ʻOi aku ka "hoʻokipa hoʻokipa" ma mua o ke ʻano - he mantra ia no nā mea he nui i ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa, a ke alakaʻi nei ʻo Baltimore i kāna mau hōkele, nā mea hoʻokipa, a me nā wahi meaʻai.

For example, Hotel Revival, opened in 2018, is pushing boundaries in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood, using tourism to uplift local businesses and voices in unique ways. Coining and embodying the term, “Impact hospitality” at its best, Hotel Revival provides a modern model of thinking that many in the industry would do well to adopt lead by trailblazer, Donte Johnson.

It all started with a simple mission: Make Lives Better. Looking beyond the pandemic, however, this mission has only become more important at Hotel Revival, a boutique property that’s part of JDV by Hyatt Hotels. Along with the Georgetown Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation, the hotel began its social impact programs in 2020. It even hired its first Director of Culture & Impact, Jason Bass. By focusing on small local businesses and entrepreneurs, the hotel is creating opportunities for the local community to thrive alongside the hospitality industry.

The effects have been visible. The hotel partnered with local minority-owned businesses including Black and women-owned Lor Tush to provide bamboo toilet paper, and Black-owned Black Acres Roastery to provide in-room coffee. Its popular Zero Proof Zero Judgment menu at the hotel’s bar showcases how Hotel Revival’s team is thinking outside the box to make sure everyone can benefit from what happens within its walls.

ʻO kēia nā alapiʻi a pau i ka Visit Baltimore's President and CEO Al Hutchinson's strategy and greater approach to make the city of Baltimore through the Visit Baltimore more fair and inclusive ma o nā hana e like me ka Warm Welcome Program.

Ma waena o Baltimore, aia nā hiʻohiʻona like ma nā wahi āpau a ma o ke kipa ʻana, hiki i nā huakaʻi ke komo i ka hopena nui o ka hoʻokipa ma Charm City.

Ke ʻimi nei ka luna hou o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Kiʻi ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo Jenenne Whitfield, e hoʻomau i ka hana a ka hale hōʻikeʻike i ka hāpai ʻana i ka hoʻopono a me ka hoʻohui ʻana ma o kāna mau hōʻikeʻike. Ma ka hana ʻana i kahi hōʻikeʻike o nā mea hana kiʻi aʻo ponoʻī, ua hoʻohālikelike kēia hale hōʻikeʻike aupuni i ke kahua pāʻani a hāʻawi i kahi leo i nā leo kūʻokoʻa a i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma ʻAmelika.

ʻOiai ma ka hale ʻai ʻo Baltimore, ma ka hale kūʻai hou ʻo Lexington Market, ke ʻimi nei nā mea kūʻai aku e hele ma mua o ka hoʻōla ʻana i ka pōloli o ka poʻe, e hōʻike ana i nā ʻoihana kūloko e nā ʻoihana ʻeleʻele. ʻO Tossed Together, no ka laʻana, hāʻawi i nā huahana hou a me nā smoothies a ua wehe ʻia i kēia manawa ma ka mākeke Lexington hou. Ke ʻimi nei ka mea nona ʻo Tselane-Danielle Holloway e hoʻolilo i ka ʻai olakino i hiki i ke kaiāulu kūloko.

It doesn’t stop at food. Also in the market, Black-owned Urban Reads features books primarily by Black authors as well as prisoners, expanding owner Tia Hamilton’s groundbreaking community bookstore at Lexington Market.

ʻO nā alakaʻi kūloko ma hope o kēia mau mea hoihoi e ʻōlelo mau nei "ʻae" i nā manaʻo hou e pono ai nā kaiāulu a puni lākou. ʻOiai he nui ka poʻe o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi e hakakā nei e ʻimi i nā ala e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ko lākou kaiāulu kūloko ma o kā lākou ʻoihana, ke alakaʻi nei nā ʻoihana Baltimore kūloko ma o ka laʻana.