Equity in Travel
A non-profit organization for Next-Gen BIPOC Leaders

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Reshaping Our Industry

Equity in Travel

EQTR is a non-profit organization formed to create pathways to entrepreneurship and leadership in the luxury travel industry for BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ college-age talent. We are committed to achieving equity in representation from BIPOC and marginalized communities within the luxury travel space, ensuring that the future of the industry reflects the culturally-rich and diverse world our industry serves to connect.
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Program Roadmap: A Year with EQTR

We are empowering and providing self-starters, creatives, and cultural ambassadors with the knowledge and guidance to be trailblazers in the luxury travel industry in order to ensure that the industry's future reflects the culturally-rich world in which travel serves to connect.

EQTR Programs

The EQTR programs create a pathway into the luxury travel industry for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and marginalized college students by providing scholarships, mentorships, internships, and educational programming.

Mentorship

Mentorship opportunities are available for both the Scholarship and Internship programs. Mentorship offered with the scholarship program is 12 months long, and is optional for scholarship recipients, on the other hand, the mentorship program is embedded into the internship and will mirror the 3 month length of the program.

EQTR Scholarship

EQTR will give three students a total of $5,000 each, an additional $1,000 is to be allocated to students interested in collaborating with a mentor during the course of the school year the scholarship is awarded in.

EQTR Internship

We are empowering and providing travel lovers, self-starters, creatives, and cultural ambassadors with the education and guidance to be trailblazers in the luxury travel industry.

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It’s Your Journey

See yourself on a path below? Apply today.

Rising College Juniors and Seniors with interest in working in Travel & Hospitality

Enthusiasm for global travel and a passion for storytelling

A self-starter who displays strong leadership skills with passion for hospitality

Innovators, visionaries, and change-makers ready to build a network

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Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Why This Matters

and Essential To Business Success

Travel Breaks Down Barriers

As frequent fliers, explorers, and business leaders in the travel space, travel has always been a constant vehicle to open the world and broaden perspectives, for ourselves and for our community. We believe that it is our responsibility to ensure that the future of the industry is reflective of the culturally-rich world to which travel serves to connect.

Our Industry Deserves Better

As an industry, we have an opportunity to create new realities and not simply return to old ones. Inherently, travel values differences, fosters inclusion, and promotes collaboration. Did you know that equitable employers outpace their competitors?  By respecting the unique needs, perspectives, and potential of all their team members, diverse and inclusive workplaces earn deeper trust and more commitment from their employees. 

A New Lens on Travel

A work environment that welcomes different backgrounds and experiences is critical in fostering creative and innovative ideas. Whether it’s how we plan trips, the way we represent destinations, or what we write about them, it’s critical that we do so with a voice that transcends any single point of view. 

The Future is Now

The work we do today is a reflection of our future, it should be larger than any of us as individuals. We believe in working on a mission as big and worthy as the future we hope to live, of who we might someday hope to be, and the talent and potential we can pass on to the future wave of leaders. 

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Companies with more diverse management teams have 19% higher revenues due to innovation – diversity is not just a metric to be strived for; it is actually an integral part of a successful revenue-generating business.

In 2007, non-Hispanic whites held 71% of top management positions in hotel and lodging; by 2015, that share had grown to 81%

Black employees comprise 18.8% of hospitality industry workers, while black executives represent 1.5% of hospitality industry executives at the director level, or above.

Common Questions About Our Scholarship and Internship Program

We’re working to provide limitless opportunities to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and marginalized communities ready to enter the travel and hospitality industry. From travel agency paths to building global brands and travel tech startups, we’re aiming to create new doors of opportunity for the next generation.

As we launch into this new endeavor, with hopes to make a significant impact in both the individual’s lives as well as our industry as a whole, we continue to want to learn from your feedback and hear your big ideas.

We know you have questions, so please don’t hesitate to reach out and share your thoughts with us, or visit our FAQs to read some of our most common questions.

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Your Moment Is Now

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While It's Heating Up

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This is Not a Sprint

Around the Sun Together

We can’t bring bold and ambitious change to our industry without listening, learning and opening ourselves up to what this generation wants the most out of our industry. Want to get involved? We’d love to hear from you.
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Together We Can Shape the Future,

So Make Your Way

to Finding Yourself in Travel

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