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in depth interview with Event Manager Blog
“If you think about the events industry, you can see how it can intersect with forced labor, from the infrastructure that’s built to the products that are used.”
Skift interview hotels & human trafficking
"As someone who has worked on the issue for a decade, Guelbart senses that the current reckoning with the world’s power imbalances has brought new, much-needed spotlight on this issue. That’s something that needs to continue.”
PCMA Foundation Visionary Awards Finalist
The PCMA Foundation Visionary Awards honors the exceptional stars in the business events industry. Guelbart was named a finalist for the Advocate of the Year category.
NAMED IN BizBash Top 1000 LIST
"It was our mission to celebrate the best of the best in a diverse and growing industry, while offering a compilation of people to connect with for ideas, inspiration, or guidance for your future events.” Guelbart was named in the list for her work in Social Responsibility & Sustainability.
Smart Meetings quote
"Michelle Guelbart noted that the hospitality industry has both a responsibility and an opportunity to address commercial sexual exploitation of children.”
interview for hotelier magazine
"Still, says Guelbart, there’s reason to be encouraged by the current scene. At the brand level, most major hotels now have policies on human trafficking and are offering training. What’s next? The trickle-down to the franchise and property level. “This is very exciting. When that happens, they’ll be the biggest groundswell of engagement.”"
Video interview by nbc4’s Susan Hogan
“This training is extremely urgent,” said Michelle Guelbart. This is the most important industry to train on this issue, period.”
NAMED Top 25 Influencer
"Michelle Guelbart has taken the cause directly to the front lines of the meetings industry." Guelbart was named in the list as a Champions of Good: Helping to change the world through our industry.
COVERAGE IN HOTEL BUSINESS
“We know that the hospitality industry is eager to help fight human trafficking, but the many different state laws makes that complicated. Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for every company in the hospitality industry to comply with the growing number of state laws by giving them one place to find out what is required in each state and to find the materials they need.”
Northstar meetings group podcast
"Eventful tackles a topic of growing importance to the events industry. Anywhere from 30 million to 40 million people in the world today are estimated to be victims of human trafficking, held against their will for forced labor or sexual exploitation. Many of them are children."
Podcast Recording with The Company Dime
Jay Campbell from The Company Dime interviews Michelle about how the meetings industry can combat human trafficking.