NEW YORK CITY-Though they're at the top of their game, five of the industry's leading women spoke of ways they're still learning, as well as what brought them to the business, during the New York University International Hospitality Conference earlier this week.
In a session entitled, “Women Leaders in Hospitality,” the speakers—who included three CEOs, an SVP of operations and one hotelier's executive counsel—discussed the field's positives and challenges, including those they've tackled themselves, as well as the field's virtues.
All five executives are challenged by social media, but learning the tools as they use them, and creating some great programs in the process.
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Rayna Katz
Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
