Tag Archives: business

Walt Disney World Cast Member honored by PCMA for Convention Industry Achievements

This week, the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) recognized George Aguel, senior vice president for The Walt Disney Company, for his lifetime of service to the meeting and convention industry. The national organization awarded Aguel with its 2012 Professional Achievement … Continue reading

Posted in Walt Disney World | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Disney Institute growing its business consulting role

The Disney Institute started as a dream of Michael Eisner that guests coming to the resort would carve out a bit of their time to learn something of they way Disney crafts its magic brand. Turns out, not so much. … Continue reading

Posted in Walt Disney World | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

The Business of runDisney

Jason Garcia at the Orlando Sentinel talks with the folks at runDisney and looks at how it’s become a real profit generator for the mouse house. All of them are ultimately designed to feed into one another. Disney says nearly … Continue reading

Posted in Sports, Walt Disney World | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Walt Disney Company Reports 3rd Quarter Profit

If you haven’t noticed already it’s earnings day in the world of Disney. Euro Disney SCA and Tokyo Disneyland just came out with their 3rd Quarter earnings reports and this afternoon the Walt Disney Company did too. Even though we’re … Continue reading

Posted in Corporate | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Harvard Business Review interviews Disney CEO Bob Iger

The latest Harvard Business Review Ideacast features excerpts from a wide ranging interview with Disney CEO Bob Iger. It’s very rare for Bob to drop his CEO personality, but there are a few moments in this interview where I felt … Continue reading

Posted in Corporate | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments