Walgreen's Little Secret: Inclusion Pays (Shhh! It's Still a Secret.)

From mLive.com:

Several years ago, Walgreen's set out to employ more people with disabilities, driven by a company executive whose son had autism.

The new distribution center had a goal: people with physical or cognitive disabilities would form 30 percent of its work force.

One surprise was that ratio. The South Carolina site now has 42 percent of its workers with disabilities. And the second surprise? That warehouse is 20 percent more productive than its peers.

Source:

http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2009/05/message_to_employers_hiring_pe.html

And now that these productive members of society have regular incomes and solid stable employment will they choose your airline, hotel, resort, or cruise line when it is time for vacation -- or is your business strategy to leave their vacation money on the table for a competitor to pick up?

Case in point: When the pent-up demand for travel to Mexico hears the "all clear" signal after the current flu scare which part o the country will be there with a convincing Turismo para Todos message  of "Bienvenidos!"