Travel management company CWT has joined Diversity in Hospitality, Travel & Leisure (WiHTL) to augment the company’s aim of creating and fostering a workforce that reflects and contributes to the diverse, global community in which it operates.

“Each person offers a unique set of ideas, beliefs and skills shaped by their heritage, background and culture, and we consider this diversity to be our most important resource,” says Catherine Maguire Vielle, CWT’s Chief Human Resources Officer. “As a part of the WiHTL community we are pleased to be playing our part in making a positive impact not just in our own company, but to the millions who work throughout our industry.”

“We’re thrilled to welcome CWT to WiHTL’s growing Collaboration Community, comprised of leading hospitality, travel and leisure brands unified in a mutual desire to share best practices in diversity, equity and inclusion in order to drive forward meaningful progress in creating inclusive workplaces for all,” said Tea Colaianni, Founder & Chair, WiHTL.

Diversity in Hospitality, Travel & Leisure (WiHTL) is is a Collaboration Community devoted to increasing Diversity and Inclusion across Hospitality, Travel and Leisure. The WiHTL Global Female Leader Programme (GFLP) is a cross-industry programme designed to provide a series of experiences and learning opportunities to support career progression for high potential female leaders in the HTL industry. The WiHTL ‘Ethnic Future Leaders Programme’ (EFL) is a ‘one of its kind’ programme that’s uniquely placed to provide a series of experiences and learning opportunities to support the career progression of high potential ethnic minority leaders. The second cohort of the programme has started recently.