Women in travel are paid less and are under-represented in executive posts, according to statistics.
The gender pay gap was revealed by C&M Travel Recruitment which found that while women hold 72% of standard travel jobs, they only hold 32% of the executive roles.
It also found that male travel executives earn 6.43% more than women in similar jobs.
And during the past year, the gender pay gap for travel executives has actually widened from a difference of 4.63% in 2014.
However, salaries were much more even in standard travel jobs with the average male only earning £206 more than their female counterparts.
The research found that women accounted for 71.69% of all those securing new standard travel positions in 2015, but despite this, the vast majority – 68.18% – of higher paid executive roles were given to men.
Barbara Kolosinska, director at C&M Travel Recruitment and C&M Executive Recruitment, said: "We have to question why men are securing far more executive roles in the industry than women and why they are also being paid significantly more.
"Of course, many women give up opportunities to further their careers in order to focus on motherhood, and this gender imbalance certainly isn’t an issue that solely affects travel.
"But with such a high percentage of women working in this industry, it is alarming that we are still handing so many of the highest profile positions to men."
