Why Your Hotel’s “Eco” Rating Might Not Be About Sustainability At All
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Why Your Hotel’s “Eco” Rating Might Not Be About Sustainability At All

Imagine this: your hotel has switched to renewable energy, eliminated single-use plastics, and buys local. You proudly display your sustainability credentials online. Yet when guests leave reviews, your “eco-friendliness” rating is mediocre.

Xavier Font
Xavier Font
Professor of Sustainability Marketing, University of Surrey
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by Xavier Font
5 November 2025University of SurreyEnvironment & Sustainability
Why Your Hotel’s “Eco” Rating Might Not Be About Sustainability At All
Responsible Investing: Progress, Pitfalls and the Path Ahead
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Responsible Investing: Progress, Pitfalls and the Path Ahead

EHL Hospitality Business School held the third edition of the Sustainable Investment Forum in June 2025, focusing on shareholder engagement as an essential driver of sustainable strategies. This article shares insights on what responsible investing ...

Adam Aoun
Adam Aoun
Assistant Professor at EHL Hospitality Business School
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by Adam Aoun
31 October 2025EHLEnvironment & Sustainability
Responsible Investing: Progress, Pitfalls and the Path Ahead
Is Your Smart Thermostat Doing Too Much? Move Intelligence to the Cloud to Unlock AI and Predictive Capabilities
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Is Your Smart Thermostat Doing Too Much? Move Intelligence to the Cloud to Unlock AI and Predictive Capabilities

The hospitality industry has long embraced new energy management solutions (EMS) to improve efficiency while maintaining guest comfort. Smart thermostats, initially designed to monitor only for occupancy, have since evolved to provide even greater s...

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Global VP of EMS Business Development
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by Jeff Johns
27 October 2025Nomadix, Inc.Environment & Sustainability
Is Your Smart Thermostat Doing Too Much? Move Intelligence to the Cloud to Unlock AI and Predictive Capabilities
Creative Cities of Tomorrow: Redefining Why Hospitality Must Become a Platform for Culture, Community, and Connection to Create Change
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Creative Cities of Tomorrow: Redefining Why Hospitality Must Become a Platform for Culture, Community, and Connection to Create Change

The future of hospitality is not about beds and breakfasts. It is about building ecosystems where culture, creativity, and community flourish through in person connection. Increasingly, the world’s most compelling destinations are not defined by the...

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Daisy Angus
Visionary Founder & Creator of Oshom Bali
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by Daisy Angus
24 October 2025Oshom BaliEnvironment & Sustainability
Creative Cities of Tomorrow: Redefining Why Hospitality Must Become a Platform for Culture, Community, and Connection to Create Change
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Shaping Hospitality’s Next Chapter: How Rotana’s Vision is Guiding the Future of Investment

In the lead up to the Future Hospitality Summit - FHS World 2025, taking place at Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai next week from 27-29 October, we asked several industry partners about what’s next for hospitality investment in line with this year’s event ...

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Philip Barnes
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rotana
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by Philip Barnes
21 October 2025The BenchEnvironment & Sustainability
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Fixing Hotels’ Biggest Sustainability Blind Spot: Waste

Hotels have started making major progress on sustainability over the past decade. Energy efficiency and lately water conservation are now more of a standard practice, from LED retrofits to low-flow fixtures and advanced HVAC systems. Yet one of the ...

Greg M. Poirier
Greg M. Poirier
MBA, Global Director, Hospitality Certification Programs, Audubon International
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by Greg M. Poirier
20 October 2025Audubon InternationalEnvironment & Sustainability
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Developing Hunting Reserves & Resorts in the Middle East Region: Key Success Factors
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Developing Hunting Reserves & Resorts in the Middle East Region: Key Success Factors

As global travel evolves, experience-led tourism is shaping the future of luxury and niche hospitality. While nature lodges and game reserves are long established in Africa, the Middle East region, though home to properties in natural settings, has ...

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Annie Bastin Fernandez
Associate Director, HVS Middle East & Africa, Dubai
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by Annie Bastin Fernandez
10 October 2025HVSEnvironment & Sustainability
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Luxury hospitality: towards a narrative with meaning and purpose
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Luxury hospitality: towards a narrative with meaning and purpose

In recent years, and especially since the health crisis of 2020, the concept of sustainability has become increasingly important within the hotel industry. However, although this concept initially began to develop as an effort by companies to minimi...

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Xavier Reinaldo Virgili
Academic Researcher
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by Xavier Reinaldo Virgili
9 October 2025Xavier Reinaldo VirgiliEnvironment & Sustainability
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The Luxury–Regeneration Paradox: Can the Two Coexist?
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The Luxury–Regeneration Paradox: Can the Two Coexist?

Luxury hospitality is entering a new era. No longer satisfied with offering indulgence alone, it increasingly embraces the language of restoration: guests are invited to take part in coral reef projects, rewilded landscapes, or collaborations with l...

Dr. Andreea Antonescu
Dr. Andreea Antonescu
Visiting Professor, Les Roches Global Hospitality Education (Crans-Montana, Switzerland)
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by Dr. Andreea Antonescu
30 September 2025Les RochesEnvironment & Sustainability
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Short guide to CCUS technologies: How carbon tracking helps
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Short guide to CCUS technologies: How carbon tracking helps

Thirty years of ambitious targets. One disappointing truth: carbon capture was supposed to save us by now, and we have only managed to reach 50 million tonnes of global CO2 storage per year with where we needed to be at 1 billion tonnes by 2030.

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Ivan Verkalets
СTO & Co-Founder at COAX
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by Ivan Verkalets
26 September 2025COAXEnvironment & Sustainability
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