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Follow on Google News | Leading Homestay Organizations Partner to Build a Wider Global CommunityFostering Understanding and Friendship through Travel and Hospitality - (Atlanta, GA/Dublin, Ireland/4-2-15) - Homestay.com, and Friendship Force International, announce a bold partnership designed to transform global travel and hospitality.
By: Friendship Force International, Homestay.com Travelers who seek cultural immersion, personal connections or “insider experiences” “Our organizations share similar values about why and how people travel, and the cultural understanding they hope to gain by building personal, authentic connections. A homestay is central to this experience,” “We are delighted to partner with Friendship Force International, an organization with a long and esteemed history in advancing culturally immersive, people-centric travel experiences that foster understanding and change the way we see the world,” said Homestay.com CEO Alan Clarke. Homestay.com is extending a warm welcome to the Friendship Force community to be hosted and to sign up as hosts on Homestay.com; “People-to- Both Homestay.com and Friendship Force International were founded on the idea that by putting your feet under someone’s table, and by living like a local, you can truly see the world and its people in a new and more authentic way. “We look forward to working towards our shared goals together and welcoming members of Friendship Force International and Homestay.com into our collective communities,” About Friendship Force International: FFI conducts over 400 programs every year, in 390 communities in 70 countries. When you travel or host with the Friendship Force, you get to know real people by sharing real life. Since 1977 when founder Wayne Smith and US President Jimmy Carter introduced FFI at a White House gathering, 1 million people have participated in FFI's unique cultural exchange programs creating global cooperation and collaboration at the human level - beyond governments and borders - where people live, work, play and explore. FFI's efforts have been honored with a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 1992. www.friendshipforce.org. About Homestay.com: For more information, please contact: Jillian Walters, Friendship Force International, +1 404 965 4359, jwalters@thefriendshipforce.org, (mailto:jwalters@ Atlanta, Georgia, USA Claire Sweeney, Homestay.com, +353 1 6755210 (tel:%2B353% claire.sweeney@ Dublin, Ireland End
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