Saturday, March 18, 2023

Learn About The Mom, Dad, and Two Kids Providing Black Families With 6 and 7-Star Luxury Travel Experiences

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THE MOM, DAD, AND TWO KIDS PROVIDING BLACK FAMILIES WITH 6 AND 7-STAR LUXURY TRAVEL EXPERIENCES


Glenn and Amanda Goring and their two daughters, Brooklyn and Lexington, are the owners/operators of a successful luxury travel business called In-Style Travel. Mom and Dad book the accommodations, curate travel itineraries, and serve as travel concierges for the luxury travel packages offered.

Meanwhile, the two daughters serve as travel influencers and video bloggers for their company’s YouTube channel, LittleMissTravelers. Together, this family travels in style and aims to show the world that luxury travel can be a wonderful experience for everyone including Black families with small children.

Checkout The In-Style Travel Trailer Commercial

Both licensed pharmacists, Amanda from New York and Glenn, originally from Canada, met while attending the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. The couple has been married for 13 years.

They were travel enthusiasts and enjoyed traveling together before becoming parents. To their dismay, the travel agent they first encountered after their first daughter, Brooklyn, was born tried to discourage them from traveling with their two-month-old baby. The travel agent immediately informed them of the services the resort would not provide to accommodate the new parents.  Undeterred, the couple took it upon themselves to plan their itinerary and enjoyed a life-changing travel experience.

When thinking of all the other Black parents who may have been similarly discouraged, Glenn and Amanda became inspired to officially launch In-Style Travel to curate luxurious travel packages intended specifically for Black families, looking to enjoy international and domestic travel with children of all ages.

Friday, March 17, 2023

Kemah Duopu's Vegan Nail Polish Brand "Harmon Polish" Wins Pitch Competition

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FOUNDER OF BLACK-OWNED VEGAN NAIL POLISH BRAND WINS PITCH COMPETITION

Kemah Duopu, is the Founder and CEO at Harmon Polish.  She is celebrating having won $5,000 at the Heaven Center Pitch Competition at Awakening Trade & Conference held in Plano, Texas. The Awakening Africa Hub, a one-stop-shop resource for helping today’s entrepreneurs build tomorrow.

The Expo provides an opportunity to strengthen business and economic relationships among business people operating in Africa, America and the rest of the world, thereby creating shared prosperity, mutual trust and collective incentives for the public and private partnerships leading to the development of prosperous and sustainable economic initiatives between the US and Africa. The event included 25+ speakers, 70+ exhibitors, 10+ workshops, and entertainment representing more than 50 countries. It offered valuable opportunities to learn about the latest in trade, investment, and market trends.

The Heaven Center Pitch Competition featured five finalists with an opportunity to win $5,000 to a minority entrepreneur. The competition was for minority entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas and build strong networks with ambitious and passionate individuals and mentors. Their goal is to encourage and support entrepreneurship in the African American community by offering competitions where entrepreneurs can receive constructive feedback from experienced venture capitalists and established CEOs.

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Black Mom Now Wows Fans, Officially as Pop Star Vallyre

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BLACK MOM NOW WOWS FANS, OFFICIALLY AS POP STAR VALLYRE

The global pandemic has led many to consider creative endeavors, reevaluate their passions, and find new and different revenue sources. Valerie is a hardworking single mom of twin nine-year-old boys who has loved singing since she was a child. She is a singer-songwriter and has recently rebranded herself as a performing pop star. As Vallyre, she has released several singles, “COLDCHILL,” “BREAKOUT,” “BLOODSWEAT,” “DYNAMITE,” among others. Her music is now available for purchase on nearly all streaming platforms, including Soundcloud and Spotify. And as of January 2023, she celebrates the acceptance of her trademark application.

Vallyre grew up in the inner-city of Boston, MA and took singing lessons at the acclaimed TrueVoice NYC Academy. Later, after achieving her Associate’s degree, she began songwriting, investing in her talent and taking voice lessons at Iron Work Studios. During this time, Vallyre learned she would soon be a mom and became more intentional about participating in open-mic events. “Folks tend to let go of their dreams once they have children. For me, it was quite the opposite, says Vallyre. “Becoming a parent inspired me to push things into first gear and get started.”

Starting and stopping her pursuits for roughly ten years, Vallyre considered music a hobby, while her brother, Will, was actively performing as a rap artist and well-known throughout their area. “My brother used to do shows in the area all the time. When he passed away, that inspired me to do everything I can to keep striving,” says Vallyre. Upon his untimely death in 2018, she put more concerted effort behind her singing, songwriting, and live performances and branded herself as an independent music artist. From earnings as an Institutional Safety Officer, this mom of two paid for photo shoots, launched her website, fully funded her projects, and produced a music video. And she did it all on her own. To date, her music has over 25,000 streams on Soundcloud. Her music video for “BLOODSWEAT,” though 45 seconds long, now has over 195,000 views.

Vallyre has a fascination for George Michael’s catchy melodies, heartfelt lyrics, and warm vocals. Her musical inspirations are the producer team, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, while her style is an eclectic mix of Pop, Dance Music, R&B, and Techno/Electronica. Collaborating with multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated producer Art Shweky, Vallyre released her first EP, ‘EXPLOSION,’ on the SoundCloud platform. Vallyre’s new song, “BLOODSWEAT,” a Techno Dance track with hypnotic vocals, was co-written with producer Howie Moscovitch, who she’s collaborated with through Skype. Surprisingly, Vallyre met producer Howie Moscovitch after he’d reached out through Facebook. The two connected and forged a songwriting team that works.