Women in Travel Thrive is an initiative founded by a group of women in the travel industry to help reduce the impact that COVID-19 has on women’s career progression. Our primary goal is to make connections and open doors for women across the hospitality industry through unique and engaging network events. The inaugural Day of Impact took place in January 2021. On this day, more than 500 women across the travel and tourism industry participated in mentor/mentee sessions to learn from one another and create lasting connections that thrive. Our next Day of Impact event will take place in June of 2021.
WINiT by GBTA recently named industry leaders who are driving positive change for women in business travel, including THRIVE founder, Silvia Camarota and THRIVE Executive Sponsor, Melissa Maher. Learn More.
meet the board
Ali Thompson
Director
Expedia Group
Becca glenn
Director, Partner Success
VRBO
Claudia Infante
VP, Revenue Strategy
Margaritaville
Heidi Bodalia
Area Manager
Expedia Group
Isha gulati
Manager, Inclusion & Diversity
Expedia Group
Jennifer hill
VP, Client Solutions
Kalibri Labs
Kate Lochridge
Sr. Manager, Resorts Marketing
Universal Orlando Resorts
Megan paquin
Vice President
Poston Communications
Melanie moeller
Owner
Moeller Consulting
Melissa maher
Senior Vice President
Expedia Group
Melissa navarro
Sales Programs Manager
Tableau, a Salesforce company
Mercedes Blanco
VP Sales, Americas
BCV Rategain
Noreen henry
Chief Revenue Officer
Sojern
Patricia Filadelfo
Sr. Sales Manager
Seminole Hard Rock
Shannyn Jones
Area Manager
Expedia Group
Silvia Camarota
Senior Director
Expedia Group
Stella Quintero
Instructor, Hospitality
Florida Atlantic University
Tara Colpitts
Senior Director
Expedia Group
meet the thrive hive
THRIVE is brought to life by a passionate, dedicated group of people who are paying it forward to fight the regressive impacts of COVID-19 on the equity in the travel industry. Meet them below.
Mercedes Blanco, The Hotels Network
Heidi Bodalia, Expedia Group
Nicole Brownell, Paradise ADV
Laura Calin, Oracle Hospitality
Silvia Camarota, Expedia Group
Heather Carnes, AAHOA
Ligia Centurion, REEF TECHNOLOGY
Laura Cejas, Dynamic Yield
Kris Corum, Expedia Group
Laura DeAngelis, ALICE
Abigail Estevez, Spear Travel Group
Patricia Filadelfo, Seminole Hard Rock
Tizianna Floruss, TravelPerk
Maile Floyd, Muy’Ono Resorts
Nikoletta Fotiadis, Kimpton Hotels
Lorena Garcia
Samantha Gedihovich, Flip.to
Becca Glenn, VRBO, Expedia Group
Michael Goldrich, Hotels Network/The
Katelin Hancock, Mills House/The
Jessica Hayes, Tambourine
Noreen Henry, Sojern
Natalie Hernandez, Expedia Group
Jennifer Hill, Kalibri Labs
Rachel Humphrey
Janet Jaiswal, Cloudbeds
Shannyn Jones, Airbnb
Lauren Karoutas
Lori Kiel, Kessler Collection
Angela Lasky, Priceline/Agoda, Orlando FL
Kate Lochridge, Universal Orlando Hotels
Mirela Longoni, First Hospitality
Melissa Maher, Expedia Group
Michelle Mahoney, HBO (WarnerMedia)
Elyssa Martinez, Universal Orlando Resort
Jacinda McLaughlin, Expedia Group
Marisa Moneta, OPEN FOR WORK
Lelia Morgan, Amerail Systems Inc
Kirsty Murphy Hughes, daa
Cheryl Pineo, Cheryl Pineo Consulting
Paula Pryor
Andrea Rincon, Expedia Group
Monica Rodino
Lindsey Ross, Journera
Stephanie Saik, LORE Group
Zemelis Samuel, Expedia Group
Lacey Schollenberger, 21c Museum Hotel
Saloni Shah, Expedia Group
Katherine Solomon
Jade Sparks, Merlin Entertainments
(Madame Tussauds Orlando and SEA LIFE Orlando Aquarium)
Rashi Srivastava
Jene’ Stewart
Fiona Taylor, TBO Holidays
Ali Thompson, Expedia Group
Lori Timony
Scott Weiss, Expedia Group
Esther Yi, Hunter Hotel Advisors – Hunter Hotel Investment Conference