2023 TOP WOMEN IN TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY

Women Leading Travel & Hospitality recently presented its third annual Top Women in Travel & Hospitality report. The 2023 honorees represent sectors from across the travel and hospitality industry, including hotel,airline, airport, rail, cruise, tourism, online travel agencies, car rental, shared economies, and more. While as an industry we have much work ahead of us […]
Tourism Diversity Matters Celebrates Women’s History Month

Tourism Diversity Matters is proud to celebrate Women’s History Month. Women’s History Month is a celebration of women’s contributions to history, culture, and society and has been observed annually in the month of March in the United States since 1987. March is a dedicated month to reflect on the often-overlooked contributions of women to United […]
Black History Month and the History of Black Travel

By: Cambria Jones, Director of Marketing | SearchWide Global While today marks the end of Black History Month, the impact and history of Black people extend well beyond the constraints of a calendar, especially as it relates to travel. We must have a heightened awareness and curiosity about how our industry has and continues to […]
Join us in celebrating our 2nd Anniversary!

We are dedicated solely to all dimensions of diversity, equity and inclusion, guiding the tourism industry forward with exceptional expertise and leading strategies. Save the date for the 2023 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Conference! Dedicated to the exchange of insights and concepts about DEI best practices, the conference will provide a learning forum focused on […]
Tourism Diversity Matters is Honored to Join JLL’s Consulting Partners

By Visit California. Visit California Launches Initiative to Promote Smart, Sustainable Tourism Over the Next Decade and Tourism Diversity Matters is honored to join JLL’s distinguished consulting partners. JLL will conduct extensive research with industry stakeholders, residents and civic leaders across the state and aggregate existing strategic research to prepare plans specific to each of […]
Tourism Diversity Matters Celebrates Black History Month

The Next Generation of Black Tourism and Hospitality Leaders By: Greg DeShields Executive Director Tourism Diversity Matters Let us be clear; Black History is every day carrying the impact of history and the promise of the future. However, February marks Black History Month, a time for African Americans to acknowledge critical figures from our past […]
Tourism Diversity Matters Expands Team to Meet Growing Demand for Organizational DEI Expertise and Data-Driven Strategies

DEI and Multicultural Tourism expert Yvonne Drayton named new Director of Operations October 12, 2022 — Tourism Diversity Matters (TDM) today announced the expansion of its executive leadership team. Since its inception in 2020, TDM has solely dedicated its efforts to all dimensions of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), guiding the tourism industry forward with […]
Tourism Diversity Matters Celebrates Filipino American History Month

Tourism Diversity Matters is proud to celebrate Filipino American History Month. This year the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) announced the theme for Filipino American History Month: “Celebrating Our History and Legacies:” 50 Years of Filipino American Studies 40 Years of the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) 30 years of Filipino American History […]
Tourism Diversity Matters Celebrates Juneteenth

Tourism Diversity Matters is proud to commemorate and celebrate Juneteenth. On June 19, 1865, more than two years after President Lincoln declared all enslaved persons free, troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation and free enslaved African Americans in Texas. Slave owners had immorally and illegally deprived these African Americans of their […]