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Helping clear the air around digital accessibility and website compliance concerns and uncertainty
As concern and uncertainty grow around digital accessibility and website compliance among a broad range of businesses and particularly among hoteliers, we were pleased in September to help clear the air at a seminar conducted by one of New York City’s leading legal firms in hospitality.
... read moreWe’ve Been Busy: A Roundup
Peter Slatin delivers a keynote at Access U.
Real change is happening in accessible travel, and the Slatin Group is proud to be at the forefront of an ever-growing group of advocates, nonprofit organizations and businesses working worldwide toward inclusive travel that is accessible for all.
... read moreA Panel on Accessible Design – with Panelists with Disabilities
SPEAKER SERIES
GOOD TROUBLE:
CREATIVITY + COLLABORATION
AlA Brooklyn and City Tech present “Good Trouble: Creativity + Collaboration” a 2023 Speaker Series featuring architects, academics and change makers considering solutions to some of the most pressing problems in the built environment. The AlA Framework for Design Excellence serves as an anchor and a springboard to explore sustainability, inclusivity and resilience in our borough, our city, and beyond.
An Evening Focused on Disability Rights Hosted By The Lighthouse Guild
Thanks to the good folks at Lighthouse Guild for putting this recording of my October 17 conversation with noted disability justice advocate Haben Girma on their website. This brilliant woman has so much to say and does so with profound insight, joyful but pointed wit and bold, precise language. It’s so much fun to listen to her that you may not realize how much you are learning.
... read moreWhole Lotte Love
Adding another iconic Manhattan five-star hotel to our roster of terrific clients, Slatin Group held a roundtable discussion and Elements of Service workshops for leaders and staff at the Lotte New York Palace in mid-August.
... read moreOur Latest – We’ve Been Busy!
Lakshmee Lachhman-Persad (left), Peter Slatin (right) and Peter's guide dog Inga at the Summit One Vanderbilt.
Last August in partnership with Lakshmee Lachhman-Persad of Accessible Travel NYC, we introduced the Accessibility Blueprint. This unique program is dedicated to helping Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs) and also other types of organizations learn how to build a path to accessible travel throughout their location while also building disability inclusion and accessibility from within.
... read moreAccessible NYC Streets Are Possible
This transformation is utopian only if the city’s incoming leaders surrender to inertia.
... read moreNYC & Company Talks: ADA 31
Coming Wednesday, August 11, 2021 / 10–11:00am ET — our 4th NYC & Company Talks panel: “ADA 31 Celebrate. Learn. Share.” We’ll be streaming live from Contento, the hot new fully accessible restaurant in East Harlem. The panel includes Contento co-founder and Master Sommelier Yannick Benjamin and MOPD Commissioner Victor Calise, along with Accessible Travel NYC Founder (and Slatin Group friend) Lakshmee Lachhman. Register now to celebrate accessible favorites, learn what lies ahead and share great stories.
... read moreElements of Service and Slatin Media Group Featured in Resy
A feature on our Elements of Service e-learning course kicks off a series of articles on improving accessibility in the Resy blog, hosted by the restaurant-management service owned by American Express.
... read moreI Got the COVID-19 Vaccine But Don’t Feel Like Celebrating
Being grateful hasn’t stopped me from having conflicting thoughts about it
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