PARSIPPANY, N.J., April 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognized
for the recruitment, professional development, and inclusive
environment provided to all associates, guests and customers,
Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN), one of the world's largest
hospitality companies, was named one of the DiversityInc Top 50
Companies for Diversity. This marks the third consecutive year
Wyndham Worldwide has been in the Top 50.
"With over 34,000 associates serving millions of customers
across six continents, our commitment to maintaining strong
diversity in perspective, talent, and background keeps Wyndham
Worldwide an exceptional hospitality provider, a successful
company, and a great place to work," said Stephen P. Holmes, chairman and CEO,
Wyndham Worldwide. "For us diversity
isn't a program, it's simply how we do business."
Wyndham Worldwide remains committed on growing its businesses
globally, with a focus on its performance and people in the
communities where it operates. Believing diversity enriches the
organization as a global hospitality provider; Wyndham Worldwide is
dedicated to providing opportunity, education, resources,
leadership and a voice for every individual, so that the Company
can best deliver memorable experiences to its customers.
Highlights of the Company's Diversity and Inclusion key
initiatives include:
- A host of Associate Business Groups designed for employees to
engage in the business expansion process, networking, personal and
professional development and affiliation with colleagues across the
Company that share common interests and experiences. Most recently,
the Company introduced its newest group, NEXT, which works to
foster an environment that encourages knowledge sharing and
increased productivity while creating meaningful relationships, and
driving business through initiatives that further the understanding
of the varying needs of each generation to produce better services
and products.
- Professional development and mentorship offerings for the
entire workforce, including women, which represent almost 55
percent of the Company's total U.S. workforce and 38 percent of all
director-level and above positions.
- Programs designed to increase and leverage diversity in the
hospitality industry through ownership and the customer's
experience. For example, Hoseasons, one of Wyndham Exchange &
Rentals brands, recently announced it will launch a campaign
appealing to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
holidaymakers.
- Partnering with Springboard Consulting to complete a
comprehensive corporate disability assessment and gap analysis,
supporting a strategic plan that aligns with the Company's existing
community outreach, as well as recruitment and employment of people
with disabilities.
- Developing a national scholarship program for the 2015/2016
school year to formalize the Company's existing support of minority
and economically disadvantaged students, while continuing support
of local schools in communities where it operates.
DiversityInc also announced a number of Specialty Lists. Wyndham
Worldwide was named as one of the top 10 companies for Supplier
Diversity (#4), Global Diversity (#6) and Diversity Councils (#7).
This marks the first time the Company was named to three Specialty
Lists.
Wyndham Worldwide has also been named a Top 50 Company
for Latinas by LATINA Style, recognized by the Human
Rights Campaign as one of the "Best Places to Work for Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Equality" and by the
Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility. Additionally, the
Company maintains strong partnerships with organizations such
as the National Diversity Council, Hispanic Association on
Corporate Responsibility, National Society of Hispanic MBAs and
National Association of Black, Hispanic, Asian and Women MBAs.
"Maintaining an inclusive environment where every person feels
able to contribute and deliver their best performance, provides us
with a rich foundation of perspectives and experiences that benefit
our company, our customers, and our communities," said Patricia Lee, senior vice president, human
resources and chief diversity officer, Wyndham Worldwide. "This is
made possible every day by the behaviors, decisions, and actions of
our leaders and associates who embrace our Company's core values
and work to enhance the supportive culture that we have."
Wyndham Worldwide has worked to integrate its associates,
business and communities in all that it does, with a strategic
focus on the environment and sustainability, diversity and
inclusion, community support and responsiveness, and human rights
and ethics. In the years since its introduction on the NYSE in
2006, the Company has continued to demonstrate its leadership in
being a responsible corporate citizen.
DiversityInc, the leading publication on diversity and business,
annually recognizes companies that exemplify meaningful diversity
management through their corporate practice. The DiversityInc Top
50 list includes companies from a wide range of industries whose
leadership, procurement practices, communications and associate
engagement best reflect the reality of the rapidly changing face of
today's dynamic workforce.
About Wyndham Worldwide
One of the world's largest
hospitality companies, Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN) provides a
wide range of hospitality services and products through its global
portfolio of world-renowned brands. The world's largest hotel
company based on the number of properties, Wyndham Hotel Group is
home to many of the world's best-known hotel brands, with over
7,600 franchised hotels and approximately 661,000 hotel rooms
worldwide. Wyndham Exchange & Rentals is the worldwide leader
in vacation exchange and the world's largest professional manager
of vacation rentals, providing more than 5 million leisure-bound
families annually with access to over 107,000 vacation properties
in over 100 countries through its prominent exchange and vacation
rental brands. The industry and timeshare ownership market leader,
Wyndham Vacation Ownership develops, markets, and sells vacation
ownership interests and provides consumer financing to owners
through its network of over 200 vacation ownership resorts serving
approximately 904,000 owners throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the South Pacific. Based in
Parsippany, NJ, Wyndham Worldwide
employs over 34,000 associates globally.
For more information, please visit www.wyndhamworldwide.com.
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