Enabling Success in the Business of Accessible Travel

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Our global clients see lasting improvements in their capabilities and performance. By leveraging technology, we help them discover new growth opportunities, drive innovation towards net zero, and develop organizational skills. We prioritize accessibility and inclusivity, ensuring our solutions benefit everyone and foster an inclusive environment, creating a profound impact beyond financial and operational gains. Here’s how we do it.

The Sage System

Accessibility Training

Tailored training for hotels, travel agencies, attractions, ship staff, and more. This includes Accessibility Awareness Training, Role-Specific trainings, and the Sage Accessibility Leadership Workshop for executives, led by John Sage.

Accessibility Assessment

Detailed and thorough assessments for both the built environment and digital platforms. These assessments result in detailed reports based on legal standards, more than 200,000 hours of accessible trip planning experience, and Sage Best Practices.

Accessibility Certification

Covers five disability types and awards certificates and badges that reflect the level of accessibility achieved.

Accessibility Marketing

We craft marketing content and design targeted campaigns that authentically reach and engage travelers with disabilities, strengthening your brand’s reputation for accessibility and inclusion.

Accessibility Consulting

Delivers an Accessibility Master Plan that defines key focus areas, a prioritized action plan, and a management system with KPIs to monitor and drive continuous progress.

About Accessible Travel Solutions

John Sage, CEO of Accessible Travel Solutions, is a global leader in helping travel associations and their members to improve accessibility and inclusivity for the 20% of the population with a disability. He is the only accessible travel CEO member of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) where he was the primary author of WTTC’s Inclusive and Accessible Travel Guidelines. Mr. Sage is currently serving on the US Travel and Tourism Advisory Board where he advises the US Secretary of Commerce. Other travel associations who have leaned on his expertise include the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), Airports Council International (ACI), and Global Business Travel Association (GBTA).

Mr. Sage’s experience includes 22 years personally traveling with his manual wheelchair, founding 3 accessible travel companies, managing a team who has spent 200,000 hours on accessible trip planning, and 13 years of industry-leading marketing to travelers with disabilities. He and his team thoroughly understand what disabled travelers need and have incorporated 3 international accessible travel standards and 5 national accessibility requirements for people from all four disability groups (mobility, vision, hearing, and cognitive). He is one of the few people in the travel industry to have achieved IAAP’s Certified Accessibility Professional designation.