MBS Intelligence
Travel, Leisure & Hospitality
The show must go on: what can the classical…
In November, the English National Opera was given a piece of advice: develop a new business model. After years of shrinking audiences, Arts Council England slashed the ENO’s annual funding to zero, recommending that...
Inspiring action and proving what’s possible: launching the Women…
One of the highlights of the MBS calendar is the launch of the annual Women to Watch and Role Models for Inclusion in Hospitality, Travel and Leisure Index, produced in partnership with WiHTL. Regular readers of this...
Women to Watch and Role Models for Inclusion in…
The MBS Group, in partnership with WiHTL, is delighted to present the fourth annual Women to Watch and Role Models for Inclusion in Hospitality, Travel and Leisure Index. Now in its fourth year, this publication...
Cinema: a promising future Vue?
In early 2020, I sat down with Tim Richards, the founder and CEO of Vue International, to plan a dinner for hospitality and leisure CEOs on the topic of “Responses to Disruption”. We scheduled the event for May 2020...
Reflecting on bank holidays, hospitality and the future of…
As most readers will know, this weekend is the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. In the UK, this means parades, street parties, Union Jack bunting and the chance to enjoy an extended bank holiday. The long weekend feels...
The perfect consumer cocktail: pubs and FMCG
In many ways, not much has changed in the core pub proposition in the last few decades. The combination of a welcoming environment and good choice of drinks, often accompanied by a decent food menu, has been winning...
Championing female talent: launching the Women to Watch and…
Each year, one of the real highlights of our calendar at MBS is getting together with leaders from the hospitality, travel and leisure sector to celebrate the launch of the Women to Watch in HTL Index. The Index,...
How Compass Group is investing in its people, prioritising…
In May, I wrote a column looking at the hospitality sector’s labour shortage and how we might look to address it. Our industry hadn’t even fully opened yet, and already vacancies were skyrocketing and organisations...
From Thailand to the Highlands, a silver lining in…
As 2019 gave way to 2020, my wife and I set our sights on an early spring getaway. We spent the Christmas break poring over travel guides and quickly narrowed our focus to Southeast Asia. The brief was simple: to get...
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