{"id":4822,"date":"2013-07-13T16:41:22","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T20:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/?p=4822"},"modified":"2013-07-13T16:41:22","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T20:41:22","slug":"shocking-hyatt-hotels-announcment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2013\/07\/13\/shocking-hyatt-hotels-announcment\/","title":{"rendered":"Shocking Hyatt Hotels Announcment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Hyatt in India Announces Appointment of First Female GM<\/h3>\n<p>When I read the headline, all I could say was, wow! \u00a0It took until 2013 for Hyatt Hotels &amp; Resorts to appoint a woman GM in India? \u00a0In a country where there has been a female prime minister,\u00a0Indira Gandhi, who came into power in 1966, the fact that Hyatt has to say in 2013 that it&#8217;s &#8220;reinforcing its commitment to diversity and inclusion&#8221; is truly shocking.<\/p>\n<p>To <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">reinforce<\/span><\/em> its commitment to diversity and inclusion Hyatt would have had to have previous female GMs in India. \u00a0They can&#8217;t even say it&#8217;s a global commitment, unless they say unless they say it&#8217;s a global commitment that existed everywhere but India (and while I don&#8217;t know for sure, I&#8217;d suspect that there are other countries without female GMs yet.)<\/p>\n<p>Ms.\u00a0Britta Leick-Milde\u00a0&#8211; who Hyatt said has recently taken over as General Manager of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kolkata.regency.hyatt.com\/en\/hotel\/home.html\">Hyatt Regency Kolkata<\/a>, has the honor of being the first female GM in India since Hyatt started <a href=\"http:\/\/investors.hyatt.com\/phoenix.zhtml?c=228969&amp;p=irol-newsArticle&amp;id=1367804\" target=\"_blank\">operations<\/a> in India in 1983. It took Hyatt 30 years &#8211; 30 &#8211; to finally appoint a female GM. \u00a0Is it possible that in the last 30 years there hasn&#8217;t been a single qualified female who could lead a Hyatt hotel in India?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4823\" alt=\"hyatt female GM\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2013\/07\/hyatt-female-GM-300x200.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/07\/hyatt-female-GM-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/07\/hyatt-female-GM-510x341.png 510w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/07\/hyatt-female-GM.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hopefully it won&#8217;t take Hyatt another 30 years to find another woman to fill a GM role in India.<\/p>\n<p>Hyatt uses this announcement to highlight its Women&#8217;s Experience initiative:<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hyatt&#8217;s Women&#8217;s Experience Initiative:<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0 As part of its focus on thoughtful innovation and listening to the needs of its guests, Hyatt Hotels &amp; Resorts launched its\u00a0<b><i>&#8216;Women&#8217;s Experience&#8217;<\/i>\u00a0<\/b>initiative early this year after conducting an 18-month study into the needs of the female traveler.\u00a0The research included findings from more than 40 focus groups around the world, looking for ways to better meet guests&#8217; needs and help them maintain their momentum of lifestyle whilst travelling.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the key features of the\u00a0<b><i>&#8216;Women&#8217;s Experience&#8217;<\/i>\u00a0<\/b>include creating specialized dining menus to maintain health and well-being and carry through Hyatt&#8217;s philosophy of &#8216;Food &#8212; Thoughtfully Sourced, Carefully Served&#8217;, introduction of special cosmetic products in the room, and a &#8220;Hyatt Has It&#8221; service providing women with frequently forgotten items. These ideas are completely tailored to suit women&#8217;s individual preferences.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? \u00a0Is it surprising to you that it took Hyatt 30 years to appoint a female GM in India?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hyatt in India Announces Appointment of First Female GM When I read the headline, all I could say was, wow! \u00a0It took until 2013 for Hyatt Hotels &amp; Resorts to appoint a woman GM in India? \u00a0In a country where&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[91,742],"tags":[106],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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