Barbara Kolosinska, co-owner and managing director of C&M Travel Recruitment, reflects for TTG on new figures from the company showing travel’s gender pay gap has widened again – particularly at higher pay grades.
Travel's gender pay gap widened last year, falling back towards pre-pandemic levels (Credit: iStock / ibreakstock)
The figures at some levels surprise me, while at others, they really don’t. The issue is at the top of the industry when we reach salaries of £60,000 and above.
We have always known that at the very senior C-suite or board level, there are historically more men at the top. This is the "glass ceiling"; women are not always being given these opportunities, while some choose to not return after starting families.
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