Mar 31, 2026
Women enter hospitality at the same rate as men. Then the numbers thin out hard at the top. That gap isn’t about “pipeline.” It’s about progression.
Suzanne co-hosts #NoVacancyNews with me, and we talk with Emily Goldfischer of Her Tenure about the leadership study she and her team did with Forbes Travel Guide and what it reveals about what helps women advance—and what still gets in the way.
📊 Emily shares the benchmark:
women lead 19% of
Forbes Travel Guide partner hotels, and Her Tenure heard from
99 women leaders
to dig into what drives advancement
🧭 She frames the core issue clearly: progression problem, not
pipeline problem
🕰️ She calls out barriers that still show up: limited flexibility
for family life and gendered expectations of
leadership
🤝 We get into the stuff people don’t say out loud: networking
access, mentorship vs sponsorship, and how “off-the-clock”
conversations shape opportunity
🎯 Emily pushes practical moves that build careers: stretch roles,
lateral moves that broaden capability, and owning your
P&L
🏛️ We also talk progress you can actually see—like the shift in
gender balance at conferences such as #HunterConference
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