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Black History Month Wake-Up Call: The Travel Industry's 3-minute guide on navigating pitfalls and elevating your campaigns this February.

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Jan 112 min read

Black History Month Wake-Up Call: The Travel Industry's 3-minute guide on navigating pitfalls and elevating your campaigns this February.

As a Black travel enthusiast with eight years in the industry, the arrival of Black History Month often feels like a missed opportunity...

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Things to do in Long Beach : Your guide to #BlackownedLBC

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May 1, 20235 min read

Things to do in Long Beach : Your guide to #BlackownedLBC

When you think of Long Beach what comes to mind? Is it Chicken and Waffles from Roscoe’s or the convenient Long Beach Airport that has...

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Long Beach Airport! Everything you need to know to #FLYLGB!

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May 1, 20232 min read

Long Beach Airport! Everything you need to know to #FLYLGB!

My whole life when traveling through southern California I've flown through LAX and BUR from the Bay Area. As a frequent flyer , I had no...

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Auburn is the blueprint: How destinations can authentically share Black stories.

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Dec 12, 20224 min read

Auburn is the blueprint: How destinations can authentically share Black stories.

As a diversity in travel consultant , different brands reach out to me to help them develop their strategy surrounding Black stories and...

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Respect for Rochester: Why public art is essential in any destination

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Dec 5, 20224 min read

Respect for Rochester: Why public art is essential in any destination

As a child, I grew up in a household that celebrated Black art. Each room in our house had paintings that told multiple black stories. I...

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Sep 14, 20226 min read

More to Miami

For years I only saw Miami as a destination hot spot to visit with my girls during memorial day weekend. I only knew Collins Ave. and the...

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Jun 3, 202221 min read

Diversity in Travel Scorecard 2022

The Diversity in Travel Report card 2022 is a two-year synopsis on the travel industry's progression in terms of DEA&I.

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Feb 2, 20223 min read

WHY WISCONSIN: MADISON

We ended our trip in Madison, where kids can still be kids, cosmopolitan is the word for downtown, cheese reigns supreme and riding bikes...

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marty_sandiego

Feb 2, 20223 min read

WHY WISCONSIN: JANESVILLE

Thirty minutes down the road is Janesville. Home to the Janesville Jets, intense pickle ball competition, the ‘’Celery root of all evil’’...

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Feb 2, 20223 min read

WHY WISCONSIN:BELOIT

My love for all things Black history started early. I was born and raised in Oakland, California which has deep roots in the Black...

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Feb 2, 20221 min read

WHY WISCONSIN?

It all started at the Women In Travel Summit 2019 in Portland, Maine. As a content creator you get excited about speed networking...

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Feb 1, 20224 min read

Trust in Tempe

Trust in Tempe : Why EVERY Black traveler should have Tempe on their list One of the questions I get asked the most as a Diversity in...

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Dear travel brands & tourism boards, it’s time to start preparing your Black history month campaign

marty_sandiego

Oct 27, 20204 min read

Dear travel brands & tourism boards, it’s time to start preparing your Black history month campaign

There’s nothing Black people don’t do, there’s nowhere we don’t go, there’s no industry we aren’t a part of, so do the research and tap in!

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marty_sandiego

Mar 3, 202014 min read

DIVERSITY IN TRAVEL REPORT/SCORE CARD

Change is instant, and at the blink of an eye your outlook on an issue can transform once you’re informed and inspired to be a leader.

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marty_sandiego

Jul 12, 20193 min read

The Maine Idea!

For the first time, I wasn’t exhausted from fighting for diversity on a press trip. For the first time, I didn’t hear the word ‘’ positive d

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THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY STILL DOESN'T GET IT: Diversity in travel report card .

marty_sandiego

Jul 12, 20198 min read

THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY STILL DOESN'T GET IT: Diversity in travel report card .

This was originally written Jan.20, 2019 On Jan.3, 2019 I released a diversity in travel report card that graded travel brands, tourism...

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