The Business Travel Magazine June/July 2019

ARRIVALS
EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT...
Gender diversity
“CHANGE IN
ORGANISATIONS IS
“TECHNOLOGY EXPEDITED WHEN DOESN’T
IT’S LED
RESCUE TOP-DOWN. YOU WITH BUT MEN IT CURRENTLY
PROVIDES
CONFIDENCE IN THE MAJORITY AND IN VISIBILITY. SENIOR RANKS, YOUR
TMC EDUCATING SHOULD AND HAVE INFLUENCING THE PROCESS THEM
AND TO PROCEDURES HELP SUPPORT GENDER TO RUN BALANCE REPORTS
AND IN HELP THEIR ORGANISATIONS YOU REACH THOSE IS
AFFECTED
CRITICAL TO
BY
THE
AN
SUCCESS
INCIDENT”
OF
Ewan Kassir, Head of Sales, Clarity
OUR VISION”
Ami Taylor, LEVEL UK
“We launched our flyShe initiative to inspire
more females to join the industry as pilots
and engineers. It is good there is a lot of
attention on diversity right now”
Christine Ourmieres-Widener, CEO, Flybe
“THE ESSENCE OF AVIATION IS BUILDING A GLOBAL COMMUNITY BY
CONNECTING PEOPLE, BUSINESSES AND CULTURES ACROSS GREAT
DISTANCES. TEN MILLION PEOPLE WORK IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY
TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS WORKFORCE
REFLECTS THE AMAZING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION THAT IT
FOSTERS IN OUR SOCIETY” Alexandre de Juniac, Director General & CEO, IATA
The Women in Aviation and
Aerospace Charter has
made great progress since
it was launched last July.
We have taken a huge step
towards making greater
gender diversity in our
industries a reality”
Katherine Bennett, SVP Airbus and Co-Chair of the
UK Women in Aviation and Aerospace Charter
“THE WOMEN IN HOSPITALITY TRAVEL AND LEISURE 2020
INITIATIVE IS A FANTASTIC WAY TO ENSURE THAT HOSPITALITY
CONTINUES TO PROVIDE WOMEN WITH OPPORTUNITIES AT THE
HIGHEST LEVEL WHICH WILL, IN TURN, ENSURE THAT BUSINESSES
Kate Nicholls, CEO,
UKHospitality
ARE IN A BETTER POSITION TO OFFER EVEN MORE”
“I see lots of incredibly talented individuals
in our sector, male and female, with great
opportunities open to both”
Carolyn Pearson, CEO, Maiden Voyage
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