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How to sell accessible holidays - top tips from Whizz-Kidz's CEO
Ruth Owen offers advice for agents wanting to sell accessible holidays as she warns today’s disabled youth will not accept being treated differently
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Travel 'missing a trick' by under-serving disabled clients
Ruth Owen, chief executive of disabled children’s charity Whizz-Kidz, was speaking at TTG’s inaugural Diversity & Inclusion breakfast
Limitless Travel's Angus Drummond
Disability specialist operator is business awards finalist
Limitless Travel through to final of entrepreneur awards
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Watch: All the action from the first International Women in Travel & Tourism Forum
The event by Women in Travel took place in Iceland last weekend
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‘Travellers prefer places with values,' says Iceland's first lady
Eliza Reid spoke at the Women in Travel & Tourism forum
'Be less PC’, inaugural Women in Travel forum urged
'Be less PC’, inaugural Women in Travel forum urged
Male delegates agreed they could feel “paralysed” by the gender dialogue
The inaugural Women in Travel & Tourism forum 2020
International Women in Travel mentoring programme launched
Next year’s conference will take place in Morocco
Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Holidays have signed a partnership with Manchester Pride
Virgin to be headline sponsor for Manchester Pride
There will be a parade, candlelit vigil, Gay Village Party and youth pride event
LGBT+ Explored can be overbranded by agents to send to clients
Funway 'commits' to LGBT+ travel with microsite for agents
It is designed to help the trade find destinations where LGBT+ customers would feel ’particularly welcome’
Reshma Saujani is the bestselling author of Brave, Not Perfect
Celebrity Cruises names visionary as ship's godmother
Multi-award winning Reshma Saujani is also the bestselling author of Brave, Not Perfect
The US is no longer advising citizens to avoid international travel
Speakers announced for Proud Experiences in New York

The show is designed for buyers and agents to meet and do business with suppliers. Taking place at 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge from 22-24 June 2020, it will also feature educational sessions discussing the LGBTQ+ travel market.

Mark Fletcher, CEO of Manchester Pride, who spoke at last year’s TTG LGBT Seminar will join Andrea Richardson, head of multicultural engagement at Hilton and Rick Stiffler, VP leisure sales at Preferred Hotel Group to discuss top tips in marketing to the LGBT+ community.

Will this be the decade of the responsible travel movement?
How the responsible travel movement will define the 2020s
Responsible travel has worked its way into popular consciousness, so what can we expect when the sector faces greater scrutiny on its contribution to climate concerns?
Delegation is not about handing over tasks that you dislike or that bore you
Everything you need to know to delegate effectively
Delegation is an important part of managing a busy team
The Tui Academy will be opening in Sri Lanka
Tui opens academy in Sri Lanka for disadvantaged youths
Tui Care Foundation hopes to fill a third of the places with young women
TTG's programme is the UK and Ireland’s only LGBT+ travel trade initiative
TTG championing inclusion with new diversity programme
TTG Media is championing diversity and inclusion across the travel sector
Alessandra Alonso, founder of Women in Travel
Women in Travel sets up new forum for global audience
The forum is targeted at those passionate about tackling gender imbalance in the workplace
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Read PWC's diversity and inclusion in travel report
The gender pay gap is widening, according to ONS statistics
Steven Freudmann: ‘The gender pay gap is widening – we need to act’
The ITT chairman on what can be done to reduce the widening gender pay gap
Mark Okerstrom has signed a major new diversity and inclusion pledge on behalf of Expedia
Expedia CEO makes diversity and inclusion commitment
OTA giant launches dedicated travel sub-group to further efforts to drive D&I initiatives across the sector
Leading female talent honoured at 2019 everywoman in Travel Awards
Leading female talent honoured at 2019 everywoman in Travel Awards
Everywoman co-founder Karen Gill MBE said access to female role models in a sector traditionally employing a greater number of women was still lacking
WTM London 2019: Marketing Africa – out with the old and in with the nuance
WTM London 2019: Community tourism has potential to improve opportunities for African women
Community tourism can improve opportunities for women in Africa, a session hosted by Women in Travel at WTM London has revealed
Rio de Janeiro hopes to revitalise its tourist industry
WTM London 2019: Rio welcomes ‘love of all kinds’ despite Bolsonaro
Rio de Janeiro welcomes “love of all kinds” its state governor has emphasised, contrary to the views of Brazil’s far-right ruling president
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WTM London 2019: Puerto Rico to 'lean into the LGBTQ market'
Discover Puerto Rico has confirmed it will be “leaning into the LGBTQ market in 2020” as it positions itself as an inclusive Caribbean destination
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Two WTM London sessions explore the latest trends in the lucrative LGBT+ market
Successfully marketing to LGBT+ travellers will be firmly in focus at two WTM London sessions this year, which will each highlight this lucrative and growing sector with an estimated annual travel spend of $218 billion