I-IGLTA ibhengeza uHambo lwe-American Express njengeqabane elitsha

I-International LGBTQ+ Travel Association yamkelwe namhlanje Ukuhamba kweAmerican Express njengeqabane layo lokuqala lehlabathi kwicandelo leenkonzo zemali. Intsebenziswano ilungelelanisa enye yeempawu zokuhamba ezaziwa kakhulu kwihlabathi kunye IGLTA kwelona nqanaba liphezulu lothethathethwano kunye nokwandisa amathuba okuba yomibini imibutho iphumelele iyantlukwano kukhenketho lwehlabathi.

Isekelwe ekuzibopheleleni kwexesha elide ekukhuthazeni inkcubeko ebandakanyayo neyamkelayo ebonisa iyantlukwano yabalingane bayo, abathengi kunye noluntu, i-American Express Travel ibe yinkokeli yeshishini iminyaka engaphezu kwe-100. Ubungcali obunzulu bombutho kunye neenkqubo ezikhethekileyo kunye neenzuzo zibonelela Amalungu eKhadi ngenkonzo ekumgangatho wehlabathi yokubhukisha kunye namava ohambo azo zonke iintlobo.
 
Kwixesha elidlulileyo le-18, American Express ifumene ipesenti ze-100 kwi-Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equality Index, umgangatho othathela ingqalelo imigaqo-nkqubo yenkampani kunye nezenzo ezixhasa ukubandakanywa kwe-LGBTQ +. I-American Express ikwalilungu le-Open For Business, indibaniselwano yeenkampani zehlabathi ezenza imeko yezoqoqosho kunye neshishini le-LGBTQ+ ibandakanywe kwihlabathi jikelele. Isicwangciso se-American Express se-Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) sibandakanya ukugxila ekukhuthazeni ukwahlukana, uBulungisa kunye nokuBandakanya (DE&I) kunye nokuzinikela ekuxhaseni abasebenzi abahlukeneyo, abalinganayo, nababandakanyayo, indawo yokuthengisa kunye noluntu.

Inkampani ikhuphe ingxelo yayo yokuqala yeyantlukwano, ukuLingana kunye nokuBandakanya ngo-2021, ebhala inkqubela phambili kwizibophelelo ze-DE&I kunye namanyathelo njengenxalenye yeSicwangciso sokuSebenza se-DE&I sebhiliyoni e-1.
 
"Sizama ukudibanisa amaqabane awohlukeneyo anokusinceda sonyuse ukubonakala kwe-LGBTQ+ kulo lonke ishishini lethu kunye nokwakha unxibelelwano olubandakanya amalungu ethu oshishino," utshilo. IGLTA UMongameli/i-CEO uJohn Tanzella. "Ukufumana inkxaso ye-American Express Travel, kunye nokufikelela kwihlabathi jikelele kunye nokuzibophelela kumanyathelo e-DEI kunye ne-LGBTQ+, linyathelo elibalulekileyo kumsebenzi wethu wokwandisa ukwamkelwa nokuqonda abakhenkethi be-LGBTQ+ kwihlabathi liphela."
 
“Uqukaniso lungundoqo kwindlela esiqhuba ngayo ishishini Ukuhamba kweAmerican Express kwaye ifakwe kwisicwangciso se-ESG yenkampani yethu, utshilo u-Audrey Hendley, uMongameli, i-American Express Travel. "Ukusebenzisana nombutho ofana ne-IGLTA ngentlonipho enkulu kulo lonke eli shishini linyathelo eliphambili kwinjongo yethu yokuqinisekisa ukuba senza ukhetho olufanelekileyo xa kufikwa kubandakanywa kunye nokumelwa koluntu lwe-LGBTQ +."
 
Ngaphambi kokusesikweni kobu buhlakani, i-American Express Travel yathatha inxaxheba kwi IGLTA I-Foundation Think Tank malunga neyantlukwano, ulingano, kunye nokubandakanywa kukhenketho, ebibanjwe ngoSeptemba wama-2021 e-Atlanta ngexesha leNgqungquthela yeHlabathi yama-37.

Umbutho we-LGBTQ+ waMazwe ngaMazwe yinkokeli yehlabathi ekuqhubeleni phambili uhambo lwe-LGBTQ+ kunye neLungu eliManyano elizingcayo loMbutho wezoKhenketho weHlabathi (UNWTO). Injongo ye-IGLTA kukubonelela ngolwazi kunye nezixhobo kubahambi be-LGBTQ+ kunye nokwandisa ukhenketho lwe-LGBTQ+ kwihlabathi jikelele ngokubonisa impembelelo yalo ebalulekileyo kwezentlalo nezoqoqosho. Ubulungu be-IGLTA buquka i-LGBTQ+ ezamkelwa iindawo zokuhlala, iindawo ekusingwa kuzo, ii-arhente zokuhamba, abakhenkethi, imisitho, kunye neendaba zokuhamba malunga namazwe angama-80. Inkqubo yeGlobal Partner ye-IGLTA ibonelela iinkampani ngokuqondwa okuphezulu kunye nokubonakala phakathi kwabahambi be-LGBTQ+ ngamathuba aphuculweyo okuthengisa kunye nonxibelelwano kuyo yonke inethiwekhi yombutho yehlabathi.

I-American Express yinkampani yentlawulo edityanisiweyo yehlabathi, ibonelela abathengi ngokufikelela kwiimveliso, ukuqonda kunye namava atyebisa ubomi kunye nokwakha impumelelo yeshishini. Abathengi be-American Express Travel banokufikelela ngaphezu kwe-4,500 yabaCebisi bokuHamba abakhoyo ngamaxesha onke ukuze bancede abathengi bacwangcisele, babhale kwaye bahambe ngeehambo zangoku nezexesha elizayo.