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Brave Story: Giovonni Santiago

The Brave Story series features different personalities that have demonstrated courage and commitment to a cause, an initiative, or movement. We share their stories hoping that their journey and the lessons they learned along the way can serve as motivation and inspiration to us all in whatever path we choose, …

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Deidre Mathis: Woman Making History

Historic female thought leaders and changemakers often aren’t acknowledged until their story ends. In honor of Women’s History Month, we wanted to feature a woman who has made a historic move. Deidre Mathis is the first Black woman to own a hostel in the United States. Wanderstay Hospitality Group is …

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The Future of Travel and Responsible Marketing

After staying home and staying safe for the last year, most of us are eager to get out into the world and explore. Beginning April 19, 2021, all American adults will be eligible to receive the COVID vaccine. Which leaves us asking, how will tourism develop in the post-pandemic world? …

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Brave Communities: Dismantling The Stereotypes

This month our Brave Story will look different as we celebrate and share experiences from communities that often go overlooked and have recently been under attack: Asian and Muslim Americans. As we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and May 12th marks the end of Ramadan, we felt …

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Pandemic Positive

We’ve previously touched on how the pandemic has affected us socially with a rise in awareness of racial injustice as well as its impact on travel,  entertainment, and social media. Today we want to remind you of the good in humanity. By sharing stories of creators and companies doing amazing …

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Social Media Influence: The Good and Bad

In part one we explained how the Great Facebook Blackout of 2021 severely impacted companies, countries, and communities around the world. As well as how Facebook is being accused of putting people above profit according to Frances Haugen, one of two Facebook Whistleblowers.  On a global scale, social media is …

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