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Now Accepting Founding Members

The next generation of travel leaders is already here.

You've proven yourself. Now let's build what comes next.

Future Travel Leaders is the professional community for travel, tourism, and hospitality professionals ready to step into leadership. On their terms. Through community, education, and civic development, FTL is closing the succession gap in our industry.

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You've earned your seat.
10+ years in travel, tourism, or hospitality. Senior manager, director, or beyond. Here as yourself — not as a representative of your employer.
The succession gap is yours to close.
Exceptional professionals are leaving this industry every year — not because they want to, but because the path forward doesn't exist. FTL is building it.
Individual membership. No exceptions.
Your profile, your network, your pathways — wherever you work. FTL is the only community in this industry built around you, not your job title.
The Problem We Exist to Solve

The succession gap is real.

Travel and tourism loses exceptional talent every year. Not because people leave the industry, but because leadership opportunities don't exist for them. Future Travel Leaders was built to change that.

FTL advances the careers of travel, tourism, and hospitality professionals through community, engagement, civic, and leadership development. That means peer networks, mentorship, professional programming, and pathways into political leadership for professionals who want to shape this industry's future.

FTL membership is on an individual basis. You represent you and your voice in the industry. The community around you is there to support you as an individual.

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I've been in this industry long enough to know what needs to change. I just haven't had the right room to do it in.
The FTL Member
What FTL Does

Travel needs leaders. FTL builds them.

Through community, education, civic engagement, and career development, FTL gives professionals the tools, networks, and pathways to step into leadership — on their own terms.

Community

A peer network of travel, tourism, and hospitality professionals who are here as individuals — not brand representatives. People who get it, because they're living it too.

Education

Programming built for where you are now — not where you started. Succession planning, executive development, and the skills that actually move careers forward.

Civic Leadership

FTL builds the political pipeline this industry has never had. If you want a seat at the table — locally, statewide, or nationally — this is where that path starts.

Career Pathways

Executive, entrepreneurial, or elected. FTL helps you define what leadership looks like for you and builds the pathway to get there.

Inclusion

FTL is open to all U.S. travel, tourism, and hospitality professionals — full stop. No demographic restrictions, no employer requirements, no sector silos. If you're ready to lead, there's a seat for you here.

Founding Membership

Be part of building this from the ground up.

Founding members shape what FTL becomes. You help define the programs, the priorities, and the culture of a community that will outlast all of us.

Founding membership is by application. Space is limited — and the founding rate is locked for life.

Founding Members Receive

  • Founding member status, locked for life
  • Full access to FTL community and programming
  • Direct input on FTL's early direction and priorities
  • Peer cohort access across travel, tourism, and hospitality sectors
  • Early access to civic and political leadership programming
  • A professional community that is yours — not your employer's
Applications reviewed on a rolling basis. We'll be in touch within a few business days.
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This is your room.

Founding membership in FTL is by application. We're looking for U.S.-based travel, tourism, and hospitality professionals who are ready to step into leadership and invest in a community built around them — not their employer.

Founding members lock in at $99/month for life. Tell us who you are, where you are in your career, and what you're looking for. We'll take it from there.

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Reach us at membership@futuretravelleaders.org