Hoteliers must do better: Of the 238 board seats available among the 28 U.S. lodging companies, only 51 (21%) were occupied by women, according to a recent study of gender diversity. Aethos New York Managing Director David Mansbach rightfully calls the result “a woefully low number.” In his report, Mansbach made three suggestions to stimulate change and stay ahead of further government mandates. It simply starts with CEO accountability. —Jeff Weinstein
Life après ski: When you look at the popularity of ski resorts, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the only thing putting the sport at risk is global warming. If you’re a skeptic, you might like to grouse that the consolidation of ski resort companies is ruining the sport. Au contraire, argues Outside magazine’s Marc Peruzzi, in an article originally published late last year: “Conglomerates aren’t killing off core skiers and riders. In fact, they’re throwing them a lifeline,” he argues. That’s because products like the Epic Pass or Ikon Pass, which allow season-long access to either individual resorts or groups of resorts – starting in the hundreds of dollars – are giving resort companies dependable income and resort workers dependable employment. Is skiing’s popularity diminishing? Maybe not just yet. —Barbara Bohn
5-stars, 100 cities: Think it may cost you an arm and a leg (and maybe a few other body parts) to afford a stay in the luxury hotel of your dreams? Fear not, says this new chart that ranks the average cost of 5-star hotels in the top 100 global destinations. This ranking comes from travel site Asher & Lyric, who compiled it using data collected from TripAdvisor. Specifically, they found the average price for a room at the five best-rated five-star hotels in a specific area for a weeknight stay during each of the four seasons. In some cases, reports Thrillist, room cost per night only averaged US$105, US$166 and US$212 for stays in some pretty big cities. Leaving dough to be spent better places, like eating all the amazing food these cities have to offer. —Chloe Riley
A brutal ending: I’m indifferent to “Star Wars,” and my first reaction to an example of brutalist architecture is to wonder what it would look like with a nice coat of paint. But I can still feel a bit sorry for the standout brutalist hotel in Tunis that apparently inspired some of the sci-fi classic’s aesthetic – and which is now a candidate for demolition by its Libyan owners. The Hotel du Lac (see the BBC’s photo here), designed by Italian architect, Raffaele Contigiani and opened in the early 1970s, is less expensive to raze than renovate, possibly because its steel frame may have weakened over the years. Not a problem that paint can fix. —BB