Holiday Inn 2013 Annual Report Download - page 25

Female
4 (31%)
Male
9 (69%)
Female
25 (21%)
Male
92 (79%)
Female
3,649 (45%)
Male
4,530 (55%)
Female
10 (21%)
Male
38 (79%)
Celebrating diversity and inclusion
As a global organisation operating in nearly 100 countries and
territories around the world, we recognise the importance and
benefit of ensuring our workforce fully represents the communities
in which we operate and the guests who stay in our hotels.
In 2013, we introduced a new Global Diversity and Inclusion
Policy to further our commitment in this area. We also made
progress in our Talent Review processes, enabling us to increase
local representation in emerging markets, gender balance in
our leadership teams and international representation in our
globalfunctions.
In 2014, we will continue to focus on these areas by strengthening
the support available internally and also by working with suppliers
who comply with our Global Diversity and Inclusion Policy and
principles set out therein.
We reviewed the composition of our global management teams and
have set out the following objectives:
• to maintain at least 25 per cent female representation on
our Board;
• to strengthen female representation in our global senior
leadership population, with a target of reaching 25 per cent in
three years; and
• to sustain a healthy balance of gender in the whole
employee organisation.
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity to all
employees without discrimination and providing an inclusive
environment. Every effort is made to ensure that applications
for employment from disabled employees are fully and fairly
considered and that disabled employees have equal opportunities
in training and promotion.
Our Board’s commitment to supporting diversity is set out on
page 62.
Number of persons
of each gender on our
Board of Directors
Number of employees of
each gender who are senior
managers employed by the
Group (including directors
of subsidiaries)
Number of employees
of each gender who are
employed by the Group and
whose costs are borne by
the Group
Number of employees of each
gender whoare part of our
senior leadership population
at our corporate offices and
central reservation offices
and employed by the Group
External recognition
Our brands and our employer brand have won many awards
in 2013, including:
• the Holiday Inn brand won the Best Mid-Market Hotel
Brand in the World and Asia Pacific by the readers of
Business Traveller for the 13th successive year in2013;
• the Holiday Inn brand was ranked Highest in Guest
Satisfaction Among Mid-Scale Full Service Hotel Chains
in the US, for the third year in a row by J.D. Powers and
Associates (see page 188);
• Market Metrix Hospitality Index named Staybridge Suites
brand as one of the Top 10 Brands in Customer Satisfaction
globally in quarter 3 and quarter 4;
• Market Metrix Hospitality Index named Candlewood Suites
brand as Best Midscale Hotel Brand in the Americas
region for three consecutive quarters (quarters 2, 3 and 4);
• InterContinental Hotels & Resorts was awarded a total of
22 accolades at the 2013 World Travel Awards, including
the World’s Leading Hotel Brand for the seventh time and
the fifth consecutive year;
• InterContinental Hotels & Resorts won Best Business
Hotel Chain Worldwide at the 2013 Business Traveller
Awards;
• Hotel Indigo Shanghai on the Bund was named Best
Boutique Hotel at the TTG China Travel Awards 2013;
• IHG was ranked third in 2013 The Sunday Times 25 Best
Big Companies To Work For in the UK;
• IHG was listed in TheJobCrowd’s The Top Companies For
Graduates To Work For in 2013/14;
• IHG was named in the 2013 World’s Learning Elite for the
third consecutive year; and
• IHG was named in the China Best EmployerAwards.
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