Alignment
Lead in a way that is grounded in what matters.
“The retreat gave me space and time to reflect…”— Participant survey response
For capable women carrying responsibility
Lead with conviction.
Accelerate creates transformative leadership experiences for women in hospitality and travel who are ready to move from leading under pressure to leading with courageous intention.
The Accelerate Woman
You are a capable woman, carrying responsibility. And you are ready to lead boldly.
Hospitality and travel is a complex, high-paced, in-the-moment industry. You may be the person who gets it done, keeps the peace, solves the problem, protects the guest experience, and absorbs the pressure. Accelerate gives you space to stop reacting, reconnect with what matters, and choose how you want to lead next.
I’m confident in my abilities, I just can’t yet see with clarity what my next move is.
I want to trust myself when the stakes are high.
I’m done shrinking to make everyone else comfortable.
I’m ready to step into bigger rooms with bigger decisions.
I want to lead in a way that feels like me.
I want to stop confusing over-functioning with leadership.
What Accelerate creates
Lead from what matters. Trust yourself to act. Create impact that extends beyond you.
Accelerate strengthens alignment, agency, and impact—the interconnected outcomes women carry back into their decisions, relationships, teams, and organizations.
Agency
Choose, speak, and act with more trust in yourself.
“I learned that I have the power of choice. If you don’t have a seat at the table, build your own.”— Participant survey response
Impact
Bring stronger leadership into your role, team, and organization.
“I left with the feeling that the skills and topics we learned… I could implement them tomorrow.”— Participant survey response
The Accelerate promise
A trusted environment that gives you space, relatability and tangible application to move forward.
Through facilitated reflection, meaningful connection, and applied learning, Accelerate creates the conditions for capable women to return to their leadership with new insights and steadiness.
“Accelerate has challenged me to think differently and lead more intentionally.” — Janine Vellucci, four-time Accelerate participant
Retreats & Events
Choose the leadership environment that meets your moment.
More than inspiration. Accelerate creates the conditions for insight to become action. From the immersive flagship retreat to a focused Boston gathering, women step out of the daily noise, practice leadership, and return with renewed conviction and practical next steps.
Immersive • Reflective • Restorative
Accelerate Flagship Retreat
Our signature two-day retreat gives women leaders space to pause, reconnect, grow, and return with stronger leadership identity, trusted relationships, and practical next steps.
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Elevated • Energizing • Executive-Oriented
Accelerate Boston
A one-day leadership gathering for women ready to expand influence, deepen agency, and lead at the next level with stronger voice, presence, and influence.
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What participants experience
Impact by design.
Five key pillars create a curated retreat environment. Reflection becomes practice, conversation becomes insight, and insight becomes action.
AwarenessRecognize the patterns, pressures, and possibilities shaping how you lead.
ReflectionCreate space to examine what matters, what is working, and what needs to change.
InsightTurn reflection and conversation into a clearer understanding of yourself and your leadership.
ApplicationPractice new language, decisions, and behaviors that translate into real-world leadership.
CommunityLearn alongside women who bring relatability, perspective, challenge, and support.
98%Would recommend Accelerate
94%Rated the retreat highly
94%Valued the relationships built
9.4/10Average retreat rating
Value for organizations
Invest in the women shaping guest experience, team culture, and future leadership.
For companies, Accelerate turns leadership growth into stronger communication, readiness, retention, culture, and business impact.
- Supports retention and leadership readiness
- Strengthens communication and culture
- Builds practical leadership language
- Connects personal growth to organizational impact
Trusted relationships
Trusted relationships that grow beyond the room.
Through pre-event meetups, leadership cohorts, intentional table design, and alumnae relationships, participants build peer support with women who understand the realities of hospitality leadership.
“Participating in Accelerate reminded me that I am not alone and we have an amazing community to lean on.”
Expand what is possible
Your growth is limitless.
Beyond retreats, Accelerate supports women through coaching, workshops, facilitation, cohorts, and organizational leadership development rooted in real-world hospitality leadership.
CoachingWorkshops & FacilitationSpeakingOrganizational Partnerships
Sponsors & Partners
Partner with the women shaping the future of hospitality and travel leadership.
Accelerate partners with brands and organizations that value authentic engagement, audience relevance, long-term relationship-building, and meaningful investment in women’s leadership.
Build TrustShow up inside a community designed around reflection, conversation, and credibility.
Build RelationshipsConnect with women leaders in an environment that moves beyond surface networking.
Share ExpertiseContribute tools, resources, insights, and ideas that support real leadership growth.
Strengthen Your BrandAlign with a thoughtful, professionally rigorous leadership platform.
Shape the FutureInvest in leaders who influence teams, companies, guest experiences, and communities.
Insights
Ideas on leadership and women in hospitality and travel.
Explore reflections, resources, and conversations on real-world leadership, values-led decision-making, the work of leading with greater conviction and more.
Read InsightsMake your move
Lead on your terms.
Step into a leadership environment designed for capable women who are ready to move from pressure toward conviction.