WORK — AMY OGDEN

WE TRAVEL FORWARD

When COVID-19 hit, I wanted to bring travel together. I wanted to create a place to showcase the hotels, destinations and travel experiences we all love and create a solution. I teamed up with my friend Wade Breitzke, Co-Founder of WeCreate Media Group, and we got to work. Within a week, We Travel Forward was born. What started as a gorgeous site giving travelers an easy place to search and book special hotel offers is now turning into so much more. Stay tuned for the next adventure.

FUEL THE FRONTLINE

During COVID-19, I worried about my brother because he was an essential worker with a pre-existing lung condition and he couldn’t stay home and shelter in place. He also didn’t have the time or energy to wait in line at the grocery store, cook and prepare meals. This is why I partnered with my friend Erika Wasser, founder of Prospr, and created Fuel the Frontline. The concept was simple: those of us quarantined at home could go to FTF, donate a week’s worth of fresh made meals to an essential worker and our brand partners (amazing brands like Snap Kitchen, Provenance Meals, Fuel Meals and more) would deliver the meals straight to the front door of the frontline workers. In just six weeks, we donated more than 1,000 meals and care kits to more than 400 frontline workers.

#hirehospitality

When COVID-19 hit (are you sensing a trend here?), I worked in travel, hotels and hospitality and watching the loss of jobs in the industry was heartbreaking. Being the social creature I am, I hopped onto Instagram and searched the hashtag #hirehospitality. Surprisingly, it hadn’t been used once. My next call was to the team at Jitjatjo - a tech-forward hospitality staffing innovator. The team at Jitjatjo saw my vision and immediate jumped on it. Next thing we knew, we had a website, were making the rounds on podcasts, LinkedIn Live sessions, had a PR campaign and were creating incredible career opportunities for hospitality talent.

Tablet Hotels : Stay it Forward Campaign

Tablet Hotels + Sloan Kettering COVID-19 Swab Unit

Tablet Hotels wanted to “Stay it Forward” and partner with a hospital or team of frontline workers to gift hotel stays for much-deserved post-COVID vacations. I worked with Tablet Hotels to pair them with the Memorial Sloan Kettering COVID-19 Swab Unit in Manhattan. Tablet Hotels created the “Stay it Forward” campaign, raising nearly $15,000 and donating gift cards to the entire Swab Unit team.