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7 TravelAbility Experts Making Big News This Month

February 12, 2020 by Denise Brodey

girl and another woman kiss a dog who is black with a white nose from Pick Of the Litter
This Disney+ film partnered with Guide Dogs For the Blind.
  • Expedia, a longtime partner of North American Journey’s partner, pledged (with 140 other Fortune 500 companies) in Davos to making Diversity & Inclusion a board priority in 2020. 
  • Advisory Board Member Eric Lipp of Open Doors had a high-profile feature in the Washington Post. Read it here.
  • Guide Dogs for the Blind’s Teresa Stern, also a presenter at TAS2019, informed us that Disney+ is airing its new series, Pick of the Litter
  • ReelAbilities, which showed two short films at TAS2019 also appeared at the 2020 Sundance Festival.
  • Kirsten Brecht Baker, CEO of Jeennie, and a presenter at TravelAbility 2019 Launchpad, landed a positive review in Fast Company. AND….
  • Welcome two new Advisory Board members.  Ron Pettit, Director, Disability and Inclusion, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and Dr. Leah Witt, M.D., a gerontologist helping to create age-friendly airports.  See the full Advisory Board here.

Also see “13 Things I Learned at the Winter ADA Summit“, here.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Eric Lipp, Expedia, Guide Dogs for the Blind, North American Journeys, Open Doors, ReelAbilities, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines

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