Race & Ethnicity
Since 2019, many companies have come together sharing a desire to understand the challenges faced by people from ethnic minorities across Hospitality, Travel and Leisure and to co-create solutions that give Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic employees a voice and a clear path to get to managerial and leadership level. Most companies across HTL are at the beginning of their journey in this area, some have taken steps like introducing blind CVs, others have run surveys among their employees, and over 20 HTL companies have signed the BITC Race at Work Charter. Many leaders are looking for guidance on how to start the conversation about race, how to create genuinely inclusive cultures, how to attract, recruit and retain talent from ethnic minorities and create innovative and practical solutions.
As part of our collective efforts, we now run two programmes for Ethnic future and senior leaders. The Ethnic Future Leaders (EFL) Programme and the Ethnic Senior Leaders (ESL) Programme are one of as kind, groundbreaking programmes that have received some phenomenal backing.
Development programmes for ethnic senior and future leaders
Ethnic Future Leaders Programme (EFL)
This programme is designed to support and prepare ethnic senior leaders for promotion to Executive Board level. It is aimed at those preparing to take on increasing levels of responsibility as they move into senior roles.
Ethnic Senior Leaders Programme (ESL)
This programme is designed to support and prepare ethnic senior leaders for promotion to Executive Board level. It is aimed at those preparing to take on increasing levels of responsibility and greater challenges as they move into more senior leadership/management roles.
Race & Ethnicity Committee
The Committees Aim
Established in June 2020, the Race & Ethnicity Committee includes individuals who are passionate about progressing the conversation on racial equality across the hospitality, travel and leisure industry.
The Committee supports the creation of best practices, tools, webinar content as well as advise on how best to raise awareness and improve educational programmes.
