One initiative launching this month that showcases and celebrates Black history, culture and community is the Soulful Epicurean itinerary from AmaWaterways. To delve deeper into this cruise and what it means for Black travelers, representation and river cruising in general, tours editor Nicole Edenedo invited on Jazzmine Douse, director of national accounts at AmaWaterways, and Jackie Williams, the founder of NuVibe Travel Experiences, who was instrumental in creating the itinerary.

This episode is part of our summer series featuring some of our most memorable recent episodes. This episode was originally published April 13 and has been edited for length and clarity.

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This episode is sponsored by ALG Vacations https://www.algvacations.com

Related reports 

AmaWaterways Soulful Epicurean cruise https://www.amawaterways.com/soulful-2023 

Black travel: inclusion in action https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Black-travel-Inclusion-in-action 

Black travel: Signs of progress https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Signs-of-progress 

AmaWaterways to bring Black heritage itinerary to Egypt https://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/AmaWaterways-Black-heritage-itinerary-in-Egypt 

Jackie Williams of NuVibe: https://nuvibeluxetravel.com/about/

One initiative launching this month that showcases and celebrates Black history, culture and community is the Soulful Epicurean itinerary from AmaWaterways. To delve deeper into this cruise and what it means for Black travelers, representation and river cruising in general, tours editor Nicole Edenedo invited on Jazzmine Douse, director of national accounts at AmaWaterways, and Jackie Williams, the founder of NuVibe Travel Experiences, who was instrumental in creating the itinerary.
This episode is part of our summer series featuring some of our most memorable recent episodes. This episode was originally published April 13 and has been edited for length and clarity.
Episode sponsor
This episode is sponsored by ALG Vacations <a href="https://www.algvacations.com">https://www.algvacations.com</a>
Related reports 
AmaWaterways Soulful Epicurean cruise <a href="https://www.amawaterways.com/soulful-2023">https://www.amawaterways.com/soulful-2023 </a>
Black travel: inclusion in action <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Black-travel-Inclusion-in-action">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Black-travel-Inclusion-in-action </a>
Black travel: Signs of progress <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Signs-of-progress">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Signs-of-progress </a>
AmaWaterways to bring Black heritage itinerary to Egypt <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/AmaWaterways-Black-heritage-itinerary-in-Egypt">https://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/AmaWaterways-Black-heritage-itinerary-in-Egypt </a>
Jackie Williams of NuVibe: <a href="https://nuvibeluxetravel.com/about/">https://nuvibeluxetravel.com/about/</a>

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Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week.&nbsp;
In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about. &nbsp;
You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do.&nbsp;
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