Travel sourcing manager-turned-career coach Lea McLeod told us last year that ageism was “alive and well in the job search market.” That also goes for the workplace generally. But even though it’s common, leaders can recognize and combat ageism to make organizations equitable, supportive and inclusive. In this article, Nicole D. Smith, editorial audience director…
Travel management and tech provider Atlas Travel & Technology Group of Massachusetts last year became the first U.S.-based TMC to be designated as a Certified B Corporation. What’s that? According to B Lab, the 16-year-old nonprofit that runs the certification program, a B Corp is “meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability and transparency on…
The decision by the Orlando World Center Marriott to host a White Nationalist conference offers a “moment of reflection,” according to Grant Caplan, the Global Business Travel Association’s Diversity Committee chair. Reports by the Orlando Sentinel and HuffPost of the Feb. 25 America First Political Action Conference dominated some social media feeds following the event….
[UPDATE, April 25, 2022: Plaintiff Yensy Contreras voluntarily dismissed with prejudice the case against Concur, according to court documents.] SAP Concur’s TripIt website is “not equally accessible to blind and visually impaired consumers,” according to a suit filed Thursday in federal court. The civil action alleges the site violates Title III of the Americans With…
As corporate travel event organizers and information providers continued to highlight Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, the needs of travelers with disabilities this year came to the fore. The BTN Group this summer ran an online event diving into the challenges of accessibility in travel. The topic found its way to other trade publications and one…
The Global Business Travel Association recently adopted guidelines for its board of directors and Allied Leadership Council to address diversity aspirations. According to a GBTA press official, the board and the ALC “must have at least one female director and one director who self-identifies as Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Asian, Native American or Alaska…
By Auden Schendler, vice president of sustainability at Aspen Skiing Company. A little over a year ago, Syracuse University flew me all the way from Colorado to give a talk on climate change, and not a single graduate student showed up. I asked my host professor why. He told me that the students think capitalism…
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