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After a decade working on landmark hospitality projects, Hyemin Choi founded Studio Whynought. She shares how motherhood, wellness design and a leap of faith shaped her next chapter.

At HITEC 2026 and HSMAI, hospitality leaders moved from AI hype to implementation, focusing on data, guest experience, commercial strategy and human connection.

At a Relais & Châteaux showcase, a Tudor castle GM, a Lake District owner, and the new keeper of Kenmare's Park Hotel share why teams come before stars.

At MEWS Unfold 2026 in Amsterdam, hospitality leaders explored creativity, AI, human connection and the future of hotel technology. Here are the key takeaways.

Deniz Dorbek spent 25 years at Hilton, Hyatt and Wyndham before founding Regulus Collective. She talks career moves, motherhood and going out on her own.

SVP People and Community at Preferred Hotels & Resorts, on why allyship starts with listening and great leadership is rooted in love.

What can hospitality employers still do on DEI and Affirmative Action after Trump's executive orders? Three employment attorneys break it down at Cornell HR Conference 2026.

Hospitality veteran Kimberly Wilson Wetty on the generational shift reshaping the industry by 2034, and how leaders can prepare for Gen Z, Alpha, and beyond.

Kassandra McLaren shares her unconventional path into hospitality and why hotels may be missing relationships with 68% of guests already on property.

At the Post Lech, Sandra Moosbrugger shares how warmth, detail, and female leadership have shaped one of Austria’s most iconic family-run luxury hotels.

Equal Pay Day has arrived with a frustrating reminder: women have lost ground again. Here’s practical advice to help women advocate for fair pay, negotiate with confidence, and push for more equitable workplaces.

At Hunter Hotel Investment Conference 2026, hotel owners, investors and lenders discussed deal flow, private credit, select-service growth, extended stay demand and women’s access to leadership.

Nancy Mendelson unpacks why awareness of the loneliness epidemic has not made people feel less alone, and explores the difference between being alone, feeling lonely, and building real connection.

Brigette Bienvenu, Director of Sales and Marketing at The Tampa EDITION, discusses her path from New Orleans to luxury hospitality leadership, including roles at Hilton, W Hotels and Ritz-Carlton, as well as mentorship, wellness trends and Tampa’s growing luxury market.

A new global study from hertelier and Forbes Travel Guide examines women in hospitality leadership, structural barriers, and why endurance is no longer a sustainable career model.

From castle life to 800K followers, Carlotta Carabba Tettamanti shares lessons on hospitality, motherhood, and building Tenuta di Murlo.

Maud Bailly on leading Sofitel, MGallery & Emblems, breaking gender barriers in luxury hospitality, and the leadership habits that make power sustainable.

Venting is being rebranded as trauma dumping. Nancy Mendelson examines friendship, emotional labor, boundaries, and why messy, real connection still matters.

Melissa shares what returning to work travel and running looked like as a new mother, and how motherhood reshaped identity, movement, and systems on the road.

Shannon Knapp, CEO of Leading Hotels of the World, shares her perspective on independent luxury, leadership, loyalty, ambition, and what it takes to lead at scale.