Lunch and Learn with Planet Abled Mainstreaming Accessibility and Inclusion in the Tourism Industry Monday, 29 April 2024, 12.00 - 12.45 pm CESTJoin us for a concise and insightful session by Planet Abled and gain valuable insights on fostering better inclusion and learn actionable steps towards enhancing accessibility in tourism. Learn from Neha Arora, founder of Planet Abled, how to ensure businesses and destinations are driving inclusion and have the capability to welcome all types of disabled travellers. With offices in India and Europe, Planet Abled is a travel designer, a destination consultant, and an ecosystem builder for the hospitality and tourism industry. Their core business is mainstreaming accessibility into the tourism frameworks, practices, and market opportunities to enable growth and scale through a customer-centric approach to have an amplified positive impact on travellers with all types of accessibility needs. They are doing this through standardization, training, and consulting, thus making sure all tourism products and services are inclusive by design. This session is held by Planet Abled and organised by the Roundtable Human Rights in Tourism. Sharing this information with your colleagues, partners and interested stakeholders from your networks is highly appreciated. We are looking forward to your participation. REGISTER NOW Speaker:Neha AroraFounder, Planet AbledNeha Arora is the founder of Planet Abled, a globally recognized and awarded travel brand promoting inclusive travel for persons with disabilities and the elderly. Her 39 years of experience of knowing her parents' needs (her father is blind and her mother is a wheelchair user), gives her a unique perspective on the needs of people with disabilities, as she creates a Planet more Abled. Over the years, Planet Abled has been a service provider for disabled travellers, a destination consultant, and an ecosystem builder for the tourism industry. Planet Abled’s core focus is mainstreaming accessibility into the tourism frameworks, practices, and market opportunities to enable growth, scale, and a customer-centric approach and have an amplified positive impact on travelers with all types of accessibility needs.With offices in India and Austria, Planet Abled's mission is to integrate accessibility and inclusion into the Sustainable Tourism conversation globally while mapping it to the SDGs. Thereby filling the huge gap between what an establishment considers accessible and what the disabled consumer expects to experience, thus leading to a movement. Conde Nast Traveller selected her as one of the 14 people making travel more accessible across the world. Neha is the recipient of the Most Influential Leaders in the Tourism Industry Award at the Global MICE & Luxury Travel Conference; and the Exceptional Women of Excellence Award at the Women Economic Forum. She is a regular speaker at global platforms like IATA, ITB Berlin, Global Sustainable Tourism Council, World Tourism Forum Lucerne, International Congresson Tourism and Technology in Diversity in Malaga, Spain, TiECON, Zero Project at United Nations Vienna, TEDx, Women Economic Forum, and various others. Moderation:Katharina StechlProgram ManagerKatharina is a passionate expert in the field of business and human rights. Her studies in tourism management and a working background in development cooperation and communication help her to combine different perspectives to make the topic tangible and accessible for various stakeholders. As Programme Manager for the Roundtable Human Rights in Tourism, she conceptualises projects and leads their implementation. This includes the webinar series "Tourism and Human Rights", which she moderates.The Roundtable Human Rights in Tourism is an international multi-stakeholder initiative that builds a trusted network of tourism stakeholders. The Roundtable provides access to expertise, initiates pilot projects and develops learning materials to support the implementation of human rights due diligence in accordance with the UN Guiding Principles within tourism companies, the supply chain and destinations REGISTER NOW