Jacqueline Kuehnel

Jacqueline joined the Canadian travel industry in 1980 and her extensive experience encompasses all aspects of strategic planning, development and operations of outbound leisure travel. Until 2004, she was Vice President of Product at Signature Vacations, Canada, where she worked for 15 years.

In 2005, Jacqueline established JK Consulting Enterprises where she consults to businesses on climate change, corporate social responsibility and sustainable development. She has associate agreements with organizations like The CarbonNeutral Company, Canadian Business for Social Responsibility, InterVISTAS, Vox International and the Caribbean Tourism Organization. In addition, she has lectured and published research on tourism and CSR for the Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Ryerson University.

Jacqueline has programmed the Responsible Travel and Tourism™ Forum for Baxter Travel Media since its inception in 2007. Her 25 years of travel experience and knowledge of sustainability has helped to develop content that reflects emerging global trends in corporate social responsibility in the travel industry as well as other sectors.