Business Structure
Walkbout International LLC: Holding company with ultimate parent company Blackslate Holdings Group Limited
Walkbout Jamaica: first Caribbean market to be developed
Walkbout Caribbean Group: Management company for all business in the Caribbean except Jamaica.
Walkbout International Group: Management company for all companies, investments and business outside the Caribbean.
Walkbout Companies
There are three tiers of power in a Walkbout corporation:
The appointing of officers is done by the Board of Directors of the company.
The most notable officer titles are President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. However, if required, the board can appoint other officers, such as a Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chief Technology Officer (CTO), managers or any other title the board wishes to create.
The Walkbout Foundation
In addition to its support of environmental activities, The Walkbout Foundation encourages travel as a way of developing human capacity and experiences. As such each year Walkbout Foundation will sponsor and support a number of Junior Walkbouts to take trips to destinations around the world. This is to be funded through a percentage of Walkbout net revenues each year.
Junior Walkbouts
Funded through a percentage of Walkbout net revenues each year, Junior Walkbouts are afforded a unique opportunity to enjoy and experience diverse cultures, foods and beverages, people, history etc on an international stage.
The Walkbout Foundation partners with local youth organizations from around the world to identify and nominate young adults who are invited to submit a five-minute video essay outlining who they are, which country and experience they would like, why they should be considered for the trip and what they expect to take away from the experience.
Environmental Support
Walkbouts are by nature super conscious of their impact on the environment and so act and behave in a manner that ensures the sustainable development of the environment. Walkbout supports and endorses all activates and endeavours that are geared towards the support of the environment.
Diversity Policies
Walkbout fully embraces Equal Employment Opportunity Policies and as such is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind. Walkbout is fully committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and partners, providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment of any kind.
Walkbout Proprietary Brand: offerings from which a much larger share of revenue is derived
Royalty and Brand license Agreements
An important and strategic buildout of the Walkbout brand is to license it to individuals and companies around the world for a continuous stream of Royalty income.
Walkbout Shopping
Walkbouts soon to be launched ecommerce portal will offer a wide variety of Authentic Walkbout branded and other brands merchandise.
Walkbout Branded Fashions
This is a range of handpicked clothing and accessories made exclusively for Walkbout and available via Walkbout Shopping portal and in selected market locations.
These will primarily be designed for individuals who spend a great deal of time outside. Working with a carefully selected core group of handcraft and clothing designers and manufacturers, Walkbout Branded Fashions selects items that meet exacting standards of environmental design and production deserving of the Walkbout brand.
Our aim is to offer you the very best at the most affordable price value point.
The following Walkbout Fashions branded items will be available online
Walkbout Foods
Walkbout Foods is a range of handpicked environmentally friendly, naturally healthy and nutritious foods and beverages made exclusively for the Walkbout Foods brand primarily for individuals who spend a great deal of time outside.
Working with a carefully selected core group of contract manufacturers around the globe Walkbout Foods selects foods and beverages that meet exacting standards of design and production, environmentally friendly, naturally healthy and nutritious deserving of the Walkbout Foods brand.
Our aim is to offer the very best at the most affordable price value point:
The following Walkbout Foods branded items will be available online and selected retail outlets.
Walkbout Authentic Souvenirs
Walkbouts are more inclined to purchase authentic locally made souvenirs, and so Walkbout will be seeking to offer through our ecommerce platform Limited Edition Walkbout Branded and Third-Party Authentic Souvenir Craft Items Made in The Respective Country Markets.
Walkbout Media
Walkbout Magazine “Dedicated to people outside”
Sample Magazine Cover
A downloadable and printable digital magazine published quarterly online, exclusively for individuals who spend a great deal of time outside.
Working with a carefully selected core group of writers across the globe Walkbout Magazine selects features and articles that meet exacting standards deserving of inclusion in Walkbout Magazine.
Walkbout Magazine will regularly feature the following categories and departments and can be downloaded online at https://www.walkbout.com:
People – individuals making an impact in the area of indoor/outdoor activities, trends and developments.
Places – the most interesting and off the beaten track places and hideaways that are not part of the everyday fair and offerings to regular visitors.
Lifestyle – the latest and trending fashions, accessories and lifestyle activities of interest to the locals.
Accommodations – the growing trends and locations of both traditional and non-traditional havens of rest, relaxation including all their offerings.
Food & Beverages – traditional and non-traditional cuisine, availability of healthy eating choices and where they can be found.
Go, See, Do, Enjoy – highlights and features on upcoming seasons’ events and activities that both visitors and locals can attend and enjoy.
Walkbout TV
A strategic feature of the Walkbout portal is that all users will be required to sign or agree to a user’s term and conditions statement which indicates that all videos posted on the site may be used for promotional purposes by Walkbout and or be shared by other users on the portal and through third party sites.
To ensure that the Walkbout brand association travels with these shared experiences they will be discreetly and plainly visible branded and embed with the Walkbout brand. Users will however continue to own the intellectual rights to the images.
Walkbout Photo Images
A strategic feature of the Walkbout portal is that all users will be required to sign or agree to a user’s term and conditions statement which indicates that all photographs posted on the site may be used for promotional purposes by Walkbout and or be shared by other users on the portal and through third party sites.
To ensure that the Walkbout brand association travels with these shared experiences they will be discreetly and plainly visible branded and embed with the Walkbout brand. Users will however continue to own the intellectual rights to the images.
Blackslate Holdings Group Limited
Walkbout is owned and operated by the Blackslate Holdings Group Limited, which is a private equity firm that primarily makes investments in the private equity of operating companies through a variety of loosely affiliated investment strategies including leveraged buyout, venture capital and growth capital. Blackslate operates by raising pools of capital or private equity and use these funds to acquire a position in companies including start-ups and brands around the region.
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