Environment &amp; Sustainability

Sustainability is important for hotels. It helps in the fight against climate change, especially with travel being cited as a prominent contributor. It can help save on opex through reduced energy consumption, recycling or food waste efficiency prog...

Regenerative Tourism as a Step Beyond Hotel Sustainability for True Profitability

Adam Mogelonsky

Partner at Hotel Mogel Consulting Ltd.

Hotel Mogel Consulting Limited

Lodging Industry

The Caribbean has long been synonymous with idyllic beaches, crystalline waters, and vibrant cultural heritage—assets that have positioned the region among the world’s most desirable tourist destinations. Yet these same natural and cultural resource...

Sustainable Hotel and Resort Development in the Caribbean: Strategies for a Resilient Hospitality Future

Shannon L. Sampson

Senior Vice President and Director of South Texas

HVS

Supply Construction

When TIME Magazine named Iberostar one of the 100 Most Influential Companies of 2025, we felt so proud—but also humbled. A recognition of this kind is not the destination of our journey, but a reminder that we are on a good path, even as so much wor...

Redefining Hospitality Through Sustainability and Innovation

Erika Harms

Global Director of Sustainability, Iberostar Hotels & Resorts

Iberostar Hoteles

Innovation

Previous articles by M. Ratkai, Professor of Hospitality Business and ESG at the Hotelschool The Hague, have addressed the ever-changing landscape of corporate disclosures, including the EU’s Corporate Social Responsibility Directive (CSRD) and ongo...

New emerging trend, or a slow market reorganisation?

Melinda Ratkai

Dr. Professor of Hospitality Business

Hotelschool The Hague

Finance

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Market Segments

During a thesis consultation session, a simple question was raised about sustainability in hospitality. I asked the group who genuinely cares about being environmentally responsible when travelling. Nearly every hand went up.

AI-Enabled Sustainability: Turning Hotel Guests into Active Participants

Dr. Yaser Al Dhabyani

Senior Lecturer in Hospitality Research and Marketing Innovation, Hotelschool The Hague and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Hotelschool The Hague

Lodging Industry

Market Segments

While food waste in hotels is often brought up to hotel operators, financial data shows us that owners are actually those paying the (high) price of this multi-dimensional issue. When we say “high”, we mean 2 to 6 bps of their GOP margin.This observ...

Why is Food Waste Hotel Owners’ Next Big Thing

Benjamin Lephilibert

Founder & CEO, LightBlue Environmental Consulting

ESSEC IMHI

Food & Beverage

Across the USA, hotels are rethinking the traditional travel-size toiletries placed in every room. These small bottles have been a familiar part of the guest experience for decades, yet most guests only use a portion of what’s inside. Once opened, t...

What Guests Prefer Today: Travel-Size Toiletries or Refillable Systems? A Look at Hospitality in the USA

Camilo Sosa

E-commerce Manager

Hotel Items (A & S Suppliers, Inc.)

Guest Experience

Housekeeping

Short Term Rental (STR)

India’s hospitality industry is waking up to a silent pollutant: "Plastic". While many hotel chains are still searching for alternatives, Club Mahindra has already turned sustainability into action. Partnering with WAE, the brand has installed in-ho...

How Club Mahindra Quietly Solved Hospitality’s Biggest Plastic Problem

Henri Roelings

Founder, Hospitality Net

WAE Ltd.

Innovation

On 28 October 2025, Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica as a Category 5 monster, winds screaming at nearly 185 miles an hour, rain falling by the metre, roofs ripped from homes like paper.

The algorithm doesn’t care about the Caribbean. But the next hurricane won’t care about the algorithm either.

Dr. Aradhana Khowala

CEO & Regenerative Tourism Expert | Global Thought Leader | Chair and Non-Executive Director | Innovator in Luxury Hospitality and Wellness | Public Speaker

Aptamind Partners