Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin While wealth inequality protestors vandalize private jets and harass tourists under the guise of environmental advocacy, over 5,000 travel professionals have landed in Las Vegas for the annual Virtuoso Travel Week conference, bringing together executives of hotels, resorts, tour companies, cruise lines and destinations to meet with travel advisors. The travel agency members of the group sell around $30 billion in travel annually, mainly to the well-heeled, the type of travelers the protestors have put in their bullseye. However, if the activists were here and willing to listen, they might just come away with a different view.
During a special track on sustainability, the travel advisors heard first-hand how a large amount of the money that flows from their clients' bank accounts helps the same populations that the protestors say they are supporting by blocking highways and taxiways. Michael Gregurich of &Beyond says its HNW customers have enabled it to fund 73 wells that provide clean water for over 50,000 people in rural African villages. The company has also underwritten the construction of 307 classrooms, including 27,000 lessons on conversation for the local populations.
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. [+] With the support of Big Five Tours & Expeditions there are now 17 robots offering lessons in local villages lacking teachers. Doug Gollan "Profi.