Upcoming Events
Future of Black Tourism Leadership Conclave
MEDIA/ALLY // An exclusive, invitation-only gathering for Black travel + tourism + hospitality founders, CEOs, industry leaders and allies focusing on the EQUITY, ECONOMICS and EDUCATION required to fuel the Future of Black Tourism. Request an invitation to join some of the industry's top innovators, change agents and business leaders for top-level networking, leadership and organizational development, advocacy training and ecosystem building.
Past Events
Travel + Tourism Event Production
ADVENTURE TRAVEL TRADE ASSOCIATION Event Production Team + Director of Media for 40 international Adventure Travel World Summit, AdventureELEVATE, AdventureNEXT, and AdventureWeek events (2016-2024)
Produced in ALASKA (Anchorage) ALBERTA (Banff + Lake Louise ARGENTINA (Salta, Tierra del Fuego) ARIZONA (Sedona) AUSTRALIA (Adelaide) AUSTRIA (Kitzbühel) BRAZIL (Campo Grande, São Paulo) CHILE (Tierra del Fuego, Torres del Paine) COLOMBIA (Bogotá) CYPRUS (The Heartland of Legends) ECUADOR (Quito) IDAHO (Coeur d’Alene) INDIA (Madhya Pradesh) ITALY (Tuscany) JAPAN (Hokkaido) JORDAN (Amman, Aqaba, Dead Sea) MAINE (Portland) NEW YORK (Lake George) NORTH CAROLINA (Asheville) OREGON (Eugene + Willamette Valley) PANAMA (Panama City) PERU (Ancash, Arequipa) SWEDEN (Gothenburg) SWITZERLAND (Lugano, Ticino) and QUÉBEC (Saguenay)
WANDERFEST Director of Local Experiences (New Orleans, 2021-2022) + Producer “Live from New Orleans: A Taste of Wanderfest” (2022)
U.S. BLACK CULTURAL HERITAGE ROAD TRIP Tour Team + Senior Communications Strategist (Florida, 2021)
Speaking Engagements
TRAVEL UNITY VIRTUAL SUMMIT “Actionable Advocacy: How to be a champion for marginalized communities” panel moderator. (2024)
OCTAVIA BOOKS Wander Woman author Beth Santos in conversation with Tami Fairweather (2024)
NORTHWEST TRAVEL & LIFESTYLE WRITERS CONFERENCE “Why Adventure Travel” Closing Keynote (2023)
ADVENTURE TRAVEL WORLD SUMMIT MediaConnect Host, Media Peer-to-Peer Exchange Facilitator, Panel Moderator (2016-2023)
ADVENTUREELEVATE MediaConnect Host and Media Peer-to-Peer Exchange Facilitator, Panel Moderator (2016-2023)
NOMADNESS AUDACITY FEST DIGI: Conversations with Allies Panelist (2020)
Industry Events
BLACK TRAVEL SUMMIT VIP attendee (Fort Lauderdale 2024)
PAST/FORWARD NAT’L TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION credentialed media (New Orleans 2024)
WORLD TOURISM DAY FORUM attendee (Atlanta 2024)
TALES OF THE COCKTAIL credentialed media (New Orleans 2024, 2023, 2016)
BOOK PASSAGE TRAVEL WRITERS + PHOTOGRAPHERS CONFERENCE (Corte Madera 2024, 2023)
TRAVEL UNITY SOUTHEAST SUMMIT (Lake Charles 2023)
WITS TRAVEL CREATOR SUMMIT (Kansas City 2022)
NOMADNESS FEST (Newark 2022, Memphis 2019)
WOMEN’S TRAVEL FEST (New York 2019, New Orleans 2018)
ADVENTURE TRAVEL WORLD SUMMIT (sponsor 2011-2015)