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The Playbook for Equity Alignment in Tourism & Hospitality Supply Chains Starts Here

Unlock the Power of Equity in Tourism
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Your Downloads Includes:

📘 Equity Alignment: Integrating Inclusive Partnerships and Social Sustainability into Tourism and Hospitality Supply Chains E-Book

  • Learn how to engage underrepresented SMEs in your procurement and partnership strategies

  • Align your equity goals with ESG, DEI, and sustainability frameworks

  • Access tools and metrics to measure and communicate impact

  • Strengthen destination competitiveness through inclusive development

Who This Resource Is For

This is for you if you are:

  • A tourism board, DMO, or government agency seeking to operationalize social sustainability
  • A travel or hospitality brand looking to strengthen supplier diversity and ESG reporting
  • A procurement or marketing leader tasked with aligning business with purpose
  • A professional committed to driving equitable tourism and long-term community benefit

Why This Matters

Equity isn’t just the right thing—it’s the strategic thing.
If you’re serious about embedding inclusion into your supplier diversity or tourism development efforts, this resource bundle will help guide you.

What You'll Receive:

✅ Full digital download of the Equity Alignment eBook
✅ Bonus PDF: Global Research Study on Black-owned Tour Operators Executive Summary
✅ Immediate access complimentary

What You’ll Gain

In Equity Alignment: Leveraging Social Sustainability to Integrate Underrepresented SMEs into Tourism and Hospitality Supply Chains, you’ll discover:
  • Why equity is not a trend but a powerful business strategy
  • The systemic barriers that keep underrepresented SMEs locked out of mainstream supply chains—and how to dismantle them
  • Proven sourcing tactics that go beyond the “usual suspects” to find and support culturally rich, high-potential SMEs
  • How to institutionalize inclusive procurement practices that align with your ESG and inclusive tourism goals
  • Metrics and storytelling strategies to measure and communicate the impact of your inclusion efforts—internally and externally

     

    This is not a theoretical resource. It’s a comprehensive guide packed with insights, diagnostic tools, and real-world case studies that you can apply immediately.

     

    Executive Summary – Global Research Study
    Creating Equitable Opportunities for Marginalized Black-Owned Tour Operators through Sustainable Tourism

    -First-of-its-kind global study led by Disrupt for Change + Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)

    -Based on data compiled from five global universities

    -Understand the challenges and opportunities facing Black-owned tour operators

    -Use findings to inform procurement, policy, and partnership decisions

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Meet the Author – Stephanie M. Jones, MBA

 

Stephanie M. Jones, MBA is a global thought leader in tourism development, business strategist, and an advocate for underrepresented tourism entrepreneurs. For more than 12 years, she has built award-winning, equity-driven tourism programs that use the power of travel to create opportunity where it’s been denied.

As the former CEO of Cultural Heritage Economic Alliance and now the founder of Disrupt for Change and the Diversity Tourism Academy, she consults with global travel brands, tourism boards, and DMOs to embed equity into strategy, supplier engagement, and storytelling. Her work has been recognized by Travel + Leisure, UNWTO, Journey Woman, and TravelPulse for its innovation, authenticity, and impact.

Stephanie brings not only deep industry experience but a fierce commitment to changing who gets to profit from tourism—and how. This eBook and research are reflections of that mission.