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The 2019 TravelAbility Summit Slideshow: A Fabulous Audience, Expert Speakers and a Lot of Learning!

December 9, 2019 by Jamie Hood

  • Susan Sygall, Mobility International meets Carole Astley & Sachie York from Travel Oregon
  • Lara Sandora, Adrian Smith, Madeline Chase share their travel stories as moms of children on the autism spectrum with Marc Garcia, Visit Mesa
  • An engrossed audience at LaunchPad
  • Kerry Mauger, Wings for Autism Program Manager, The Arc
  • Conference Guests enjoying themselves at the LaunchPad reception.
  • Laszlo Horvath, LaunchPad Emcee with Jason McKee from Accessibility Shield
  • Conference Session
  • Theresa Stern from Guide Dogs for the Blind
  • Brandon Hochman from My Shower Buddy, co-winner of LaunchPad 2019
  • two women smiling at reception
    Carole Astley & Sachie York from Travel Oregon
  • Jeff Yoshioko, WHill & Lesli Wang, Free2Go Mobility Solutions- LaunchPad 2019 Winners
  • Mike May from Access Explorer
  • Nate Lane, Pegasus, Harris, Visit Valley Forge & Art Jimenez,Reno-Tahoe USA
  • Jay Cardinali with Kirsten Baker, Jeenie
  • Meegan Winters from Able Eyes presents at LaunchPad
  • John Morris from wheelchairtravel.org
  • The Judges at LaunchPad
  • Chris Lona, CL Designs presenting at LaunchPad
  • Troy Otillio, Aira and Christopher Shilder, Marriott International
  • Srin Madipalli and the audience members listening to conference presentation
    AirBnB Accessibility Expert Srin Madipalli
  • Sid Marcos, Outlandish Travel
  • Patty David from AARP shares data on the Boomer Travel Market
  • Michael Sobell, Autism on the Seas, Ron Pettit, Royal Caribbean and Julie Jones from Australia
  • Mary Kay Vrba tells the story of the Think Differently initiative in Dutchess County
  • Makiko Matsuda Healy from NYC & Co
  • We Love NY Makiko Healy,Sara Emmert, Susanne O’Neil & Mary Kay Vrba
  • Karlene Holloman, Point Hospitality
  • Judi Durant & Josh Lambert from the Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel share the secrets of their customer service training
  • Advisory Board Members Dave Lorenz, Visit Michigan & Josh Loebner, Designsensory
  • Janis Ross of Eugene & The Cascades shares the accessibility initiatives from Eugene
  • TravelAbility Founder Jake Steinman fields a question
  • Accessible Travel Pioneer Eric Lipp of Open Doors organization
  • Dave Lorenz from Visit Michigan explains how they raised the bar on accessibility
  • Lunch time
  • Accessible Travel Experts Sue Slater, Presto Magic Travel, Myron Pincomb IBCCES & JohnSage, Accessible Travel Solutions
  • Camilo Navarro shares the mission of Wheel the World
  • Overcoming the Fears of Accessibility Mike May, Access Explorer, Isabell Ducharme Keroul & Srin Madipalli AirBnB

Thank you to all who attended. We can’t wait to see you in 2020.

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