Hospitality is an economic engine and a human one.
Hospitality is an economic engine and a human one.
Hospitality is an economic engine and a human one.
We exist to empower, elevate and educate the people who run it, students, educators, employers and the governments betting their economies on tourism.
We exist to empower, elevate and educate the people who run it, students, educators, employers and the governments betting their economies on tourism.
We exist to empower, elevate and educate the people who run it, students, educators, employers and the governments betting their economies on tourism.
Mission & vision
Two sentences we hold ourselves to.
Two sentences we hold ourselves to.
Mission
To empower, elevate, and educate stakeholders to learn, grow and thrive.
To empower, elevate, and educate stakeholders to learn, grow and thrive.
Vision
To build the world's most connected talent ecosystem – bringing together employers, educators, governments and future talent to solve workforce challenges, create opportunity, and unlock human potential at scale.
To build the world's most connected talent ecosystem – bringing together employers, educators, governments and future talent to solve workforce challenges, create opportunity, and unlock human potential at scale.
Tagline
Together, creating the workforce of tomorrow.
Community over Competition
The challenge is the tool. The ecosystem is the purpose.
The challenge is the tool. The ecosystem is the purpose.
Hospitality and tourism is one of the fastest-growing engines of the global economy – and a force for human connection, growth and shared prosperity for individuals, communities and nations.
That dual role is why workforce failure in this sector costs more than vacancies. When a destination cannot staff its own growth, the economic case for investment weakens and the social promise attached to it goes unmet.
Hospitality and tourism is one of the fastest-growing engines of the global economy – and a force for human connection, growth and shared prosperity for individuals, communities and nations.
That dual role is why workforce failure in this sector costs more than vacancies. When a destination cannot staff its own growth, the economic case for investment weakens and the social promise attached to it goes unmet.
Hospitality and tourism is one of the fastest-growing engines of the global economy – and a force for human connection, growth and shared prosperity for individuals, communities and nations.
That dual role is why workforce failure in this sector costs more than vacancies. When a destination cannot staff its own growth, the economic case for investment weakens and the social promise attached to it goes unmet.
Our how
Our how
Live challenges, collaborations and thought-leadership forums that bring students, executives, entrepreneurs, school directors and policymakers together to co-create solutions to real workforce problems. Flagship events are free to attend for schools and future leaders — the format is funded by partners, not by participants.
Live challenges, collaborations and thought-leadership forums that bring students, executives, entrepreneurs, school directors and policymakers together to co-create solutions to real workforce problems. Flagship events are free to attend for schools and future leaders — the format is funded by partners, not by participants.
Live challenges, collaborations and thought-leadership forums that bring students, executives, entrepreneurs, school directors and policymakers together to co-create solutions to real workforce problems. Flagship events are free to attend for schools and future leaders — the format is funded by partners, not by participants.
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Live, not theoretical
Live, not theoretical
Briefs come from operating businesses with a current problem, judged by the people accountable for solving it.
Briefs come from operating businesses with a current problem, judged by the people accountable for solving it.
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Free at the point of entry
Free at the point of entry
No institution is priced out of the room. Partnership funds the format; access is not sold to participants.
No institution is priced out of the room. Partnership funds the format; access is not sold to participants.
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Connected afterwards
Connected afterwards
Every participant enters the Alumni Network – the point where a two-day event becomes a career pathway.
Every participant enters the Alumni Network – the point where a two-day event becomes a career pathway.
Community over Competition
The challenge is the tool. The ecosystem is the purpose.
The challenge is the tool. The ecosystem is the purpose.
Competitive formats concentrate attention and raise standards. They are a means of getting the right people into one room with something real at stake — not the end product. The value that lasts is the network: the diversity of the community, and the connections that outlive the event.
Competitive formats concentrate attention and raise standards. They are a means of getting the right people into one room with something real at stake — not the end product. The value that lasts is the network: the diversity of the community, and the connections that outlive the event.
Competitive formats concentrate attention and raise standards. They are a means of getting the right people into one room with something real at stake — not the end product. The value that lasts is the network: the diversity of the community, and the connections that outlive the event.
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Diversity is a design requirement
Teams mix disciplines and institutions; boards mix industry, education and government.
Teams mix disciplines and institutions; boards mix industry, education and government.
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Nobody leaves the ecosystem
First-round participants and finalists enter the Alumni Network on equal terms.
First-round participants and finalists enter the Alumni Network on equal terms.
Bring your school, your city, or your workforce strategy into the ecosystem.
Schools attend free. Employers set the briefs. Governments use the outcomes. Choose your route in.
Bring your school, your city, or your workforce strategy into the ecosystem.
Schools attend free. Employers set the briefs. Governments use the outcomes. Choose your route in.
Bring your school, your city, or your workforce strategy into the ecosystem.
Schools attend free. Employers set the briefs. Governments use the outcomes. Choose your route in.
An initiative of the Future Leaders Platform – building the world's most connected hospitality and tourism talent ecosystem.
An initiative of the Future Leaders Platform – building the world's most connected hospitality and tourism talent ecosystem.
An initiative of the Future Leaders Platform – building the world's most connected hospitality and tourism talent ecosystem.