Women in Luxury Travel Share Perspectives on the Glass Ceiling
Photo Credit: Women who are executives in the luxury travel space spoke to Skift about leadership gaps and equality. Indagare founder Melissa Biggs Bradley is pictured here. Indagare
Skift Take
Although women are particularly well-positioned to lead in the nuanced luxury market, it will take the effort and collaboration of men and women already within the industry to bring about change and more equal leadership teams.
The luxury travel industry is a nuanced, detailed sector where emotional intelligence, cultural subtleties, and market distinctions contribute to products, sales, marketing, and branding. Like almost all industries today, there is a growing movement to create more diversified and equal leadership teams within the luxury sector.
Skift recently spoke to women leading luxury brands throughout the travel industry from international hospitality brands to custom planning services and publications for the present-day pulse of the luxury sector. We look at whether women hold more leadership roles in the luxury segment than the mid-scale category, their alignment with the luxury category, and future opportunities for growth.
Accor Hotels is the largest hospitality company in the world with many women through its executives ranks, and Skift spoke to several of the leaders at brands including MGallery by Sofitel, Raffles, and Swissotel to learn what they attracted to them the industry.
