<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879052845930761575</id><updated>2012-02-02T01:13:25.732-08:00</updated><category term='olympics'/><category term='Resturaunts'/><category term='luxury'/><category term='Careers'/><category term='tourist'/><category term='Graduate'/><category term='Maldives'/><category term='West'/><category term='economic development'/><category term='Hotel'/><category term='China'/><category term='fine dining'/><category term='Travel'/><category term='2011'/><category term='brands'/><category term='Executive recruitment'/><category term='toruism'/><category term='Easter'/><category term='Search'/><category term='Hospitality'/><category term='Recruitment'/><title type='text'>Management Search Executive Ltd</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>MSE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05641460130988804022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFogSeJV4Kk/TykqJ2Kwm8I/AAAAAAAAABs/rRdUHCgtVjc/s220/MSE_Logo_2.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>19</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879052845930761575.post-3791347145605721164</id><published>2012-02-01T07:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T01:13:25.740-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;February 6 marks the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s accession to the throne. We are certain that everyone is as excited about the Queens Jubilee as we are, and we think that there is plenty to be excited about! This is MSE's round up of the events surrounding the Jubilee, and our favourite? Not everything has even been announced yet!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To get you in the mood to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Elizabeth II on the throne, thats nearly longer than Queen Victoria, the previous longest serving monarch and (Elizabeths Great Grandma!) you might want to read &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2012/02/01/queen-s-diamond-jubilee-60-amazing-facts-you-never-knew-about-the-queen-115875-23729898/"&gt;60 facts you never knew about our queen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Governmenthas announed an &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_964806349"&gt;e&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8441972.stm"&gt;xtra bank holiday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt; for the nationwide celebration, planned for the first weekend in June to mark the Jubilee. Lord Mandelson said it would be a "truly historic occasion" which would allow the British people to show their "pride and affection" for The Queen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;The borough of &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_964806354"&gt;Greenwich is set to recieve &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://archive.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/LeisureCulture/RoyalGreenwich/"&gt;royal status&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;. The honour recognises Greenwich's global significance as the home of the Prime Meridian, Greenwich Mean Time and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. There are at present just three Royal Boroughs: Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston, and Windsor and Maidenhead. All reflecting longstanding Royal associations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-24031881-spice-girls-to-reunite-for-diamond-jubilee.do"&gt;Spice girls reforming&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt; During an interview on the Australian TV show "Sunrise," Mel B dropped a major hint that the '90s girl group is reuniting for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebration.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/the_queens_diamond_jubilee/9039121/Duchess-of-Cornwall-we-need-Cornation-Chicken-for-2012.html"&gt;The Duchess of Cornwall&lt;/a&gt; has challenged schoolchildren to come up with the modern equivalent of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;Coronation Chicken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt; for the queen. Representatives from the top four winning schools will be invited to Buckingham Palace in June to see their recipes turned into canapes by royal chef Mark Flanagan. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;Planting of 1 million trees across the UK by the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/9504852.Be_one_in_a_million__plant_a_Jubilee_tree/"&gt;Jubilee Woods project&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;. The Woodland Trust – the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity – has set itself the ambitious task of planting the million trees to celebrate the Queen’s accession to the throne as part of a year of tree planting that will see six million planted across the UK in the trust’s Jubilee Woods project. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1879052845930761575-3791347145605721164?l=mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/feeds/3791347145605721164/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2012/02/celebrating-diamond-jubilee.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/3791347145605721164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/3791347145605721164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2012/02/celebrating-diamond-jubilee.html' title='Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee'/><author><name>MSE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05641460130988804022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFogSeJV4Kk/TykqJ2Kwm8I/AAAAAAAAABs/rRdUHCgtVjc/s220/MSE_Logo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879052845930761575.post-1964377830480011568</id><published>2011-08-19T06:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-19T06:56:36.580-07:00</updated><title type='text'>London’s Burning: International Reaction to the August Riot and its Potential Impact to Tourism</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;Whilst the dust finally settles on areas affected by the recent riots, the country still takes stock on what was one of the greatest civil disturbances in many years. The political fallout may be taking centre stage at the moment; however, it is the likely that the economic effects will have a far more tangible effect on people’s lives, not just in the short term, but in the long term too. The long term ramifications of the riots on Britain’s international image will undoubtedly have a great impact on Britain’s tourist industry, especially those centred in London which is of particular importance due to the 2012 Olympics. In times of economic hardship it is most likely that the recent riots will make the situation worse for many businesses that are directly and indirectly reliant on foreign tourists and investors. As pointed out in a previous blog post on Chinese tourism, foreign tourists from a wide variety of destinations are increasingly important to the British tourist industry, therefore what the riots did to London’s intentional reputation is a vital matter to understand. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;Understanding, how the riots were digested abroad will allow us to gain a glimpse of what tourists now think about Britain’s capital city. One of the most striking things about the riots was the great wealth of images that it produced, from those of burning cars and shops to masked looters, and police inactivity in the face of wanton violence. In our modern media age we cannot underestimate the power of these images had on the global tourist community. London’s image as a safe, modern capital has been tarnished by the images of gangs looting and mugging at will, especially the &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4D0qgPMXRM"&gt;terrible scenes of Asyraf Haziq being robbed&lt;/a&gt; by people supposedly offering him help. These scenes will have undoubtedly created a negative image of London worldwide, but especially in South-East Asia, which is an increasingly important economic region and therefore a future tourist generator. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;Furthermore, if the images of the riots didn’t do enough harm the reaction to them in the world press and by many governments have cast further doubt over London’s security. The Russian tabloid &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-14456635"&gt;Komsomolskaya Pravda &lt;/a&gt;painted a picture of London as boiling cauldron of seething ethnic tension, whilst the Brazilian television network&lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-14456635"&gt; Globo &lt;/a&gt;and the Chinese newspaper &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-14456635"&gt;Renmin Ribao &lt;/a&gt;questioned London’s ability to deal with security during the Olympics. &lt;a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/08/10/uk.riots.international.view/"&gt;The USA, Austria, France, Germany, Malaysia and others &lt;/a&gt;all urged their citizens to be cautious in London and other affected areas, adding to Der Speigel’s comment that London looked more like Mogadishu than the modern financial centre people are so accustomed to. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;Like the healing process, a true assessment of the economic impact of the UK riots on London’s hospitality and retail sectors will take a long time. Savills, the international real-estate advisor has said that &lt;a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cf40298e-c969-11e0-9eb8-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1VOKzkcoP"&gt;the riots will not have an effect at all on property prices&lt;/a&gt;, which as so reliant on foreign money. However, any judgement is premature at the present stage, currently with the riots over are tourists and investors willing to risk missing out on some of the opportunities London has to offer. Nevertheless, London has deep wounds to heal and it almost certainly could not take another bout of bad publicity. With a host of European and world cities vying for the same money from the international elite, it has yet to be seen whether London will feel further effects from the riots. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1879052845930761575-1964377830480011568?l=mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/feeds/1964377830480011568/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2011/08/londons-burning-international-reaction.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/1964377830480011568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/1964377830480011568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2011/08/londons-burning-international-reaction.html' title='London’s Burning: International Reaction to the August Riot and its Potential Impact to Tourism'/><author><name>MSE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05641460130988804022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFogSeJV4Kk/TykqJ2Kwm8I/AAAAAAAAABs/rRdUHCgtVjc/s220/MSE_Logo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879052845930761575.post-4696681047561570543</id><published>2011-08-02T06:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-02T06:41:28.035-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hospitality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Resturaunts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fine dining'/><title type='text'>El Fin de El Bulli</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;The past weekend marked &lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/8671334/El-Bulli-worlds-best-restaurant-serves-its-final-49-course-supper.html"&gt;the &lt;span&gt;closing of EL Bulli,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt; Ferran Adria’s trendsetting dining experience and the World’s Best Restaurant for a record holding five times. However, this is not a moment to be sad, but a moment to celebrate Adria’s achievements of over two decades and the great culinary legacy that El Bulli has left the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In gastronomic terms, the popularity and status of El Bulli has firmly put molecular cuisine into a wider public consciousness. How many times have you been watching Masterchef or gone into a restaurant where a flavoured foam was a part of a dish? Adria’s exploding olives or pina colada flavoured cotton candy and other dishes like them have revolutionised the way we think about eating. Nevertheless, the legacy of El Bulli isn’t simply in the food it has brought us, but also the cultural changes it has played a part in. Adria’s work has ushered in a culture of experimentation that has liberated chefs from the shackles of convention. Who would have thought in 1987, when Andria first started to work at El Bulli, that science would be an accepted and even necessary element to cooking? Furthermore, Adria has helped to bring about a more open culture into gastronomy. His recipes are all online and he has also written a book chronicling a day at El Bulli, giving the reader a unique insight into its daily operation, with recipes attached. Moreover, El Bulli’s impact to Spain shouldn’t be understated either as it has helped to contribute to an image of a modern, dynamic democracy, far away from Franco’s dictatorship.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So before we start feeling sad for not sampling the ‘Rabbit with Hot Apple Jelly’ or the ‘Hot and Cold Trout Roe Tempura’ at El Bulli, let us raise a toast to a truly revolutionary restaurant and one of the world’s best chefs. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1879052845930761575-4696681047561570543?l=mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/feeds/4696681047561570543/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2011/08/el-fin-de-el-bulli.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/4696681047561570543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/4696681047561570543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2011/08/el-fin-de-el-bulli.html' title='El Fin de El Bulli'/><author><name>MSE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05641460130988804022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFogSeJV4Kk/TykqJ2Kwm8I/AAAAAAAAABs/rRdUHCgtVjc/s220/MSE_Logo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879052845930761575.post-740652346373161810</id><published>2011-07-28T08:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-28T08:42:57.975-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tourist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='West'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='luxury'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economic development'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Maldives'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='toruism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='brands'/><title type='text'>The Emergence of the Chinese Luxury Tourist</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;The explosive economic growth of China has inexorably changed the world we inhabit. In the last decade China experienced GDP development figures of around 10.5 percent per annum, which has facilitated its rise to become the world’s second largest economy. China, whose growth is being powered by its huge manufacturing sector, will also produce &lt;a href="http://http//www.unwto.org/newsroom/Releases/2006/november/chineseoutbound.htm"&gt;100 million outbound tourists&lt;/a&gt; by 2020. Nevertheless, although Chinese products are usually cheaper than those made in other countries, its tourists are keener to spend as much as possible with &lt;a href="http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20110705-287597.html"&gt;$48 billion being spent in overseas destinations&lt;/a&gt;. These new tourists’, emanating from China’s burgeoning upper and middle classes are now forming crucial, modern elements in the luxury holiday and retail markets. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;The effect of wealthy Chinese tourists on the global luxury and holiday markets is naturally great to the vast volumes of people coming. &lt;a href="http://news.travel168.net/20110128/27016.html"&gt;2.4 million Chinese tourists &lt;/a&gt;visited Europe alone in 2010, with many more preferring to travel closer to home in Asia. Along with the increase in numbers there is also an increase in the overall consumption by Chinese tourists in Europe, with spending up by around &lt;a href="http://news.travel168.net/20110128/27016.html"&gt;99 percent &lt;/a&gt;in 2010 when compared to the same period in 2009. Of course not every Chinese tourist is buying luxury items and staying in 5* hotels, but the impact of those who are, is certainly being felt. Retailers now see Chinese tourist as big spenders who are want to take their favourite brands back home. As a consequence luxury manufacturers and retailers are seeing a surge in demand largely driven by orders from the Chinese at home and abroad. Bain &amp;amp; Company has predicted that global luxury good sales will increase by &lt;a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2011/07/luxury-market-surges-while-rest-economy-sputters/40140/"&gt;8 percent &lt;/a&gt;driven by renewed demand from department stores, in part due to the prevalence of the tourist market to those stores. Moreover, it is not just their favourite brands that Chinese consumers are eyeing up. The CBRE estimates that &lt;a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/07/2011714135025939321.html"&gt;10 percent &lt;/a&gt;of residential property sales in London this year will be conducted by buyers from mainland China.&lt;br /&gt;However, it is not just luxury goods that are attracting the Chinese abroad. Exotic luxury destinations, once the haunts of mainly Western tourist are now seeing Chinese tourists as their main visitor demographic. The Maldives welcomed over 65,000 Chinese tourists out of a total of 392,000 visitors in the first 5 months of 2011, &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jMC9X3ns4VHN9uMyaJjehHN8H0Kg?docId=CNG.6663621e5bbe4007b9a5c85520046abb.101"&gt;an increase of 56.7 percent &lt;/a&gt;from the same period in 2010. Sri Lanka too has also seen its number of Chinese visitors’ rise, with an increase of 83.8 percent in the first 6 months of 2011 compared to 2010.&lt;br /&gt;Principally, the numbers and expenditure of Chinese tourists has a direct correlation with Chinese breakneck economic growth. As the country develops economically then more Chinese are becoming financially active, which is of great importance when considering China’s size. Furthermore, with Chinese growth still strong despite the financial crisis, many Chinese tourists are merely replacing those from other countries who have chosen to stay at home in order to tighten their belts. However, there are other factors outside the mere increase in income and demand that help to answer why increasing numbers of Chinese see the West as a place to travel and spend. Western destinations are far more reliable for luxury brands, both in terms of quality and price. &lt;a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/Business/2011/07/08/Ministries%2Bat%2Bodds%2Bover%2Bluxury%2Bgoods%2Bimport%2Btax/"&gt;Chinese import tariffs are considerably high &lt;/a&gt;on imported luxury goods, which has meant a flourishing counterfeit market, as demonstrated by the &lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8660675/Fake-Apple-Store-crackdown-begins-in-China.html"&gt;recent fake Apple store&lt;/a&gt;. Overall, the change in market will have a considerable impact in how hospitality and retail businesses are run if they want to attract this lucrative marketing stream. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1879052845930761575-740652346373161810?l=mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/feeds/740652346373161810/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2011/07/emergence-of-chinese-luxury-tourist.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/740652346373161810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/740652346373161810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2011/07/emergence-of-chinese-luxury-tourist.html' title='The Emergence of the Chinese Luxury Tourist'/><author><name>MSE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05641460130988804022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFogSeJV4Kk/TykqJ2Kwm8I/AAAAAAAAABs/rRdUHCgtVjc/s220/MSE_Logo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879052845930761575.post-1284975617762412838</id><published>2011-04-28T09:04:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-28T09:19:04.390-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wills &amp; Kate Fever!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;We are all counting down the minutes to the Royal Wedding here at MSE! The anticipation of what the lovely Kate Middletons wedding dress is going to be like, and what sort of delightful affair they have planned is killing us! We've got our fingers crossed that the weather will be lovely and not horrendous as planned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We hope that everyone celebrating the Royal Wedding has a great time tommorow, and if you're having a street party, have one for us!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For Anglophiles across the pond, who can't make it to the UK to celebrate the nuptials of Will &amp;amp; Kate, New York might just be the next best place to be!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The New York Palace hotel (www.newyorkpalace.com) in Midtown gets things started at 5:30, with a formal breakfast. Revelers can watch the ceremony on several televisions while tucking into scones with marmalade and scrambled eggs with Devonshire cream.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Trump Hotel will be accepting guests at 5 a.m. for the Trump Royal Wedding Breakfast and the opportunity to watch the special wedding day unfold in the elegant confines of Jean Georges.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We think its great news that the entire world can tune in to this once in a lifetime event in the lap of luxury, even if they couldnt make it to England!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"&gt;Congratulations to the happy couple!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1879052845930761575-1284975617762412838?l=mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/feeds/1284975617762412838/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2011/04/wills-kate-fever.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/1284975617762412838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/1284975617762412838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2011/04/wills-kate-fever.html' title='Wills &amp; Kate Fever!'/><author><name>MSE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05641460130988804022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFogSeJV4Kk/TykqJ2Kwm8I/AAAAAAAAABs/rRdUHCgtVjc/s220/MSE_Logo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879052845930761575.post-5518153257290190960</id><published>2011-04-21T06:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T09:44:46.113-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Easter'/><title type='text'>Eggstraordinary</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;We're heading for the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13144519"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Warmest Easter Weekend on record!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; With temperatures set to hit 25c or higher this is exciting news for Britons and good news for retailers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;As temperatures have soared since last Easter, so too have sales in BBQ equipment. Homebase have reported gas sales high enough "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/20/easter-holiday-travel-uk"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;to fuel 300,000 barbecues&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;". &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;As for the Easter Eggs themselves, Sales arent rocketing nearly so much as they are for Hot Cross Buns, which Mike Prentice, group marketing executive at Spar, claims have shown a yearly &lt;a href="http://www.iol.co.za/business/business-news/retailers-delight-in-spicy-easter-stock-sales-1.1056515"&gt;increase in popularity &lt;/a&gt;for the last three years, helped by the fact that they are affordably treats when compared to the eggs. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;For those of us who are attempting to refrain from calories over the usually gluttonour Easter Hols, a host of alternative seasonal treats are now available, ranging from the &lt;a href="http://www.playmobildirect.co.uk/playscheme.asp?brand=1&amp;amp;scheme=110"&gt;Playmobil Egg &lt;/a&gt;(not just for kids!) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/experiences-check-availability.aspx?id=967"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Chocolate Manicures &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;and for those who prefer Easter with a bit of gore, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/whatson/easter-at-london-bridge-experience-article-8034.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;The London Bridge Experience &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;offers a zombie easter bunny, and an Easter Head Hunt!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Whatever you choose to spend your money on this bank holiday weekend, make sure to enjoy the heat!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1879052845930761575-5518153257290190960?l=mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/feeds/5518153257290190960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2011/04/eggstraordinary.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/5518153257290190960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/5518153257290190960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2011/04/eggstraordinary.html' title='Eggstraordinary'/><author><name>MSE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05641460130988804022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFogSeJV4Kk/TykqJ2Kwm8I/AAAAAAAAABs/rRdUHCgtVjc/s220/MSE_Logo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879052845930761575.post-7947502120460635855</id><published>2011-03-23T09:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-23T09:59:01.845-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Farewell to Knut</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sv_J78HX-T4/TYomp5m9yiI/AAAAAAAAABc/lvMA7nj91WU/s1600/cuteknut.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587320788987267618" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sv_J78HX-T4/TYomp5m9yiI/AAAAAAAAABc/lvMA7nj91WU/s320/cuteknut.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;On Saturday afternoon, the much loved internationally famous Polar Bear Knut, who touched hearts across the world after being rejected by his mother and handraised by zoo keepers in 2007, was pronounced dead by bear keeper Heiner Kloes at Berlin zoo. Scientists announced yesterday that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/brain-problems-led-to-knuts-death-2249908.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;brain problems apparently caused the shockingly early death of Knut, Germany's four-year-old celebrity polar bear. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;However his final distressing moment, turning around erratically in circles, before falling into the water, has been caught on camera sadly for the world to see. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;Polar Bears can live up to 30 years, and thus it is unusual for a polar bear in captivity to die so young. He was just four years, old, the polar bear equivalent of an 18 year old human.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;Because of the rejection by his mother and subsequent close relationship with his keeper, baby Knut became a celebrity, with his every move being documented by TV crews, he was the centre of a mass media phenomenon, spawning toys, t-shirts, DVDs and being featured on the cover of several magazines as well as increasing the Berlin Zoo's profile and revenue by five million euros. Even MSE visited Knut when we were in Berlin in 2010, when he appeared to be a picture of health.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;His being raised by hand did enchant everyone though, he drew significant controversy from human rights activists who claimed that he ought have been put down, rather than raised as a domestic pet. This however, only increased support &amp;amp; adoration for him from his legions of fans. Following on from his death though, the BBC have questioned whether or not it was &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12805534"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;his hand rearing led to inevitable behavioural problems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;In recognition of his superstar status Berlin Zoo have announced that they would like to stuff and mount Knuts body for display in the Berlin Natural History Museum. More than 15,000 Knut fans have so far paid tribute to him on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zoo-berlin.de/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;Berlin zoo's website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt; and many have expressed outrage at the decision to display him at the museum, demanding a worthy burial for the creature they hold so dear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1879052845930761575-7947502120460635855?l=mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/feeds/7947502120460635855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2011/03/farewell-to-knut.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/7947502120460635855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/7947502120460635855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2011/03/farewell-to-knut.html' title='Farewell to Knut'/><author><name>MSE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05641460130988804022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFogSeJV4Kk/TykqJ2Kwm8I/AAAAAAAAABs/rRdUHCgtVjc/s220/MSE_Logo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sv_J78HX-T4/TYomp5m9yiI/AAAAAAAAABc/lvMA7nj91WU/s72-c/cuteknut.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879052845930761575.post-1163660939509621914</id><published>2011-02-24T07:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-25T06:08:46.033-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Women In The Board Room</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;A government-commissioned report on diversity has recommended that by 2015 a quarter of Great Britain’s top business roles should be held by women, this infers that diversity at the board table can help to make boards more effective, and less of a boys club. But is this recommendation a positive move encouraging and empowering women, or does it devalue women’s achievements by making a conspicuous show of their place in business like a false monument to equal opportunity?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1991 Kathleen O’ Donavan was made the first female finance director at the British Tyre and Rubber Company, this was so significant that &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/feb/24/women-norway"&gt;Julia Finch at the Guardian&lt;/a&gt; describes this as a turning point, marking a generation of women who could have it all, families and a fabulous lifestyle, while still storming the business world. 20 years later though, women still only make up 12.5% of board members in the UK's 100 biggest firms, with only five of these having a female chief executive. Finch argues that quotas are the only way to force change, because without them “there is just too big a risk that the next 20 years will be just like the last 20”. However, we disagree with this assessment. An arbitrary number of women in top business roles will not improve the boards, the company, or the individual. We would argue however that organic growth within the company is key, and top business roles should be awarded to the most suitable candidate, regardless of gender.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While we concede that the underrepresentation of women in the upper echelons of business is an issue for wider debate. Perhaps the answer is more encouragement at lower stages in the career ladder. At an academic level women achieve higher qualifications than men, but once in the workplace, a disparity seems to occur which distances men and women in terms of achievement. The Institute for Leadership &amp;amp; Management explain that it is not a lack of ability or opportunity, but a lack of ambition which causes this, but perhaps the over representation of men at higher levels dissuades women from wishing to join these ranks. In a study by the LSE just last week, it was predicted that the amount of &lt;a href="http://thenextwomen.com/2011/02/03/female-entrepreneurs-set-to-double-over-next-30-years/"&gt;female entrepreneurs are set to double in the next 30 years&lt;/a&gt;. This is a dramatic prediction, and we hope that this can be achieved, but naturally and organically, with appropriate encouragement for those women, who would flourish in top positions regardless of gender, without resorting to imposing quotas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is introducing an arbitrary quota demeaning to women? Does it make economic sense? Contact us, and let us know what you think about this topic. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1879052845930761575-1163660939509621914?l=mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/feeds/1163660939509621914/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2011/02/women-in-board-room.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/1163660939509621914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/1163660939509621914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2011/02/women-in-board-room.html' title='Women In The Board Room'/><author><name>MSE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05641460130988804022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFogSeJV4Kk/TykqJ2Kwm8I/AAAAAAAAABs/rRdUHCgtVjc/s220/MSE_Logo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879052845930761575.post-3393638457049140277</id><published>2011-02-24T06:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-24T06:55:31.350-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Libya: An end to the luxury hotel boom.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"&gt;Following sanctions on Libya being lifted in 2003, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hospitalitynet.org/file/152004243.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"&gt;Professor Macy Marvel at the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"&gt;undertook in depth research on this burgeoning new market, and found that this former pariah state was looking forward to an unprecedented level of new hotel construction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the Corinthia Bab, previously the only 5 star luxury hotel in the country, being joined by the likes of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.radissonblu.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"&gt;Radisson Blu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"&gt;Starwood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"&gt;, &amp;amp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corinthia.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"&gt;Corinthia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"&gt; just to name a few, it seemed that investment in luxury hotels was on the rise, with Libya witnessing a mini luxury boom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whilst not at the forefront of most holiday goers minds when choosing a luxury destination, Libya, straddling the Middle East &amp;amp; Africa, and having lived under &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Libya"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"&gt;Italian colonial rule &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"&gt;for 30 years, offers a rich experience, and the luxury market has the potential to thrive here, with the welcoming culture and such beautiful surroundings. Libya has for the most part been untapped by large numbers of commercial tourists, but with the sun, sand and sea surrounding it, this has made a utopian destination for many holiday goers in the know, hoping to relax in a beautiful location. However, without wishing to trivialise such a sensitive issue, the success of Libyas luxury hotel market is now in jeopardy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Within the last few days, Libyan troops have been accused of opening fire on peaceful protesters, and many western nations that have criticised the violence being used by Libya's government forces. Additionally opposition groups are said to have taken control and major ports have been closed while tens of thousands of citizens and tourists attempt to flee the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even if the political unrest were to be resolved instantly, it is impossible to predict the effect that this will have on the market. Though it seems unlikely to be a positive one with the tacit disapproval of many nations, and the horror stories that will no doubt flood out of the country once citizens and tourists are able to leave en masse. It is not easy to assume that Libya are going to enjoy a fast return to their luxury boom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:search@mseltd.co.uk"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"&gt;contact us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"&gt; with your comments on this topic. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1879052845930761575-3393638457049140277?l=mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/feeds/3393638457049140277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2011/02/libya-end-to-luxury-hotel-boom.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/3393638457049140277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/3393638457049140277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2011/02/libya-end-to-luxury-hotel-boom.html' title='Libya: An end to the luxury hotel boom.'/><author><name>MSE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05641460130988804022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFogSeJV4Kk/TykqJ2Kwm8I/AAAAAAAAABs/rRdUHCgtVjc/s220/MSE_Logo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879052845930761575.post-40257231934854595</id><published>2011-01-17T08:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-17T08:13:30.713-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The VAT rise</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;One year ago the VAT rate was dropped to just 15% as a quick fix measure to stimulate the economy. However, while the countrys leaders are at loggerheads over this, the issues on the high street certainly do not reflect those being represented in parliament. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;Many high street chains, whilst more than ready to lower the shop signage to include the lower VAT rate with lightning speed last year, are failing to move so quickly on the VAT change this time around. Here at MSE, we are finding, over a week later, that customers are reaching the point of sale in well known food &amp;amp; beverage chains, only to find themselves being charged at a higher rate due to the snails pace that signage and labels are being changed at. In addition to this, many retailers are being accused of raising prices far beyond the 2.5% rate of VAT. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;However, certainly not all businesses are causing such a stir, with many high street chains offering to absorb the VAT rise. While the effect that this will have on small businesses is yet to be seen, a members survey by the federation of small businesses found that more than 70 per cent of small businesses expect the VAT rise to have a negative impact on their business. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;Outside the MSE offices in the bustle of Covent Garden however, a sea of tourists and day trippers, laden with bags bearing the emblems of high street &amp;amp; boutique brands alike betray the reality of a debt crisis and budget deficit. Nor does last week’s VAT increase appear to have dissuaded keen shoppers. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1879052845930761575-40257231934854595?l=mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/feeds/40257231934854595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2011/01/vat-rise.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/40257231934854595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/40257231934854595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2011/01/vat-rise.html' title='The VAT rise'/><author><name>MSE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05641460130988804022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFogSeJV4Kk/TykqJ2Kwm8I/AAAAAAAAABs/rRdUHCgtVjc/s220/MSE_Logo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879052845930761575.post-8959702941591690516</id><published>2010-08-03T08:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-03T09:16:13.666-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Search'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hospitality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Careers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Executive recruitment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='olympics'/><title type='text'>The time is now.</title><content type='html'>Less than two years (724 days) until the beginning of the 2012 Olympics to be held in London and the &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.mseltd.co.uk"&gt;hospitality and hotel industry&lt;/a&gt; are preparing for the intake of the vast amount of sports tourists from the 205 nations around the world due to take part in the summer games. The demand for accommodation, services and facilities during this time will inevitably be extremely high.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lloyds TSB forecast that the London Olympics will generate £10bn in revenue for the British economy as a whole and revenue from tourists attracted by the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are projected to add up to an additional £2.1bn. The time is now that the &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/assignment-types.php"&gt;hospitality industry needs to recruit world class executives, CEO’s, COO’s, VP’s and Presidents &lt;/a&gt;in finance, development, marketing and sales for what will be a world event. Competition will be fierce to attract the international clientele in the &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/case-studies.php"&gt;luxury hotel sector&lt;/a&gt;, thus it is imperative that the appointment of these executives are right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is with confidence that experienced international search firms such as &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.mseltd.co.uk"&gt;MSE&lt;/a&gt;, operating at the forefront of the hospitality industry for over 12 years, are able to solve these leadership problems many independent and international hotel and hospitality companies will face in the upcoming days, months and years until the games begin. With the capabilities to source exceptional individuals with the expertise and experience the hospitality industry needs and wants &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/contact.php"&gt;MSE should be the first port of call&lt;/a&gt; in any hospitality company’s executive recruitment process.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1879052845930761575-8959702941591690516?l=mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/feeds/8959702941591690516/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2010/08/time-is-now.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/8959702941591690516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/8959702941591690516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2010/08/time-is-now.html' title='The time is now.'/><author><name>MSE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05641460130988804022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFogSeJV4Kk/TykqJ2Kwm8I/AAAAAAAAABs/rRdUHCgtVjc/s220/MSE_Logo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879052845930761575.post-3009498037248652375</id><published>2010-07-13T06:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-13T08:24:18.090-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Search'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hospitality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Careers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recruitment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Graduate'/><title type='text'>Graduate Intake Fuels Future Talent Growth</title><content type='html'>&lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;MSE&lt;/span&gt; work on retained search basis identifying top talent for the International &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/assignment-types.php"&gt;Hospitality and Tourism Industry&lt;/a&gt; we represent candidates at senior director and board level, graduates may believe they are under our radar by a decade but are they?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Search companies track the success of the new comers throughout the different and diverse sectors of the industry identifying the senior executives of the future?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are aware of &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/service-lines.php"&gt;talented candidates &lt;/a&gt;who may not possess the seniority that our clients seek presently however we keep in contact with them from time to time to monitor their development and &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;progress&lt;/span&gt; ready to represent them when the time comes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/assignment-types.php"&gt;International Hospitality Industry &lt;/a&gt;has been criticised in the past for not being as competitive in attracting high calibre graduates as industries such as financial or legal services. The Hospitality industry has moved forward considerably and offers a wide range of careers throughout the different sectors - &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/assignment-types.php"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;L&lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;eisure&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; Hotels, Entertainment, Restaurants, Travel &lt;/a&gt;and the industry's support sectors such as &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/assignment-types.php"&gt;Real Estate, Distribution, Advisory and Technology. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Time was when anyone outside the hospitality industry referred to a career within the industry it was assumed that the roles were low paid with anti social hours. Not so now the opportunities are extensive with a global reach offering experience in diverse disciplines with the ability to develop a rewarding career.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Oaks from Little Acorns Grow"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1879052845930761575-3009498037248652375?l=mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/feeds/3009498037248652375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2010/07/graduate-intake-fuels-future-talent.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/3009498037248652375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/3009498037248652375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2010/07/graduate-intake-fuels-future-talent.html' title='Graduate Intake Fuels Future Talent Growth'/><author><name>MSE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05641460130988804022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFogSeJV4Kk/TykqJ2Kwm8I/AAAAAAAAABs/rRdUHCgtVjc/s220/MSE_Logo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879052845930761575.post-2014555851453449706</id><published>2010-05-14T06:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-14T06:53:12.675-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MOVING FORWARD</title><content type='html'>Election over and coalition in place the &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/about.php"&gt;international Search sector &lt;/a&gt;is continuing to experience a positive upturn. The last 24 months despite its challenges has enabled many organisations to take affirmative action to improve the performance of their management and staff in addition to that of the quality of their service and product offering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A new government will undoubtedly increase confidence and enable companies to create and implement mid term plans although there is no doubt that the challenging times are not over yet. We still witness foolhardy activity in certain sectors of the &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/service-lines.php"&gt;Hospitality, Leisure and Travel &lt;/a&gt;industry where individuals seek to increase their own remuneration without regard for the economic situation of their company or the wellbeing of their customers. This shortsightedness will only result in lack of confidence in the business impacting significantly on growth and their own future earnings potential&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1879052845930761575-2014555851453449706?l=mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/feeds/2014555851453449706/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2010/05/moving-forward.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/2014555851453449706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/2014555851453449706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2010/05/moving-forward.html' title='MOVING FORWARD'/><author><name>MSE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05641460130988804022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFogSeJV4Kk/TykqJ2Kwm8I/AAAAAAAAABs/rRdUHCgtVjc/s220/MSE_Logo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879052845930761575.post-5206092508138611009</id><published>2010-05-11T02:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-14T06:13:50.830-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MARKET INSTABILITY</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;The world of &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/about.php"&gt;international executive search &lt;/a&gt;is not reacting as one might expect to the recent disruption caused by volcanic ash and the present uncertainty a hung parliament in the UK. Despite all this and the instability of the international stock markets &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/"&gt;Management Search Executive&lt;/a&gt; continues to experience an increase in requests to handle &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/case-studies.php"&gt;senior executive mandates &lt;/a&gt;albeit client companies remain price competitive. This all goes to prove that the need to identify senior top talent still rests with the Executive Search firms. In the &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/international.php"&gt;international hotel and hospitality sector&lt;/a&gt; niche boutique search companies such as MSE can add value to their clients' organisations through their in depth and thorough research and creative methodology which does not rely upon databases however demands the activity of their &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/about.php"&gt;high calibre consultants &lt;/a&gt;combined with their &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/international.php"&gt;extensive global network.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1879052845930761575-5206092508138611009?l=mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/feeds/5206092508138611009/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2010/05/market-instability.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/5206092508138611009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/5206092508138611009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2010/05/market-instability.html' title='MARKET INSTABILITY'/><author><name>MSE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05641460130988804022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFogSeJV4Kk/TykqJ2Kwm8I/AAAAAAAAABs/rRdUHCgtVjc/s220/MSE_Logo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879052845930761575.post-7503300118579346586</id><published>2010-04-16T09:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-16T09:56:51.197-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Volcano Erupts and Air Travel Halts</title><content type='html'>Just over 100 years ago there was no air travel and transport was by land or sea; its hard to understand how life ran so normally without the ease and speed of international air transport. Yet here we are with multiples of countries where there are no airports open and we are told by the press that the impact on travel is the worst since 9/11. Closed or partly closed as we blog are the following airports: &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/international.php"&gt;Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Slovakia, Switzerland, Austria, France, Germany, Norway, Poland, Republic of Ireland, Sweden and UK &lt;/a&gt;. Closer to home at MSE &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/about.php"&gt;Paul Sanett, Development Director for Hilton Worldwide and partner of our colleague Ariel Freeman &lt;/a&gt;is finally on his way back to the UK having been stranded in Iceland for the last 48 hours. &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/about.php"&gt;Karen Skelton, our International Hotel and Hospitality Associate had her trip to Milan&lt;/a&gt; postponed as all flights were cancelled from Gatwick Airport.&lt;br /&gt;Whilst at breakfast with a client at the Lanesborough Hotel, London this morning one guest was overheard to ask if could have a list of all directly accessable European Airports open from London in order to return home and received a short response ....Zurich.&lt;br /&gt;Taking a broader view there will be winners and losers from this force majeure; hotels are reporting overbooking as stranded passengers seek accommodation, tourist attractions are also likely to reap the benefit as visitors search for entertainment to keep them occupied during this unforseen natural disaster and of course buses, boats and trains are experiencing record bookings as passengers try to get home come what may by any means they can.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1879052845930761575-7503300118579346586?l=mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/feeds/7503300118579346586/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2010/04/volcano-erupts-and-air-travel-halts.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/7503300118579346586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/7503300118579346586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2010/04/volcano-erupts-and-air-travel-halts.html' title='Volcano Erupts and Air Travel Halts'/><author><name>MSE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05641460130988804022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFogSeJV4Kk/TykqJ2Kwm8I/AAAAAAAAABs/rRdUHCgtVjc/s220/MSE_Logo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879052845930761575.post-1543934328622987338</id><published>2010-03-25T07:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-25T08:11:43.960-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MSE THE STORY and so to Berlin</title><content type='html'>MSE were out in force during &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/international.php"&gt;the IHIF and the ITB events &lt;/a&gt;earlier in the month. There is still a high demand for talented &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/assignment-types.php"&gt;hospitality senior executives &lt;/a&gt;particularly from the &lt;a href="www.mseltd.co.uk/assignment-types.php"&gt;Resort Hotel Companies &lt;/a&gt;and from the Hotel Owning Companies. The ongoing development of new brands is putting greater pressure on the hotel chains to develop talent internally and where the demand exceeds supply they are looking to the search firms to identify top talent from their competitors. MSE has recently been working with the major multinationals and prestigious &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/case-studies.php"&gt;Luxury Resort Chains &lt;/a&gt;and has successfully completed several senior &lt;a href="www.mseltd.co.uk/assignment-types.php"&gt;Executive Search Assignments &lt;/a&gt;including &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/assignment-types.php"&gt;Board and Corporate mandates &lt;/a&gt;in &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/international.php"&gt;Europe, the Indian Ocean and UK.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/about.php"&gt;Real Estate and Advisory specialists &lt;/a&gt;are keen to speak with senior decision makers who are in hiring mode as they have arguably the best talent pool in this sector of the industry. Clearly many companies have significantly reduced the size of their teams and will find themselves in a very competitive arena in order to find high achievers in the not too distant future. Please contact us on +44 (0) 20 7395 3790&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1879052845930761575-1543934328622987338?l=mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/feeds/1543934328622987338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2010/03/mse-story-and-so-to-berlin.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/1543934328622987338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/1543934328622987338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2010/03/mse-story-and-so-to-berlin.html' title='MSE THE STORY and so to Berlin'/><author><name>MSE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05641460130988804022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFogSeJV4Kk/TykqJ2Kwm8I/AAAAAAAAABs/rRdUHCgtVjc/s220/MSE_Logo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879052845930761575.post-5237094017321876466</id><published>2010-01-22T03:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-22T04:02:44.693-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The MSE STORY cont.</title><content type='html'>MSE's &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk"&gt;international assignments &lt;/a&gt;stretch across the world and include locations in &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk"&gt;Asia, Indian Ocean, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Eastern Europe, North America, the Caribbean, South America and of course the UK.&lt;/a&gt; We have successfully completed a Joint Venture partner with one of the major international consultancy firms, two high profile General Managers, one for a top &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk"&gt;Leading Hotel of the World &lt;/a&gt;and the other to open a resort property for one of the major multinational's high end brands. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our creative approach to &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk"&gt;Executive Research &lt;/a&gt;identifying top talent for the &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk"&gt;International Hospitality &lt;/a&gt;industry provides us with the cutting edge. We possess the know how and experience to provide solutions for the &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk"&gt;luxury hotel market&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MSE receives worldwide requests for board level roles, &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk"&gt;Chief Executive Officers,Chief Sales and Marketing Officers,Chief Operating Officers, Finanace Directors and General Managers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. If you wish to discuss your hiring requirement or your require us to undertake a &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk"&gt;Hospitality Executive Search assignment &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; contact us at any time.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1879052845930761575-5237094017321876466?l=mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/feeds/5237094017321876466/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2010/01/mse-story-cont.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/5237094017321876466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/5237094017321876466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2010/01/mse-story-cont.html' title='The MSE STORY cont.'/><author><name>MSE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05641460130988804022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFogSeJV4Kk/TykqJ2Kwm8I/AAAAAAAAABs/rRdUHCgtVjc/s220/MSE_Logo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879052845930761575.post-4521573855685273324</id><published>2009-12-16T08:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-22T04:08:06.637-08:00</updated><title type='text'>THE MSE STORY</title><content type='html'>Founded in 1998 to provide &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk/index.php"&gt;Executive Search services &lt;/a&gt;to the &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk"&gt;Hotel and Hospitality industry&lt;/a&gt;. In the first year the company sourced top talent for all sectors of the &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk"&gt;hospitality industry &lt;/a&gt;including &lt;a href="http://www.mseltd.co.uk"&gt;Hotels- City Centre and Resort, Restaurants, Leisure, Car Rental, Global Distribution Systems, Entertainment and Breweries throughout the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Assignments included Operations, Marketing, Sales, E-Commerce, Finance, Human Resources and IT.&lt;/a&gt; We worked with major multinational organisations, luxury hotel groups, resort focused companies and independent owners. &lt;br /&gt;Expediting assignments to meet the demands of our discerning clients in profiling senior executives to match complex roles whilst providing support and a transparent service to our candidates. Creating the future high standards of service delivery which would become the foundation for the company’s future.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1879052845930761575-4521573855685273324?l=mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/feeds/4521573855685273324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2009/12/mse-story.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/4521573855685273324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/4521573855685273324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2009/12/mse-story.html' title='THE MSE STORY'/><author><name>MSE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05641460130988804022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFogSeJV4Kk/TykqJ2Kwm8I/AAAAAAAAABs/rRdUHCgtVjc/s220/MSE_Logo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879052845930761575.post-1332677866738804102</id><published>2009-10-07T09:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-07T09:49:28.978-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MSE- The Story</title><content type='html'>Watch this space!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1879052845930761575-1332677866738804102?l=mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/feeds/1332677866738804102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2009/10/mse-story.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/1332677866738804102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1879052845930761575/posts/default/1332677866738804102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mse-managementsearchexecutiveltd.blogspot.com/2009/10/mse-story.html' title='MSE- The Story'/><author><name>MSE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05641460130988804022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFogSeJV4Kk/TykqJ2Kwm8I/AAAAAAAAABs/rRdUHCgtVjc/s220/MSE_Logo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
