WiTR+ Admin

WiTR+ Admin

Julie Lassaigne

Julie Lassaigne Introduction: Secretary General of ETRC in February 2019. In this role, Julie leads the organisation and represents ETRC both externally and towards its members. Julie Lassaigne became Secretary General of ETRC in February 2019. In this role, she…

Gerry Munday, Travel Retail Veteran

One of the travel retail industry’s most experienced and respected executives in the fashion & accessories sector over many years, former Furla Global Travel Retail Director and TFWA Board Member Gerry Munday is now semi-retired. That doesn’t mean this multi-lingual powerhouse is slowing down.

Caroline Buisson on Gender Equity and Women in Travel Retail

“By advocating gender equality, we can create a more equitable and diverse industry for future generations”. Caroline Buisson is Senior Global Account Manager at Brown-Forman and this quote from the interview that follows will resonate deeply within Travel Retail. The interview itself is wide ranging and covers Brown-Forman’s own employee resource group – GROW (Growing Real Opportunities for Women) – as well as the important role that WiTR+ provides.

2022 – The Hope Foundation

About the Hope Foundation Since 1999, The Hope Foundation is committed to ensure the protection of children living on the streets and slums of Kolkata, who are deprived of their basic human rights of Survival, Protection, Development, and Participation as…

2021 – ImpactHK

About ImpactHK During a WiTR zoom catch up in late 2021, we were joined by Jeff Rotmeyer, the founder of ImpactHK, WiTR’s charity for 2021. Jeff explained to those who joined how the team at ImpactHK work 365 days per…

2020 – ImpactHK

About ImpackHK ImpactHK has been selected as the 2020 project for Women in Travel Retail to support. ImpactHK was nominated by Erin Lillis of Lacoste. ImpactHK supports homeless women in Hong Kong where females on the streets, as in many other…

2019 – Friends-International, Siem Reap, Cambodia

About Friends-International In 2019, Women in Travel Retail has chosen to support Friends-International, raising money for its Beauty Vocational Training and Education Support in Siem Reap. Friends-International is an award-winning international social enterprise that has been operating since 1994. 25…

2018 – Help for Haiti’s children

About Help for Haiti’s children In its first year as a fully-fledged membership organisation for women in the travel retail industry, Women in Travel Retail (WiTR) has chosen to support Hand in Hand for Haiti in 2018 by raising a…