List of Featured Leaders of Harvard University | Darren Huston

Harvard University is the world’s most prestigious private Ivy League research university.

It’s the oldest higher education institution in the U.S and has produced a wealth of alumni who have gone on to become successful.

Have a look at the list of some of the alumni from Harvard University who are the successful leaders in their industry. 

Darren Huston — 

CEO and Founder, BlackPines Capital Partners, Vancouver, Canada   

Michael Rosenbaum — 

Chairman and CEO, Arena, Baltimore, Maryland 

Bill Drayton — 

CEO, Ashoka, Washington D.C. Metro  

Tim Beresford —

Deputy CEO, Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade), Sydney, Australia 

Prasad Guntupalli — 

Co-Founder and Deputy Executive Deputy Chairman, Attra, Bengaluru, India

  

See Full List: https://www.livealumni.com/2019/11/05/featured-leaders-from-harvard-university/

Want To Be Successful? Listen To These Great Leaders

"Do something you are passionate about, do something you love. If you are doing something you are passionate about, you are simply going to succeed, and a variety of different things will manifest which you don't need to worry about. 

There are so many opportunities and choices that anyone can make about what they do. Do something you are enthusiastic about. Existence is simply too short."

Some people spend their entire lives thinking the way to achieve success in life, but never figure it out. If you want to be successful then get inspired by these individuals as they share their own personal success paths.

Mary Barra, CEO General Motors

So I love to run. I like to run long distances. And part of it for me is sort of the joy of feeling the pain and the grit and knowing you have to dig deep. And I think a lot of times making business decision is like being a marathoner. In other words, you know what the finish line is that you really want to get to but, along the way, it’s not always pure joy. There are really hard moments. But if you keep your eye on the prize, it’s part of what drives you to get there.”

Kevin Plank, founder and CEO of Under Armour

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”

Darren Huston, CEO BlackPines Capital Partners

“There’s an entrepreneur right now, scared to death, making excuses, saying, ‘It’s not the right time just yet.’ There’s no such thing as a good time. I started an apparel manufacturing business in the tech-boom years. I mean, come on. Get out of your garage and go take a chance and start your business.” ~ Darren Huston

Indra Nooyi, chairman & CEO of PepsiCO

“I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.”

Tourism Target of Various Countries!

 

In a survey by W - Hospitality, the two countries was ranked 7th &10th respectively, a global company offering advisory services for the hotel, tourism and entertainment industries.

8th global hotel chains, among them Radisson, Hilton, Sheraton, Marriott and Kempinski, plan to add 1,510 rooms in Kenya while in Uganda 9 international hotels, among them Hilton and Sheraton, plan to build 1,397 rooms.

In Nigeria, which ranked on the top, 51 hotels target 8,563 rooms. Egypt and Morocco are ranked 2nd and 3rd with plans for 6,440 and 5,474 rooms respectively.

Darren Huston said “The EAC countries should utilise social media to showcase their beaches and wildlife. Tunisia and Morocco have done this, while Egypt is rebounding because tourists choose what is easily available to them.”

Also Read: China Travel Market

Agatha Juma the chief executive of the Kenya Tourism Federation, stated the ranking indicates “that despite the challenges facing Kenya, the country and the region remain on the radar of investors and tourists. Such investments imply there is a foreseen growth in tourist numbers to occupy these rooms.”

Specialists in the travel industry said that East African countries should step up their marketing techniques to compete favorably with North and West Africa for investments and tourists.

 

Article Source: https://tmmhospitality.com/east-africa-tourism-targets/

Darren Huston Videos on CEO Journals

Darren Huston, the Trent grad with an honors B.A. in economics. Darren Huston is a uniquely intelligent individual modestly wrapped in an every man persona. It’s very, very Trent.  And he’d be the first to admit that’s true.

After beating earnings expectations, Darren Huston on CNBC, discusses how macro factors like oil and terrorism impact the travel environment.

What is New in 2020 After making Business Strategies by Darren Huston?

Today Priceline Group becomes a big name and everybody is aware of it. Now, Priceline is named as booking holding Inc. After giving many year of his career Darren Huston takes the company to the top level of success.

Booking Holdings Is a Better Investment than Expedia- Do you know why?

If you people are aware that both booking holding and Expedia are online platforms. Both companies help you to buy airline tickets and making hotel reservations, but there is a big financial difference between both. 


Let’s See: Geographic Exposure

The key difference between Booking Holdings and Expedia is that the markets they serve. Expedia derives a majority of its business from us while Booking Holdings primarily operates in Europe. Initially, this might sound sort of a minor detail, but it’s crucial to understand the financial performances of the 2 companies.

The hotel markets in Europe and North America are quite different. While the United States is dominated by chains such as Hilton and Marriott, the European hotel market is primarily served by smaller boutique hotels. Large hotel chains control tens of thousands of rooms and centrally negotiate their contracts with online travel agencies, which allow them to secure more favorable contract terms and lower commission rates.

Therefore, Expedia collects much lower commissions on its hotel business. It clearly shows that booking holdings (earlier Priceline) keeps on growing in 2020 also.

Source: What is New in 2020 after making Business Strategies by Darren Huston?

Amex’s In-app Restaurants Reservations Device

By adding restaurants reservations to its versatile application, Amex is reacting to the top request got by its Platinum Concierge administration. Because dining is the finest spending class among Amex cardholders, the corporation help to ease the friction of locating a restaurant, booking a table and handling reservations.

The service could also be important to on-the-go consumers who increasingly depend on their smartphones to manage travel itineraries and find recommendations on where to eat while they’re visiting unfamiliar cities.

Amex’s in-app eatery reservations device can recognize its brand from rivals in the travel booking and payments industries. As organizations like Apple and Facebook move into digital payments, and search giant Google disrupts the travel-booking industry, Amex needs to keep pace with prevailing trends among tech-savvy consumers.

You Might Be Interested In : Darren Huston adds restaurant bookings to an online travel business

Eighty-four percent of its cardholders utilize its application or site, while Amex’s day to day usage use has jumped 35% from a year earlier, TechCrunch detailed.

In addition to restaurant booking, mobile apps are driving growth in delivery orders from eateries. Six out of 10 digital orders are made through mobile apps, per NPD Group.

Digital orders have increased at an average annual rate of 23% since 2013 and are expected to triple in volume by the end of next year, the market research company estimated.

Darren Huston discusses The Company's Quarterly Earnings

Huston talks about the company’s quarterly earnings and partnership with Ctrip.

Darren Huston says Ctrip will help them bring Chinese customers to their business around the world.