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Marriott India strengthens the Green Commitment on World Environment Day 2025 Achieves Milestone of Planting 100,000 Trees

Marriott India proudly achieved its ambitious goal for World Environment Day 2025, a commitment to plant 100,000 trees across its extensive portfolio of over 150 hotels nationwide. This significant undertaking marked a powerful escalation of Marriott India's dedication to sustainability and ecological restoration, building upon the success of its previous environmental initiatives.

Marriott
India
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Rooted in Community: Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa Unveils Bodu Huraa Tree Planting Project

Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa has launched the Bodu Huraa Tree Planting Project, a community-driven sustainability initiative designed to offset Scope 3 carbon emissions while deepening the Resort’s long-standing partnership with its neighbouring island, Bodu Huraa. The initiative aligns with the global Four Seasons For Good framework, reinforcing the brand’s commitment to environmental stewardship and local empowerment.

Four Seasons
Kuda Huraa, Maldives
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Making Space for Mistakes: Because Getting It Wrong Is Part of Getting It Right

We waste time, money, and momentum repeating mistakes that others have already made, simply because no one talks about them. I truly believe that sharing failures, in any operational capacity isn’t a weakness, it’s a responsibility, and not just the responsibility to speak up, but for leaders to actively create an environment where others feel safe doing the same. This won’t happen in a business where there is a culture of blame. Line managers and directors need to encourage learning opportunities over finger-pointing.

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Failures (and the antidote) to SME accommodation businesses

In my experience, most of the independent SME accommodation owners with whom I have worked start on their sustainability journey with positivity and engagement, yet few continue to maintain both over time. The problem seems to lie in the underestimation of the time and commitment required to overhaul the operational processes in every department, a procedure essential to achieving continuous sustainability outcomes over time.  Despite making business owners aware that their sustainability journey will require fundamental changes from the outset, it seems they do not fully grasp what this actually means until we move forwards. Then as we do, and awareness sets in, so does what I can only describe as reticence, or is it really  fear?

Sarah Habsburg-Lothringen
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Anke Winchenbach
Anke Winchenbach, Senior Lecturer, Researcher & Consultant, University of Surrey

What a great topic, indeed 'failures' are great learning opportunities for the organisation itself as well as others when shared publicly. A mindset of continouus improvement, that is for example inherent to ISO certifications, would enable companies to shift the 'failure' vs 'success' narrative and culture.

Sarah Habsburg-Lothringen
Sarah Habsburg-Lothringen, Responsible Hospitality | Marketing & Training | sarahhabsburg.com, sarahhabsburg

Many SME accommodation owners begin their sustainability journey with enthusiasm but often fail to sustain long-term change. A key barrier is underestimating the time and commitment needed to overhaul operational processes across departments.

Jo Hendrickx
Jo Hendrickx, Founder, Travel Without Plastics

To make progress on sustainability, I believe we need to build a culture that values curiosity over criticism, encouraging people to explore what works, what doesn’t, and why. That means treating new ideas as experiments, not tests to pass or fail.

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Indian Travellers Go Global: Safety, Social Media and Sustainability Stand Out in New MMGY Study

As India rapidly matures in global and economic influence, so does the buying power of its vast and adventurous travelling population. According to new research by MMGY Travel Intelligence, passport-carrying adults in India intend to spend an average of $4,755 on leisure trips in the next 12 months, pinpointing a 14% increase in spending over the past year. This and other findings are at the core of Portrait of Indian International Travellers™ – which unveils key new insights into the travel behaviors, motivations and preferences of Indian travellers exploring abroad.

MMGY Global
India
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IHCL and Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Sign an MOU for Hospitality Skill Development Centre in Goa

Further to the recent announcement, Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), India’s largest hospitality company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Goa for the country’s largest hospitality skilling centre in Goa to boost employment opportunities for youth in the state. This signing ceremony was held in the presence of Honourable Chief Minister of Goa -Shri Pramod Sawant and Mr. Prasad Lolayekar, IAS, Secretary, Education and Skills Development and Mr. S S Gaonkar, Director of Skills Development and Entrepreneurship, Goa.

IHCL
Goa, India
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RIU launches two partnerships in Mauritius for marine conservation and youth vocational training

RIU Hotels & Resorts has taken a further step forward in its Proudly Committed sustainability strategy with the announcement of its first collaboration with two local NGOs in Mauritius, the Coral Garden Conservation (CGC) and Adolescent Non-Formal Education Network (ANFEN). Both alliances aspire to have a positive impact on the local environment and community by promoting ecological restoration and social inclusion.

RIU
Mauritius
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Increasing visibility of sustainability attributes and performance helps

The role of sustainability information in business travel is increasingly critical, particularly for hotel groups like Radisson Hotel Group, as corporate clients prioritize sustainability in their procurement processes. A growing requirement for sustainability data in corporate RFPs significantly impacts the competitiveness of hotels. Without rigorous sustainability information, hotels risk losing business from clients who now demand verified and transparent sustainability commitments. However, a crucial question remains: how trustworthy is the data if it lacks independent verification? Until sustainability claims are screened or mandated for verification, their reliability remains questionable.

Sven Wiltink
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