I have personally heard Wyndham Worldwide's chairman and chief executive officer, Steve Holmes, emphasize diversity and inclusion as a key contributor to their success," said Luke Visconti, chief executive officer, DiversityInc. "The Company is building an aggressive diversity effort, including its world-class supplier diversity program, and the senior executives I've met are personally invested in the success of their program and passionate about its direct connection to the business. Considering Wyndham Worldwide's extraordinary business and stock market success, I think they're a company to watch." The process of determining The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity is based completely on empirical data. Participation in the survey is free and companies that do business with DiversityInc receive no preferential treatment.