Equality in Tourism trustee, Angela Kalisch, writes about why gender should be at the forefront of the Travel Foundation’s call to put communities at the centre of recovery from COVID-19.
This list of women entrepreneurs from the Travel Massive community celebtrates the achievements of women travel founders and offers some hope in these tough times for the industry.
ATTA team members recently met up with Mariana at the inaugural International Women in Travel & Tourism Forum (IWTTF), in Reykjavik, Iceland and had a lively discussion that inspired this interview.
Tricia Barnett is the Co-Founder of Equality in Tourism, the first organisation working to ensure women’s equality within the tourism industry. We find out what the current issues are for women’s rights and empowerment and what organisations can do to ensure the tourist industry is a fair playing field.
Updated version of ‘Sun, Sand and Ceilings’ 2013 report finds that the overall representations of women on travel and tourism company boards has risen from just 15% to 23%.
AHLA Foundation, the charitable arm of the American Hotel and Lodging Assn., announced the distribution of nearly one million dollars in scholarship funding for students at hospitality programs around the country.
