What FEMMES DU TOURISME does

Femmes du Tourisme is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded on March 8, 2005 and officially announced on November 10, 2005, that brings together experienced women working in the French tourism industry across public, private, and associative sectors. Its membership base of 127 professionals represents 105 companies across 27 activity sectors, and the association is structured around four operational poles (communication, events, development, and tutoring/mentoring) under a President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and General Secretary, with a ten-member elected Board of Directors. Core offerings include paid membership, an annual Trophée ceremony, the Observatoire de l'Égalité Femmes-Hommes dans le Tourisme (a research observatory built with IREST and ESPACES magazine), the TPS (Transmission Partage Solidarité) mentorship program, monthly networking conferences, a job board, a newsletter, and an "Entre Nous" peer-support hotline. Revenue is derived from membership dues and corporate sponsorships, with named patrons including Orchestra, ESSENTIEM, OR & CHANGE, XPLORASSUR, and DIGITRIPS, and institutional partners including CAT (Confédération des Acteurs du Tourisme), IFTM Top Resa, Next Tourisme, CEDIV, Welcome City Lab, and the Women's Forum for the Economy and Society.

The organization operates with a small permanent staff of approximately six people and no proprietary technology platform; it does not offer a software product, SaaS, or mobile application beyond its website and email newsletter. The association is singularly positioned as the only independent national body of its kind dedicated to women's leadership in the French tourism industry, and its strategic focus in 2024–2026 has shifted from a primarily Paris-centric membership association toward institutional partnerships, region-by-region expansion (first General Assembly held in Lyon in February 2025), and the production of scientific data on gender parity through the Observatory launched in 2025.

Name

FEMMES DU TOURISME

Legal name

Association Femmes du Tourisme

Website

https://femmesdutourisme.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Association Femmes du Tourisme is a French non-profit founded in 2005 that unites 127 women leaders across 27 tourism sectors, providing networking, mentorship, an annual award, and a national gender-equality Observatory.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: Association operates primarily through membership contributions from women professionals in tourism

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Femmes du Tourisme is an independent French professional association that unites experienced women across the tourism industry for networking, mentorship, and advocacy on gender equality. It delivers its value through membership programs, an annual awards ceremony (Trophée des Femmes du Tourisme), the Observatoire de l'Égalité Femmes-Hommes research observatory, networking events and conferences, the TPS mentorship/solidarity program, and a tourism-sector job board.

Product overview

Femmes du Tourisme is a professional association (not a technology company) founded in 2005 that brings together experienced women in the tourism industry. The organization operates as a membership-based association offering networking events, annual awards (Trophée), a gender equality research observatory, conferences, mentorship programs, job board services, and newsletter subscriptions. The association partners with industry events like IFTM Top Resa, Next Tourisme, and CEDIV to promote gender equality and women's leadership in tourism. The organization does not offer a software product, platform, or SaaS service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Femmes du Tourisme Membership
• Trophée des Femmes du Tourisme

Quantifiable outcome

• 150+ members representing diverse tourism sectors
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IFTM (RX France)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 June 2026Annual partnership renewed for IFTM Top Resa 2026. Association present at Village de l'Attractivité (stand X071A) to present actions, Observatory work, training programs, and development projects.
• CEDIV (Conveg'Tour)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 June 2026Partnership at CEDIV Travel 2026 congress aboard Club Med 2 cruise ship. 10 members of FdT participated in the 4-day convention themed 'Finding balance in a world out of balance'.
• Next TourismecoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 June 20265th consecutive year as partner of Next Tourisme conference dedicated to major tourism transformations. Held June 4, 2026 in Paris. Vice-President Sophie Baillot presented association to attendees.
• CAT (Confédération des Acteurs du Tourisme)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 December 2025Strategic partnership convention signed December 17, 2025, in favor of gender equality in the tourism industry. CAT is the confederation representing all tourism industry actors.
• OrchestracoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025First patron of the Equality Observatory initiative. ORCHESTRA is a reference travel tech actor in France with over 20 years of experience, providing digital platform solutions for tourism professionals.
• ESSENTIEMcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Fonds de dotation supporting the Observatory project. Helps projects of general interest materialize through private resources mobilization (donations, in-kind, skills).
• OR & CHANGEminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Patron supporting the Equality Observatory initiative
• XPLORASSURminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Patron supporting the Equality Observatory initiative
• DIGITRIPSminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Patron supporting the Equality Observatory initiative
• Women's Forum for the Economy and SocietyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded by Aude de Thuin, first global independent women's forum held annually in Deauville. Represents broader women's empowerment network.
• Welcome City LabminorStrategic or Co-development Partner1st global incubator dedicated to leisure and business tourism, supported by City of Paris and Ile-de-France region. Partnership to feminize startups and develop tutoring programs.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Catalyst: Global nonprofit providing research and advisory on advancing women in the workplace. Adjacent in the gender-equality research-and-data space; not a membership association, but comparable as an evidence-based influencer on gender parity in industries including hospitality and tourism.

Broad incumbents

• Lean In Foundation: Global nonprofit founded by Sheryl Sandberg focused on women's professional empowerment through community, education, and Circles. Comparable mission of supporting women's career advancement via community-led models, though broader in scope and significantly larger in scale.
• UN Women: United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and women's empowerment. Overlaps with FdT's Equality Observatory mandate at a global/policy level; much larger scale but comparable data-advocacy and gender-equality mission in tourism-relevant domains.
• International Women's Forum (IWF): Global membership organization of accomplished women leaders across industries and geographies. Comparable executive-level women's networking model with international reach; broader industry coverage but similar high-seniority membership profile and peer-support mission.
• Welcome City Lab: First global incubator dedicated to leisure and business tourism, supported by City of Paris and Île-de-France region — explicitly listed as a partner of Femmes du Tourisme. Comparable as a Paris-based tourism-industry platform; broader scope (innovation/incubation vs. professional women's network).

Direct peers

• PWN Global (Professional Women's Network): Global federation of professional women's networking chapters with a comparable membership-association model focused on career advancement, networking, and leadership for women in business. Directly comparable in mission, governance structure, and chapter-based scaling approach.
• Women's Forum for the Economy and Society: Global independent women's forum founded by Aude de Thuin — explicitly listed as a partner of Femmes du Tourisme. Closely aligned on women's leadership convening, with overlapping event formats and a similar focus on cross-sector female leadership.
• Women in Travel CIC: UK-based social enterprise supporting gender diversity across the travel industry through mentoring, events, and advocacy. Direct peer in the tourism-specific women's professional association category with overlapping programs (mentorship, awards, networking events).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/femmes-du-tourisme

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

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