Women in Travel

January 18, 2024January 18, 2024

The rise and impact of women entrepreneurs in travel and tourism

Arabian Travel Market, Blog, Diversity & Inclusion, Women in Travel

Globally, the surge in the number of women spearheading start-up roles in travel and tourism is not just noteworthy; it’s revolutionary. Over the past few years, there’s been an unmistakable ... Read more

January 9, 2023December 6, 2023

The rise and impact of women entrepreneurs in travel and tourism

Arabian Travel Market, Blog, Diversity & Inclusion, Professional Development, Technology, Travel Industry, Women in Travel

October 26, 2022October 25, 2022

Airlines – it’s still a long climb for women in leadership positions

Aviation, Blog, Women in Travel

The airline industry is slowly beginning to recognise the need to improve its credentials with respect to diversity and inclusion and leading this effort is to reduce the disparity between ... Read more

February 8, 2019October 13, 2022

Women in the tourism industry

Blog, Women in Travel

The tourism industry generates income and employment worldwide, and it’s no different for Brazil. The segment drives the aviation, hotel, gastronomy, entertainment, and leisure industries and many others; in other ... Read more

December 17, 2018August 14, 2020

The place for (entrepeneurial) women is…… in the kitchen!?

Blog, Diversity & Inclusion, Women in Travel

Social Enterprising is quickly becoming a buzz word and I have written about it before. One of the most recent trends however is how quickly food and drink focussed social ... Read more

November 19, 2018August 14, 2020

5 Years of Women in Travel Meetups: Reflect, Resolve & Be Resilient!

Blog, Diversity & Inclusion, Women in Travel

The Women in Travel meetup celebrated its 5th year this year in London with an even bigger and bolder event. When I first raised the idea of starting a woman ... Read more

October 25, 2018

Ready, Steady… Women In Travel Meetup 2018!

Women in Travel

With two weeks to go before WTM London, I am proud and delighted that this year we will celebrate our 5th Women in Travel Meetup under the theme of ‘Make ... Read more

October 15, 2018October 15, 2018

Combining Purpose, Passion and Profit: Kate Webb and Orbis Expeditions

Women in Travel

For this latest blog I am delighted to interview another inspirational woman in travel, Kate Webb Co-Founder of Orbis Expeditions who will be speaking at the Women in Travel Meetup ... Read more

September 21, 2018

100 Years of Suffragettes: International Perspectives for the Travel Industry

Women in Travel

This year marks the 100th anniversary of British women gaining the right to vote and I was honoured to be asked by team at WTM London to chair a panel ... Read more

August 13, 2018August 14, 2020

Women lead a new breed of entrepreneurship focussed travel tours.

Blog, Diversity & Inclusion, Women in Travel

The fact that travel is becoming increasingly mindful for travellers in search of their meaning is well documented and explains the rise of social impact businesses that have at their ... Read more

July 19, 2018July 19, 2018

The rise of social businesses in travel – Vicky Smith‘s Earth Changers

Women in Travel

For my latest blog, I am delighted to interview the passionate founder of Earth Changers, Vicky Smith. Like me, Vicky is passionate about empowering women through sustainable tourism and giving ... Read more

June 6, 2018August 14, 2020

Could enterprising with purpose be the answer to women’s empowerment in travel and tourism?

Blog, Diversity & Inclusion, Women in Travel

Women-Led Enterprises Are Growing Enterprising is a growing sector of the global economy. In some cases such as the USA, women’s enterprising is the fastest growing sector of the economy ... Read more

May 14, 2018August 14, 2020

Women in Leadership and Gender Parity

Blog, Diversity & Inclusion, Professional Development, Women in Travel

This week it is my pleasure to interview Barbara (Bobby) Stewart, Executive Manager: Strategic Relations and Human Resources, V&A Waterfront. Bobby was a mentor at the recent Women in Travel meetup in ... Read more

April 10, 2018April 12, 2018

African Travel & Tourism Entrepreneurship: a Female Perspective

Professional Development, Women in Travel

For the current blog I am delighted to interview the amazing Chantelle Cole, Executive Manager: Strategic Projects and Brand at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. Chantelle tells us about her career ... Read more

March 19, 2018

#IWD18 taught us that girls can be a girl’s best friend!

Women in Travel

Thursday 8th March was International Women’s Day 2018 and its theme was #pressforprogress. Women in Travel run a day of celebration in connection with a leading hospitality trade show here ... Read more

March 16, 2018March 16, 2018

#PressforProgress- The Unheard Voices

Women in Travel

It’s a long while since women’s voices have been heard so audibly. The Weinstein scandal and the subsequent Time’s Up movement have galvanised Hollywood, the 100th anniversary of ... Read more

February 12, 2018August 14, 2020

How women returners could become a valuable part of your future workforce

Blog, Diversity & Inclusion, Women in Travel

According to PriceWaterhouseCoopers Women in Work Index 2016, Women Returners still make up a significantly underutilised resource. In particular, this research shows that in the UK an additional £1.7bn of ... Read more

January 18, 2018August 14, 2020

Women in travel, tourism and hospitality: a case of #MeToo?

Blog, Diversity & Inclusion, Women in Travel

Right from the outset, let me say that this is not going to make comfortable reading. But then, you cannot be sitting comfortably if you’ve being following all the sexual ... Read more

December 19, 2017

What Women in Travel told us in 2017, and what to expect in 2018!

Women in Travel

So here we are, the end of 2017 is in sight and 2018 is upon us. It has been an important year for Women in Travel as the social enterprise ... Read more

November 21, 2017

When founders met funders at the Women in Travel entrepreneurship meetup

Women in Travel

WTM London has recently shut its doors for 2017, and Women in Travel can count this as one of the most successful gatherings since our inception in 2014! Having Entrepreneurship ... Read more

October 24, 2017

Three reasons to attend Women in Travel Meetup 2017 at World Travel Market

Women in Travel

If you are looking for inspiration to run your travel business this November, look no further than the Women in Travel Meetup at WTM! This year we are bringing you ... Read more

September 18, 2017October 4, 2017

Looking for funding for your female travel start up?

Women in Travel

According to the World Bank, in 70% of the world, women owned small business have inadequate or no access to finance. Female entrepreneurship is on the rise, in travel as ... Read more

August 23, 2017October 4, 2017

Travel Tech: The Last Frontier for #FemaleFounders?

Blog, Women in Travel

Technology is changing the way we work, travel, socialise and enjoy our leisure time. But when it comes to employment and entrepreneurship, technology is still very much the domain of ... Read more

July 20, 2017October 4, 2017

Purpose as well as profit motivates travel and tourism female entrepreneurs

Blog, Women in Travel

In the 1970’s, economist and Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman, from the Chicago School of Economics, asserted that the purpose of organisation is to create value for its shareholders Numerous ... Read more

June 21, 2017October 4, 2017

So You Are A Female Travel Entrepreneur…Now What?

Women in Travel

Female entrepreneurship is growing at a fast pace. Although globally the gap between women- and men-owned businesses is still high, female entrepreneurship is one of the fastest growing areas of ... Read more

May 24, 2017October 4, 2017

Interview with Coxless Crew rower about female resilience, leadership and strength

Women in Travel

This month I am delighted to share an exclusive heart-to-heart interview with Natalia Cohen, who is one of 6 of the only all female crew to have rowed across the ... Read more

April 27, 2017April 27, 2017

Where are all the female airline pilots?

Women in Travel

Today’s guest blogger is Sarah Hanan Partner at executive recruitment firm Dunleavy White. Sarah discusses the challenging career context for women in aviation and in particular women pilots. Make sure ... Read more

March 27, 2017March 28, 2017

The time is right for female tourism entrepreneurship in the MENA region!

Women in Travel

Entrepreneurship is an important yet untapped resource in the MENA region. Even as recently as the 3rd March 2017, an event was held in Brussels with several institutional actors from ... Read more

March 3, 2017March 3, 2017

International Women’s Day 2017: How the travel industry can embrace #BeBoldForChange

Women in Travel

With International Women’s Day (IWD) 2017 just around the corner, some people may be wondering why it is still so important to celebrate this day, and whether we should be ... Read more

March 1, 2017September 18, 2017

How should men mark International Women’s Day 2017?

Responsible Tourism, Women in Travel

I should start by apologising to all women readers of this blog. You will learn nothing new from it. I doubt I have anything to say that you don’t already ... Read more

December 23, 2016January 26, 2017

Why Rooster PR is helping the Women in Travel Meetup

Women in Travel

Women make up a high percentage of the travel industry globally – somewhere between 50 and 80 percent; yet, there still seems to be a feeling that many women struggle ... Read more

November 23, 2016January 26, 2017

Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Real-Life Adventurers…The Inspirational Stories of Women in Travel!

Women in Travel

‘Women in Travel Meetup is a brilliant initiative – it was heartwarming to see women from travel trade from different parts of the world converge in one place to exchange ... Read more

October 31, 2016January 23, 2017

On role models, confidence and my next 20 years in the travel industry

Women in Travel

Today’s guest blogger is Rachel O’Reilly, Head of Communications for Kuoni UK. Rachel discusses the importance of the right role models and the opportunities she had working in the travel ... Read more

October 24, 2016January 23, 2017

This Girl Can…. in a latex leotard?

Women in Travel

Today’s guest blogger is Claire Hazle, director of Marketing and Ecommerce for Cosmos Tours and Cruises, Avalon River Cruises, Archers Holidays. Claire discusses female empowerment and how a latex leotard ... Read more

October 3, 2016January 23, 2017

Sojern Voices: Sylvia Weiler Reflects on her Career as a Travel Trailblazer

Women in Travel

For more than 17 years, I have been an active member of the travel and tourism industry, including my current role at Sojern as VP Audience Strategy & Development, and ... Read more

September 21, 2016January 23, 2017

Adventure and creativity can bring about positive social change

Women in Travel

My guest blogger this week is Natalia Komis founder of iamadventures. Natalia is an adventure maiden, artist and creative activator. Having gained a Fine Art Degree and studied Arts Therapy ... Read more

September 15, 2016January 23, 2017

All is revealed about the Women in Travel Meetup 2016!

Women in Travel

I am only too delighted that Summer is over and I am now back at my desk and not just because London is still basking in sunshine… but because today ... Read more

August 10, 2016January 23, 2017

Lessons from a first time Entrepreneur

Women in Travel

My guest blogger this week is Sara Ismail founder of Trip for Wellness. Born and raised in Portugal, with an academic background in Business Administration and Marketing and after having ... Read more

July 20, 2016January 23, 2017

A Summer of Inspiration

Women in Travel

Think of summer, think of holidays, sun, relaxation…we use summer to rest, recharge, and also find enough inspiration to get ready for a new season of work. So how better ... Read more

July 4, 2016January 23, 2017

If Women Ruled the World (and the Travel Industry)

Women in Travel

Today I picked up a local newspapers and found an article about what may happen in 2017. With Clinton (USA), May (UK), Sturgeon (Scotland) and Merkel (Germany) potentially all in ... Read more

June 15, 2016January 23, 2017

What can you expect from the Women in Travel meetup at WTM London 2016?

Women in Travel

5 months to go and counting! As I look at the calendar I am thrilled about this third, forthcoming Women in Travel meetup 2016 but also know there is a ... Read more

May 3, 2016February 17, 2017

Passions, emotions and enough energy to fuel a rocket!

Blog, Women in Travel

I have just come back from running my first Women in Travel meetup at Arabian Travel Market in Dubai and I am still feeling elated and exhilarated by the whole ... Read more

March 29, 2016February 20, 2017

How Mentoring Can Enhance Your Travel and Tourism Career

Blog, Women in Travel

At Women in Travel we often hear about the importance of mentoring for women and how having a mentor can enhance our career in Travel and Tourism. Indeed, in recent ... Read more

March 16, 2016January 23, 2017

Celebrating International Women’s Day 2016: What Lessons for the Travel and Tourism Industry?

Women in Travel

As I prepare to launch the first ever Women in Travel meetup at the forthcoming Arabian Travel Market in just over a month, I reflect on the fact that only ... Read more

March 8, 2016September 18, 2017

The woman who taught me the most about tourism – a story for International women’s day

Carbon & Water, Responsible Tourism, Women in Travel

Today, March 8th, is international Women’s Day. Almost eight years ago to the day I met the woman who did more to change the way I thought about tourism than ... Read more

February 26, 2016February 21, 2017

Women in travel meetup – Initiative to launch at ATM

Blog, Women in Travel

Monday 25 April 2016, 16.30 to 18.00, Showcase Theatre The Women in Travel Meetup launched at ATM sister event World Travel Market in London in 2014. It expanded in 2015 ... Read more

February 17, 2016January 23, 2017

The Leadership Revolution Starts With Us!

Women in Travel

There used to be a time when leadership was reserved to a handful of people. The CEOs, the MDs or Heads of… would be the only kind of people who ... Read more

January 20, 2016January 23, 2017

Go for it…Be an Action-Heroine in 2016!

Women in Travel

I know that we all like to set Resolutions at the beginning of a New Year, but I am sure most of you will agree that after some initial enthusiasm ... Read more

January 4, 2016January 23, 2017

3 Things I Have Learnt from Running Women Leaders Event

Women in Travel

Over the last year I have run several women leaders panels, whether as part of women in travel or more general ones. Needless to say on every occasion I experienced ... Read more

December 10, 2015January 23, 2017

Expat experiment – A family discover a travel lifestyle

Women in Travel

A travelling family of digital nomads tell their story. Travelling professionals (a former retail manager and a financial advisor) Tracey and Rob took extended sabbaticals to see the world with ... Read more

December 3, 2015January 23, 2017

Harnessing the Positive Power of Emotions

Women in Travel

When the curtain eventually drew on the Women in Travel event this month at World Travel Market the one thing that continued to linger on and was sensed again and ... Read more

November 23, 2015January 23, 2017

Inspirational Leadership Journeys from Women in Travel

Women in Travel

I cannot believe it is 3 weeks since that amazing day at Women in Travel 2015! The afternoon of mentoring, debates and presentation went flying past, but it left behind ... Read more

October 26, 2015January 23, 2017

The time is nigh… Make sure you make the most of it!

Women in Travel

We are now a week away from #WomeninTravel meet up taking place on 3 November 2015 at World Travel Market! I am incredibly excited about it because I feel that ... Read more

September 30, 2015January 23, 2017

Finding My Leadership Style

Women in Travel

This week’s guest blogger is Rebecca Maffeis, the UK MD of Lagrange Holidays. Rebecca took the helm of the UK company while still very young but has not looked back ... Read more

September 23, 2015January 23, 2017

A female leader in business is still seen as ‘interesting’

Women in Travel

Today’s guest blog is from Jo Rzymowska, MD Celebrity Cruises, UK and Ireland. Jo will be speaking at the Women in Travel meet up at WTM, so don’t miss the ... Read more

September 9, 2015January 23, 2017

Announcing the Fabulous Women in Travel Meet Up Line Up of Speakers and Mentors

Women in Travel

I am delighted this week to be able to announce the full line up of speakers and mentors for the forthcoming Women in Travel meet up at World Travel Market ... Read more

August 24, 2015January 23, 2017

How networking with likeminded women can support female empowerment in travel

Women in Travel

The Association of Women Travel Executives (AWTE) is delighted to be supporting the Women in Travel event at World Travel Market for the second year running. With a fantastic line ... Read more

July 29, 2015January 23, 2017

The important of resilience in business

Women in Travel

Carolyn Pearson, CEO of Maiden Voyage is my guest blogger this week. Carolyn will speak at the #WTM2015 #WomeninTravel meetup on the topic of resilience in business (‘Not for the ... Read more

July 20, 2015January 23, 2017

Adventuresses – celebrating amazing women travellers from the past

Women in Travel

My guest blogger this week is Jacki Hill Murphy who will be delivering the key note speech at the #WTM2015 WomeninTravel meet up. An explorer, traveller and film maker, here ... Read more

July 15, 2015January 23, 2017

University of Surrey support WTM Women in Travel

Women in Travel

This week’s guest blog is by Prof Graham Miller, director and Head of Surrey’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. We are delighted that the School has agreed to support ... Read more

July 8, 2015January 23, 2017

The Long Wait Is Over! Proud to announce the ‘WTM Women in Travel’ meetup 2015

Women in Travel

Finally the time has come! After many weeks of hard work I am now proud and delighted to announce that the 2015 WTM Women in Travel meetup programme is out…and we ... Read more

June 15, 2015January 23, 2017

15 Inspirational Travel Quotes By Women

Women in Travel

Summer is here and we all want to escape to the sun! Just in case your wonder lust needs some inspiration, here are 15 inspirational quotes from past and contemporary ... Read more

May 27, 2015January 23, 2017

Employment and Entrepreneurship: Still an Oxymoron?

Women in Travel

I must thank David Speakman, CEO of Travel Counsellors, for providing the inspiration for this blog. Only few days ago we were exchanging tweets and David said that the words ... Read more

April 29, 2015January 23, 2017

Creating secure education, training and employment opportunities for women and girls in the travel and tourism industry

Women in Travel

This week I have a guest blogger in Devika Jina Communications and Reporting Coordinator, Youth Career Initiative (YCI). YCI is an initiative of the International Tourism Partnership and Business in the Community and provides ... Read more

April 10, 2015January 23, 2017

7 Reasons why women who travel make better leaders

Women in Travel

I will unashamedly admit that what you are about to read is mostly NOT mine, but the summary of a longer article produced by brilliant adventure travel blogger duo @mappingmegan. I ... Read more

March 30, 2015January 23, 2017

Put Women at the Heart of Technology

Women in Travel

Did you watch Martha Lane Fox of LastMinute.com fame deliver the #Dimbleby Lecture on BBC1 last night? I am neither a technologist nor a digital entrepreneur; I use the Internet ... Read more

February 24, 2015January 23, 2017

Travel Industry: another case of ‘best and whitest’?

Women in Travel

If like me you have even vaguely followed the social media fun-fair caused by the Oscar ceremonies, it won’t have escaped you the fact this year a number of quasi ... Read more

February 6, 2015January 23, 2017

Why mentoring works (and why it is never too late to start)

Women in Travel

This week I attended a travel related networking event which was great fun and while I was chatting away and old acquaintance of mine stopped me and said something along ... Read more

January 27, 2015January 23, 2017

Do what you love and you will never work a day!

Women in Travel

Looking back at some of the earlier WTM blogs from Women in Travel it is really striking to see that the advice from successful women in the industry is to ... Read more

December 19, 2014January 23, 2017

Interview with Julia Feuell, Managing director of Online Travel Training and New Frontiers

Women in Travel

With 2014 almost behind us and 2015 beckoning this is a time for planning and for turning your ideas into reality! So what better way to gain some insights but ... Read more

November 14, 2014January 24, 2017

Inspirational. Authentic. Determined. These are Travel Women!

Women in Travel

Wow. I am just back from moderating an amazing session on ‘Secrets of successful female tra-preneurs’ as part of the new Women in Travel Programme at WTM and I am ... Read more

October 6, 2014January 24, 2017

Women for Women International: Developing a Burgeoning Tourist Industry

Women in Travel

This week my guest blogger is Nora Russell, WTM Women in Travel panelist and Marketing Manager at Women for Women International an organisation dedicated to supporting women in countries affected ... Read more

September 16, 2014January 24, 2017

Pearls of trav-preneurship wisdom!

Women in Travel

As the (UK) Shine Awards night approaches on 16th September– in which women from across the hospitality, travel and tourism industry will be crowned as outstanding professionals, managers and business ... Read more

September 5, 2014January 24, 2017

Women, women everywhere

Women in Travel

As a long standing advocate for women in the sector (amongst other things, I co-launched the Shine Awards for Women Achievement in Travel Tourism, Events and Hospitality in 2004 now ... Read more