GEM Journal

For service leaders who set the standard every shift. Your competitive edge in guest experience and hospitality leadership.

Practical guidance leaders use to coach teams, engage employees,and elevate the guest experience in every interaction.

Introducing GEM Journal: A New Way to Access Hospitality Excellence Insights

Since 1999, Hospitality Excellence has helped organizations strengthen guest experience management through analysis, training, consulting and strategic insight. To extend that expertise, we launched GEM Journal, the journal of hospitality excellence, delivering practical guidance leaders use every day to guide teams and elevate guest experience. GEM Journal is designed to be used — not just read — helping leaders turn ideas into daily habits that strengthen teams and create meaningful guest engagement and inspire reviews, referrals and repeat guests that make the profitable difference. Drawing on decades of cross-industry work and experience training tens of thousands of professionals, Hospitality Excellence’s GEM Journal turns real-world learning into actionable insights on guest, customer, and client service delivery and impact.

Where hospitality leaders sharpen their craft

The GEM Journal newsletter delivers a weekly briefing on service leadership, guest experience strategy, and real-world insights from across the global hospitality community.

Get the latest hospitality insights​

Real-world strategies from hoteliers, restaurateurs, and guest experience leaders.

Delivered in a quick weekly briefing​

Real-world strategies from hoteliers, restaurateurs, and guest experience leaders.

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Real-world strategies from hoteliers, restaurateurs, and guest experience leaders.

Read what matters most

Real-world strategies from hoteliers, restaurateurs, and guest experience leaders.

Where hospitality leaders sharpen their craft

The GEM Journal newsletter delivers a weekly briefing on service leadership, guest experience strategy, and real-world insights from across the global hospitality community.

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Get the latest hospitality insights​

Real-world strategies from hoteliers, restaurateurs, and guest experience leaders.

Delivered in a quick weekly briefing​

Real-world strategies from hoteliers, restaurateurs, and guest experience leaders.

Scan in minutes

Real-world strategies from hoteliers, restaurateurs, and guest experience leaders.

Read what matters most

Real-world strategies from hoteliers, restaurateurs, and guest experience leaders.

In the box below, you’ll find a selection of the latest GEM Journal articles, offering ideas you can explore, share, and apply within your organization.

Management Impacts Team Productivity in Hidden Ways

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How Hotels Can Turn the 2026 World Cup Into a Hospitality Opportunity

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What Hospitality Can Learn From Video Game Developers

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Five Ways Hospitality Companies Can Protect Customer Trust When Closing Locations

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New Studies Suggest Guests Still Want Humans Behind Hospitality AI

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