train and develop the 7000 leaders at Walt Disney World. One of Lee's major and lasting legacies was the creation of Disney Great Leader Strategies which was used to train and develop the 7000 leaders at Walt Disney World.

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Consultant Ninja

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

When you are in consulting, you rack up a lot of frequent flyer miles and hotel points, but you dont have a lot of time to manage them. It is still in private beta, but I like what I see and Im using it to manage all of my (and Mrs. Ninjas) frequent flyer, hotel, car, and AMEX accounts. I am a strategy consultant at. at 9:15 PM.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Sanction Madness Escalates: Italy Seizes Hotel of Putin Ally Two days ago sanction madness hit a new extreme: Italy seizes Putin ally Arkady Rotenberg’s property assets. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'

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Seth Godin Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

When you planned a lazy and boring menu for the group meeting at your hotel, you chose to send a message of carelessness. Your hospitality strategy is the problem, not bad luck or uncaring staff. When you built that automated phone tree to save a few dollars on customer service, you were choosing to lose some of your best customers.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 27, 2020

For example, when you go to a hotel, you often get a brochure (either physical or virtual) that paints a picture of that property and its amenities. The problem however, is that many times when you get to the hotel, the picture doesn’t match the brochure. as little as 90 days.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

2) Constantly translate your strategy decisions into front-line routines and behaviors. Now I could see the connection between our strategy, our capability-building program, and our professionalization agenda. Oberoi, founder of the Oberoi Group, a leading luxury-hotel company. The job seems obvious.

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Consultant Ninja

MARCH 17, 2009

Yesterday upon arrival at her hotel she received a fruit basket, a warm welcome from the staff who greeted her by first name, and the below card. One of our partners spends a fair amount of time in one city (not his home) and always stays at the sane hotel. I am a strategy consultant at. Tuesday, March 17, 2009. How depressing.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2018

Marriott recently teamed up with Amazon to offer a hospitality version of the e-commerce giant’s Echo devices in select hotel rooms. Travelers with an Alexa device at home can book a car rental or hotel through Expedia and Kayak. Worldwide, ownership exceeds 100 million units and is projected to reach 225 million by 2020.

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Harvard Business

JULY 7, 2016

Marriott, for example, uses digital technology to streamline the hotel experience for its consumers, particularly its high-value business travelers. No strategy is static. Keyless room entry through mobile devices and bill payment via Apple Pay further reduce the friction associated with a traditional hotel experience.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 13, 2016

As Tom Magnuson, a CEO of a top-10 global hotel chain, told us: “I get hit on a lot by vendors and hardly ever buy.” He pulled out an envelope and said that his team had spent nine months analyzing data on 1,000 Magnuson hotels and had ideas on how we could increase room rates and brand ratings for each hotel.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 19, 2018

21c Museum Hotels. Some recent picks: Bloomberg article (“ Wall Street Rule for the #MeToo Era: Avoid Women At All Cost “) and Response from Jefferies CEO Richard Handler. The Truth As Told By Mason Buttle (by Leslie Connor). TikTok (phone app). Robert Stavins (follow on Twitter). FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data).

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Harvard Business

JULY 31, 2017

As incumbents fight back with their own digital strategies, our research shows that they often trigger a second wave of competition, closer to the notion of Schumpeterian imitation where incumbents start themselves to innovate, sometimes aggressively, against the threat of entrants slashing yet more revenue and profit growth.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Executives say that they lose 40% of their strategy’s potential value to breakdowns in execution. In our experience at Bain & Company, however, this strategy-to-performance gap is rarely the result of shortcomings in implementation; it is because the plans are flawed from the start. Take Dell Technologies, for example.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2017

I started a boutique hotel company when I was 26 and, after 24 years as CEO, sold it at the bottom of the Great Recession, not knowing what was next. He and his two Millennial cofounders wanted me to help turn their growing tech startup into an international giant, as their Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy. Sounded good.

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Harvard Business

MAY 29, 2017

It wasn’t long ago and, yet, in technology terms, it’s almost an eternity — ride- or hotel-sharing companies didn’t exist yet and the first generation of social media platforms were just hitting the mainstream. CEOs recognize how much their digital strategy influences business goals.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2018

In the tourism sector, while embodied and episodic deceleration has long been encouraged as part of luxury hotels’ wellness focus, we are beginning to see the absence of Wi-Fi marketed as an amenity, for example at Villa Stephanie in Baden-Baden , so guests aren’t posting experiences on Instagram but rather focusing on their holiday.

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1 to 1

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Imagine you''re the president of one of the largest economy hotel chains in America. Customer Experience Customer Loyalty Customer Service Customer Strategy custoemrexperience forresterscustomerexperienceforum' Your goal: deliver a consistent, high-quality on-brand customer experience across all of your properties.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Rental licenses will be only given to properties for primary uses (hotels, offices, etc.), Clearly, the proposal seeks to eliminate competition to the unfair advantage of hotels. If hotels cannot compete against homeowners, they are charging too much for what they offer. Via Mish-modified translation from El Economista.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 2, 2018

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. Learn strategies to disrupt rumination.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2017

It included everything from airport hacks to equipment strategy. Show up earlier to the airport than you’re used to, so you can pump before you take off, and reserve early check-ins at your hotels to facilitate pumping on arrival. Call your hotel in advance and ask about refrigeration options.

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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. Eric Raptosh Photography/Getty Images.

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MishTalk

JULY 9, 2015

Between June 28 and July 4 at a Hilton hotel in Athens, transactions on a Bloomberg reporter's Visa credit card issued by Citigroup Inc. spokeswoman said that the Athens hotel had billed the customer in euros, not drachmas. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.

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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!

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MishTalk

JUNE 27, 2014

China’s project to build a replica Manhattan is taking shape against a backdrop of vacant office towers and unfinished hotels, underscoring the risks to a slowing economy from the nation’s unprecedented investment boom. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'

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Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2017

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. Matthew Eyring , Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer of Vivint Inc.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 18, 2016

On a recent business trip to London, I surprised the conference organizers by turning down the opportunity to stay at the posh hotel hosting the conference in favor of a rather modest Airbnb flat. The hotel was clearly much more luxurious. That makes Airbnb more valuable than most of the leading hotel chains in the world.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

Business Strategy' Appealing design is definitely part of the magic, but that’s not the whole story. Our second thought is that the thing which makes the hostel so great is that it revolves around one superior person, Mamma! Mamma will be missed.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 4, 2021

Ever since I started my undergraduate degree, I was keen on securing a job in strategy consulting. Sure, you may be flying business class and staying at some of the finest hotels. But usually, what you will see of a city is the airport, your hotel, and the office you are working from. Exit Options. Image: Pexels.

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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?

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Consultant Ninja

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Reads just like a déjà-vu of my last crunch time on a project, minus the wife, plus irritated friends ("wtf, do you know that it is 1am?" - "but you said to call you when I get to the hotel, didnt you?"). I am a strategy consultant at. Isnt it lovely! February 17, 2009 at 11:25 AM. Consultant Insider. This seems very familiar.

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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 wanted to reposition itself from merely a casino company to a worldwide resort and entertainment company.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 24, 2016

” As a result, the producers of Hamilton are scrambling to find the right pricing strategy to handle demand. Take a cue from other sellers of perishable products with fixed capacities — industries such as airlines, hotels, and car rentals — and employ dynamic pricing. So what should Hamilton have done?

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Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2017

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. In contrast, Airbnb creates a network that connects hosts and guests.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2016

No strategy is static. For example, Expedia’s publicly described APIs (Expedia Affiliate Network) enable data integration across numerous partners that include almost all competing airline companies, thousands of hotels, resorts, rental car companies, and payment service providers. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Instead, boards typically looked for expertise in their firms’ industry (51%), strategy (34%), and financials (30%). As one director noted, “We spend a lot of time on operational strategy — growth, acquisitions, etc. apparel, automobiles, retailing, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g.,

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Some of the major practice areas that the NYC region focuses on are corporate development, corporate finance, digital economy, globalization, growth, information technology, marketing & sales operations, people and organization, post merger integration, risk management, strategy, sustainability, and transformation.

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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. And olfactory recall can extend to 10,000 different odors, if not more.

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