Women We Watch in Tourism
Women We Watch is the first global podcast featuring women leaders in Tourism and Hospitality business and their achievements in entrepreneurship, gender equality, innovation, crisis management and so much more. Each episode presents the professional journeys of these women leaders, their business models, experiences, leadership qualities and practical transferable strategies for listeners.
The podcast features a diverse range of women leaders who are movers and shakers, across age groups, geographical regions and sectors within the industry who will share sharp, unfiltered insights and unconventional wisdom. Besides their professional and entrepreneurial journeys, these changemakers will share their human journey — with all its failures and setbacks.
The show prides itself on being the ideal platform for women in tourism to seek inspiration, knowledge and to transform their potentials.
Women We Watch is jointly hosted by World Women Tourism and Flapper Life– the leading community for women in travel and tourism.
This week’s special guest is Jean Winter, the founder of Jean's Private Kitchen and the CEO of Touch Consultancy, UAE’s 1st Disability Inclusion Consultancy.
Jean’s Private Kitchen is Geneva’s first underground dining concept which is now successfully working in France, Hamburg, Singapore, and Dubai. As a celebrity chef, she now hosts VVIPS, government officials, and royalties, purely based on word of mouth. Jean is also a food consultant to the Singapore Embassy & Consulate UAE and other international organizations. She played an integral part at the Singapore Pavilion, Expo Dubai, recreating the Singapore hawker experience.
Her firm, Touch Consultancy, is an inclusive platform that represents people of determination. Based on three distinct pillars of representation, growth, and community outreach, the company promotes stories of people of determination in a way that respectfully educates society about disability. As an angel investor and venture capitalist, Jean has supported many women-led businesses affected by the economic downturn.
Listen to her story as she shares her thoughts on venture capitalism and the challenges women face in the VC system!