{"id":17319,"date":"2017-03-16T14:15:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T13:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=17319"},"modified":"2017-03-17T13:31:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T12:31:03","slug":"empowered-women-in-tourism-awards-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/03\/empowered-women-in-tourism-awards-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners of the Empowered Women in Tourism Awards 2017 announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17322 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Global-Peace-Award-for-Empowered-Women-in-Tourism-ITB-2017.jpg\" alt=\"Empowered Women in Tourism Awards 2017\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Global-Peace-Award-for-Empowered-Women-in-Tourism-ITB-2017.jpg 900w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Global-Peace-Award-for-Empowered-Women-in-Tourism-ITB-2017-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Global-Peace-Award-for-Empowered-Women-in-Tourism-ITB-2017-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">T<\/span>he Celebration of the International Global Peace Award for Empowered Women in Tourism in 2017 was held on International Women\u2019s Day \u2013 Wed 08 Mar, at ITB Berlin 2017.<\/p>\n<p>It was the 2nd edition of \u201cCelebrating Her\u201d ceremony hosted by ITB Berlin in collaboration with UNWTO and IIPT.<\/p>\n<p>The IIPTI Global Empowered Women in Tourism Awards, \u201cCelebrating Her\u201d are intended to acknowledge and felicitate exceptional women in the fields of travel, tourism and hospitality. Individuals with a clarity of vision and mission who understand and believe that tourism, perhaps the biggest industry in the world, could become the first global peace industry and who have relentlessly worked towards fostering the tourism business as a vehicle for peace and sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ITB wants to send out a signal to all these women in tourism who carry all the work on their shoulders but are never put in the spotlight even though they would really deserve it. We want to rise awareness for gender equality and help stagnant structures to be dismantled.\u201d &#8211; said\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rika Jean-Francois,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Commissioner ITB Corporate Social Responsibility<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>The winners are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Responsible Tourism: <strong>Ruth Hopfer-Kubsch<\/strong>, Germany, Director of Studiosus Foundation<\/p>\n<p>Using technology to empower local communities: <strong>Ha Lam<\/strong> &#8211; Vietnam, Co-founder of Triip.me<\/p>\n<p>Eco Tourism: <strong>Ishita Khanna<\/strong> &#8211; India, Co-founder of Ecosphere<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tourism Leadership: <strong>Mmatsatsi Ramawela<\/strong> &#8211; South Africa, CEO of Tourism Business Council of S.A.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>eTourism and Entrepreneurship in Tourism: <strong>Claudia Brozel<\/strong> &#8211; Germany, Professor, University 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