Management, as a function, is imposed as a key to success for any kind of organisation. Through the history, it underwent numerous transformations. The need for female leadership style and greater role of ,,soft variables’’ have become the future of management. The issue of women in management became actualised by the introduction of the concept of the glass ceiling. Empirical research on women in the hotel industry has shown that the level of satisfaction with equality and other obstacles they face is low, but not extreme. When we talk about regional differences between different world regions, it is clear that more developed countries are recording better results in terms of gender equality in management. In regard of the European Union, there are also differences, but the average of 36% of women in management is in within the world average of developed regions. What has been proven by the correlation analysis in the EU countries is that the countries with a higher number of educated women are also countries with higher degree of equality in management. Moreover, a lower degree of religiosity can be associated with better outcomes for women in managerial positions.