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What Choice’s CIO sees in a cloud-native approach to sustainability

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Choice Hotels, the Maryland-based multinational hotel chain, is a $10 billion, 80-year-old hospitality company with about 7,500 hotels in 46 countries. On the cloud journey: Choice Hotels has a big footprint as a technology firm. CIO, Cloud Native, Digital Transformation, IT Leadership

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SoftBank backs Cloudbeds as hospitality industry awakens from its COVID slumber

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hotel occupancy hit pre-pandemic levels this summer, the hospitality industry is bracing for what is expected to be a rush of activity as people resume travel. The company will also round out its leadership with a focus on having a team in place for a pre-IPO, Castle said. Image Credits: Cloudbeds.

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Guesty books $170M to double down on property management tools for Airbnb and other rental platforms

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. “With the ways people live, work, socialize and travel having shifted, the lines between traditional hotels and rental accomodations continue to blur,” co-founder and CEO Amiad Soto told me in an interview. The startup’s team now numbers 585 employees, which has also doubled in size in the last year.

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Daily Crunch: Shark Tank India host Ashneer Grover tries to get his BharatPe CEO fired

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She told me earlier today that “edtech is always in search of a magic metric, one that encompasses outcomes, engagement and, heck, even fun. Today, those convention centers and hotel ballrooms are dark and quiet. The addition to its latest fund comes after the firm first raised €40 million for its second fund’s first close.

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CIOs step up to fill plus-size leadership roles

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Hill’s cross-over experience in both technical and nontechnical roles, coupled with CIO stints in apparel and insurance companies , gave him a breadth of leadership prowess in supply chain and strategic planning. Any CIO gunning for a plus-role needs to be well versed in the metrics and models that move the needle on business outcomes. “If

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An HR’s guide to the SHRM 2019 Annual Conference and Exposition

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SHRM’s senior leadership programs : These programs can help you develop leadership skills and give you a practical overview of your role in an organization. These sessions cover employee engagement tactics, talent management, leadership, and communication skills. Business Acumen & Metrics. Leadership.

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How Your Employee Recognition Program Can Destroy Morale

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I had just arrived at a fancy hotel for a friend’s wedding. Right beside the dumpsters were several tables set with china, white tablecloths, and balloons for a hotel staff recognition luncheon. A good way to overcome this is to identify additional behaviors or related metrics to use as gateways.