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Updates from the CMI Sri Lanka Board

Chartered Management Institute

Finance for the Now Normal: financial stability in the hotel industry CMI Sri Lanka recently hosted a webinar titled 'Finance for the NOW NORMAL' with Mr Nirmalan Nagendra FCMI FIH, who is a senior Hospitality Finance Professional and Consultant for KPMG. COVID-19 has changed this perspective completely.

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Remembering 9/11 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I had decided to go over and stay at a hotel on 9/10 in order to make the early morning meeting and beat the commute. When I walked out of the hotel the first plane had just hit and smoke was coming from the tower. " Mike, this is the most powerful sentiment expressed thus far. They will not be forgotten!!!

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) Board of Directors. Black Enterprise Magazine ‘Top 100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America’ and ‘50 Most Powerful Women in Corporate America’.

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Leading Digital Transformation Is Like Urban Planning

Harvard Business Review

Today Dubai also boasts the world’s tallest building, artificial islands, the first hotel with a rain forest, and the largest indoor theme park on earth. Now the utility will be able to provide not just power but also phone, internet, smart meter, smart home, and security services. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide.

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What to Know About Doing Business in Iran

Harvard Business Review

sanctions are delaying these projects being financed. And alongside the country’s bad debt (some estimates say it is $40 billion ), sanctions were commonly evaded through money laundering , which discouraged foreign banks from operating locally. Some powerful Iranian institutions are highly suspicious of Western influence.

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Case Study: Should a Hotelier Invest in a New Kind of Online Travel Agency?

Harvard Business Review

Lotta Tindal, the chief marketing officer for the Dutch hospitality group Ervaring Hotels & Resorts, hadn’t wanted to come to the presentation, but Gerard Bakker, Ervaring’s CFO, had twisted her arm. hotel brands — and was looking for more. “Stop acting like a teenager,” he joked.

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8 Tech Trends to Watch in 2016

Harvard Business Review

” In order to chart the best way forward, you must understand emerging trends: what they are, what they aren’t, and how they operate. Backdoors are lines of code developers intentionally install in firmware so that manufacturers can safely upgrade our devices and operating systems. Quantum computing.

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