New benchmarking data on hotel companies from Penn State suggests that women are maintaining a better share of representation at the CEO and president levels. But their share of the crucial pipeline roles just below the C-suite has stalled or declined.
The hotel industry’s progress in promoting women to senior leadership has largely stalled, with overall representation in upper-management flat between 2022 and 2025, according to a Penn State report. In some roles that typically serve as stepping stones to the C-suite, women actually lost ground. The share of managing-director positions held by women fell from 18% to 15% over the past few years.
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