WOMEN IN HOSPITALITY AND TRAVEL : Opportunities, Challenges, and Progress

Women make up 50% of the workforce in hospitality and travel yet only 12% of leadership positions. What opportunities are available? What progress is being made?

During this hour-long webcast, we'll hear from industry and academic leaders as they share stories of their own career challenges, victories, and personal leadership values; organizational best practices for supporting women in the workforce; and predictions for the future.

This online event is brought to you by the Cornell School of Hotel Administration's Center for Hospitality Research and Women Leading Travel & Hospitality, a membership-based association that connects executive women across all sectors of the travel and hospitality industry.

What you'll learn : 

• The challenges faced by women seeking and holding leadership positions in the hospitality industry and ways to overcome them
• How all leaders and organizations can better support women in the workplace
• Predictions for the future of women in hospitality

Speakers :

• Charisse Evans, VICE PRESIDENT OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, Delta Airlines
• Hannah DeMaio, DIRECTOR OF BRAND STRATEGY, WOMEN LEADING TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY, NAPCO Media
• Kate Walsh, DEAN, Cornell School of Hotel Administration
• Michelle Woodley '89, PRESIDENT, Preferred Hotels & Resorts
• Miranda Scott, DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, Lyft

For more information please contact Nicole McQuiddy-Davis
+1 607 254 3383