Full-day retreat
One full-day Accelerate experience at Hotel AKA Back Bay.
Focused · High-Energy · Rigorous
Accelerate Boston
A focused, professionally ambitious leadership experience for women in hospitality and travel—created for the pace, possibility, and influence of Boston.
The Boston Experience
Step out of the pace. Strengthen how you lead within it.
Accelerate Boston brings the depth of an Accelerate retreat into one concentrated day—combining thoughtful facilitation, rigorous leadership development, relevant industry conversation, and meaningful connection.
The experience is designed for capable women carrying real responsibility who want space to think differently, engage honestly, and return to their work with greater alignment, agency, and impact.
The day is focused. The work continues through two virtual Leadership Cohort sessions after the retreat.
What’s Included
One experience, designed as a connected whole.
Registration brings together the in-person Boston retreat and the follow-up cohort work that supports reflection and application after the day concludes.
Leadership sessions
Opening, plenary, and closing leadership sessions.
Industry conversation
A panel discussion integrated into lunch.
In-room cohorts
Facilitated Accelerate Leadership Cohort work during the retreat.
Two virtual cohorts
Two virtual follow-up Leadership Cohort sessions.
Shared hospitality
Breakfast refreshments, lunch, and a cocktail reception (cash bar).
Schedule
A full day with room to think, practice, and connect.
The schedule will be expanded as session titles, facilitators, speakers, and descriptions are confirmed.
Registration and Breakfast Refreshments
Opening Session: Clarify
Session details coming soon
Plenary Workshop
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Break
Plenary Workshop
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Lunch and Conversation (Panel Discussion)
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Accelerate Leadership Cohorts
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Break
Closing Session: Connect
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Cocktail Reception
Accelerate Leadership Cohorts
The conversation continues after Boston.
Cohort work begins during the retreat, giving participants a facilitated space to reflect, learn from one another, and connect leadership insight to real situations.
Registration also includes two virtual follow-up Accelerate Leadership Cohort sessions. These sessions create structured opportunities to reconnect and continue applying the work.
In-person Accelerate Leadership Cohort session
Virtual Accelerate Leadership Cohort session
Virtual Accelerate Leadership Cohort session
Registration
Reserve space for your next leadership move.
Choose the registration period that works for you. The registration link will be added when it becomes available.
- $329 Early registration
- $359 Regular registration
- $389 Late registration
- October 1, 2026 Early registration
- December 15, 2026 Regular registration
- January 15, 2027 Late registration
Registration is non-refundable but is transferable to another participant.
Registration includesOne full-day in-person retreat + two virtual follow-up Accelerate Leadership Cohort sessions
Also included: breakfast refreshments, lunch, and a cocktail reception (cash bar).
Registration form or external payment link
Register for Accelerate BostonHotel & Travel
Hotel AKA Back Bay
Boston, Massachusetts
Planning your stayAccelerate room block and booking details coming soon.
Room rate, booking deadline, booking link, and travel information will be shared here as they are confirmed.
Who It’s For
For women ready to lead with greater conviction.
Accelerate Boston is designed for women carrying meaningful responsibility across hospitality, travel, and tourism—especially those leading across corporate, brand, regional, or broader-scope environments. The experience remains open to women who want rigorous development grounded in the realities of their work.
Corporate & brand leaders
Women influencing strategy, culture, commercial performance, and enterprise or brand direction.
Property & regional leaders
Women leading close to the guest experience across teams, properties, regions, or markets.
Leaders in a defining moment
Women stepping into broader responsibility, navigating change, or considering what leadership move comes next.
FAQ
What to know before Boston.
Find practical information to help you plan your Accelerate Boston experience.
What is included with Accelerate Boston registration?
Registration includes the full-day in-person retreat on January 22, 2027, two virtual follow-up Accelerate Leadership Cohort sessions, breakfast refreshments, lunch, and a cocktail reception with a cash bar.
When and where is Accelerate Boston?
Accelerate Boston takes place January 22, 2027 at Hotel AKA Back Bay in Boston, Massachusetts.
How do the Accelerate Leadership Cohorts work?
Cohort work begins during the in-person retreat and continues through two virtual follow-up sessions included with registration. Follow-up dates will be announced.
Where can I find session and speaker details?
The schedule will be updated with session titles, facilitators or speakers, and brief descriptions as details are confirmed.
Where can I find hotel booking information?
Accelerate room block and booking details will be shared in the Hotel & Travel section as soon as they are confirmed.
Where can I find pricing, deadlines, and registration policies?
Current pricing, deadlines, and the registration transfer policy are listed in the Registration section above. The registration link will be added when it becomes available.
January 22, 2027 · Boston
Make your move in Boston.
Join a focused leadership experience designed to create space, strengthen conviction, and carry meaningful momentum forward.