2025 Speakers

Discover the speakers at Black Travel Summit 2025. Hear from industry leaders shaping the future of travel.

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  • Jason Harvey
  • EVP and General Manager of BET+
Kellee Edwards
  • Kellee Edwards
  • Award-winning Adventure Travel Expert & Pilot
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  • Ashley Company
  • Founder and CEO of Jelani Travel
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  • Malik Yoba
  • CEO, Yoba Development
  • Eileen Ivette
  • Award-winning Video Producer
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  • Alexa Moore
  • Award-winning Travel Creator & Writer
  • Tenille Clarke
  • Publicist & Storyteller
Rondel Holder
  • Rondel Holder
  • Multidisciplinary Creative Director | SVP, Content + Diversity at NYC Tourism
  • Florian Valmy-Devillers
  • Business Development Director, Caribbean Tourism Organisation Chapter UK & Europe and CEO of FVD International
KJ Kearney
  • KJ Kearney
  • Community Organizer
  • Barry Collymore
  • Chairman Mount Cinnamon Resort & Co Founder West Indies School of Hospitality
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  • Angelica Espiritu
  • Co-owner, Hotel Sages
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  • Savina Briggs
  • Co-owner, Hotel Sages
S. Lovey Parker
  • S. Lovey Parker
  • Executive Director & Founder, Black Hoteliers & Investors Association (BH&IA)
  • Afro-Brazilian Content Creator
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Dana Michelle Maule
  • Dana Maule
  • Moncrief Springs, Executive Producer & Founder of Northside Pride of Jacksonville
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  • Gai Spann
  • Founder & Travel Artist, SPANNing the Globe Tours
  • Jennifer Tosch
  • Cultural Historian & Edupreneur
Carrington M. Carter
  • Carrington M. Carter
  • Co-founder & General Partner, East Chop Capital Co-founder & Managing Partner, Getaway Society
Esosa Osagiede
  • Esosa Osagiede
  • Award-Winning Creative Director
Beatrice Alleyne
  • Beatrice Alleyne
  • Content Creator and Drone Pilot
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  • Chew
  • Travel Content Creator
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  • Isabella Vargas
  • Traveller XP Founder & CEO
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  • Alexander Rocha
  • Founder of Experience Real Cartagena
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  • Meryanne Loum-Martin
  • Hotel owner and Developer
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  • Bia Lopes Maria
  • Head of Creation at W3Haus
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  • Thiago Costa
  • Art Director at iFood
Michele Bondanelli
  • Michele Bondanelli
  • Head of Leisure Sales, Hyatt Hotels Corp.
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  • Shawn Paynemiller
  • Vice President of Hotel Finance, Hyatt Hotels Corp
Devin Griffith
  • Devin Griffith
  • Global Head of Asset Management, Hyatt
  • Sindé CHEKETE
  • CEO of Benin Tourism
  • Tenisha Brown-Williams
  • Senior Tourism Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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  • Tania Neres Do Santos
  • Coordinator of Diversity, Afrotourism and Indigenous Peoples, Embratur
  • Kaylia Harrison
  • Director of Sales and Marketing, Hyatt Inclusive Collection
  • Rodrigo Balbino
  • Account Manager, ACCOR and JO&JOE Rio de Janeiro
  • Sophia Costa
  • Storytelling & Travel Content Specialist