Firstly, Happy New Year! We hope you rested and feel re-energised for 2026. Last year, one message came through clearly from employee feedback and HR conversations across the travel sector over 2025: People don’t want more initiatives. 💖 They want to feel part of something and to see progress. 💖 They want to feel happy at work. 💖 They want to feel proud to belong to a company that genuinely values them. The strongest workplace cultures weren’t built by chasing trends or surface-level...

Workplace culture washing is where an organisation claims to have strong and positive culture, yet the reality is far from the truth.

With high levels of burnout and its impact on mental health, its crucial for leaders to take action to support their employees.