Since its inception in 2006 WiTR (Women In Travel Retail) has raised over
€100,000 for charities globally. With a network now in excess of 500 industry
women and its charity-fund raising going from strength to strength, WiTR has
been registered as a formal entity with Companies House, UK, and will be
launching its own website in September.
“When we started this group ten years ago, we never for one minute thought it would grow to this size and have been responsible for changing so many lives through its fund raising,” says founder Sarah Branquinho. “It’s come to the point now where we really feel its necessary to put WiTR on a formal basis in order to enable us to expand WiTR to a wider audience and deliver a live forum for information, discussion, ideas and debate through the new website.”
In order to cover the running costs of the company and website, membership of WiTR will be based on an annual membership for a modest fee. “We’re very grateful to FILTR for putting the website together for us,” continues Sarah. “Before it goes live in September, we are inviting the current WiTR network to give us input via a survey link on the format and content of the website which will have a members-only section; we have a very enthusiastic networking group already and welcome feedback on the sort of information that women in travel retail would like to see included.
“It’s a really exciting time for WiTR and we’ll be making further announcements regarding the structure and officers in due course,” says Gerry Munday.
Further information will be available at the next WiTR meeting, taking place in Singapore on Monday May 8th at the TFWA Asia Pacific Bar immediately after the opening conference finishes.
“The classrooms funded by WiTR in 2016 are complete, and members who met during MEADFA voted unanimously to continue fund-raising to build further classrooms at the Sunrise Siem Reap Learning Centre in Cambodia in
“When we started this group ten years ago, we never for one minute thought it would grow to this size and have been responsible for changing so many lives through its fund raising,” says founder Sarah Branquinho. “It’s come to the point now where we really feel its necessary to put WiTR on a formal basis in order to enable us to expand WiTR to a wider audience and deliver a live forum for information, discussion, ideas and debate through the new website.”
In order to cover the running costs of the company and website, membership of WiTR will be based on an annual membership for a modest fee. “We’re very grateful to FILTR for putting the website together for us,” continues Sarah. “Before it goes live in September, we are inviting the current WiTR network to give us input via a survey link on the format and content of the website which will have a members-only section; we have a very enthusiastic networking group already and welcome feedback on the sort of information that women in travel retail would like to see included.
“It’s a really exciting time for WiTR and we’ll be making further announcements regarding the structure and officers in due course,” says Gerry Munday.
Further information will be available at the next WiTR meeting, taking place in Singapore on Monday May 8th at the TFWA Asia Pacific Bar immediately after the opening conference finishes.
“The classrooms funded by WiTR in 2016 are complete, and members who met during MEADFA voted unanimously to continue fund-raising to build further classrooms at the Sunrise Siem Reap Learning Centre in Cambodia in
2017; I’m delighted to say that founder Geraldine Cox will be attending to let
us know more about the work of Sunrise Cambodia,” says Gerry Munday.
About Geraldine Cox
Legendary Australian humanitarian and Mum to Many, Geraldine Cox AM, is
the founder of Sunrise Cambodia. She has personally impacted the lives of
hundreds of children in Cambodia who have gone on to work in banking,
management, agriculture, administration, social work, design, hospitality,
tourism and architecture.
About WiTR
Women in Travel (WITR) was established in 2006 as a forum for the women in the travel retail industry. It allows us a privileged medium to exchange experiences and ideas, and just as importantly to support people in need who we believe would benefit from our help. From year to year we help different groups or communities (from Haiti to India to Sichuan to Cambodia) to help themselves, with a strong focus on children.
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