Hospitality Industry with Regenerative Leadership?
Have you ever wondered if you are paving the path to sustainable hospitality?
By Binu Mathews, Director & CEO, IDS NEXT
Opinion Articles
How biomimicry can lead to innovative and resilient business solutions
The vision of the EHL Institute of Nutrition R&D is to apply nature-inspired designs to tackle nutrition challenges. Its main model when conducting prototyping, user testing activities and research on food and nutrition-related topics is nature. Biomimicry is an approach to innovation that seeks solutions to human challenges by emulating nature’s time-tested patterns and strategies. In essence, we can learn important lessons of history from nature to help us develop a regenerative and resilient socioeconomic approach based on systems thinking and sustainability to ensure future generations' wellbeing and survival.
Sustainable Business Travel: Our Partnership for a Greener Future
At HVS, we take sustainability seriously. It is an important topic for us as a firm and also for the hospitality industry as a whole. As consultants to hotels and hotel operators, we spend much time traveling to meet our clients and conducting site inspections at hospitality properties across the country and globe. Travel is an essential component of what we do as a firm. More broadly, business travel represents nearly one-fifth of all global travel. In 2019, U.S. residents alone took more than 460 million business trips, according to Sustainable Travel International. Unfortunately, business travel also generates significant CO2 emissions. Consequently, we are highly committed to fighting the carbon effects of business and are very mindful of our own carbon footprint.
In green we believe: Reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) in sustainable hospitality
The reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is a pressing challenge in combating climate change and achieving sustainability. Global CO2 emissions have been rising steadily over the past century, primarily driven by the consumption of fossil fuels and deforestation. Despite efforts to curb emissions, the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has continued to increase.
By Dr. Xiaoxiao Fu, Assistant Professor, UCF
Hospitality trends: Unveiling the harsh reality of overtourism
In this monthly news-based digest, we delve into the hidden implications and unexpected opportunities that overtourism creates. Get ready for an enlightening journey that could challenge your choice of summer travel destinations as we explore the untold stories behind this issue.
By Lionel Saul and Tatyana Tsukanova
The One Profit Center Your Hotel Is Missing Is Water
“Will that be still or sparkling?” as a question asked by servers is about to get far more complicated, and it has profound implications for not just onsite restaurants but for all instances in your rooms where guests directly interact with water – namely, bottles, sink and shower.
By Larry Mogelonsky and Adam Mogelonsky
Sustainability Matters to Hotel Guests, Staff and The Environment
Installing motion sensors in public areas to save energy. Providing "always on" digital communication enabling guests to alert housekeeping when they prefer to reuse towels and sheets or have them refreshed. Eliminating paper from check-in, check-out, and payment processes across a property and its amenities.
By Don DeMarinis, Senior Vice President, Sales for Agilysys Americas and EMEA, Agilysys
How to embrace a sustainability mindset in the business world
The concept of corporate sustainability is nothing new, but how can companies develop the right kind of thinking that allows them to properly integrate sustainability practices into their business? We talk to Noémie Danthine, Head of Sustainable Hospitality Services at EHL, to find out why every business leader should have a sustainability mindset.
By Noémie Danthine, Director of Strategy & Sustainability, EHL
Food waste management: innovative solutions for Hospitality
The greater issue of sustainability is as complex as it is daunting, and it can be anxiety-inducing to begin to think of how to tackle the problem. However, when you break it down into simpler components, it's easier to address. One of these components is food waste and how it's managed. This article presents a new approach that offers solutions to food waste and food loss. The use of metrics and standardized calculations could help to establish the real amounts of food wasted, and hence its true cost.
Developing a Sustainability and Resiliency Framework for Destination Travel
Prioritizing sustainability is becoming increasingly more central to the destination travel industry's overall business plans as companies look to save natural resources, manage costs, yield returns, and appeal to more environmentally conscious consumers.
By Bethanie DeRose, Senior Vice President with JLL's Hotels & Hospitality Group, JLL
Eco-Friendly & Sustainable Lodging Practices and Possibilities
Eco-friendly and sustainability are similar terms but defined with differences. Sustainability as a topic is often related to the environment but is so much more. The choices businesses make multiply their environmental impact a thousand-fold as sustainable travel became a powerful trend in the hospitality market.
By Robert O’Halloran, Professor Director, School of Hospitality Leadership, East Carolina University
Thinking About Sustainability from Top to Bottom
Today's traveler is much savvier about their environmental impact and many take that into account when it comes to their travel planning and purchasing decisions.
By Matt McClelland, Executive Vice President of Operations, Concord
Hotel Environmental Sustainability Also Means Profit Sustainability
With the new legislation put forward in Congress that’s aiming to ban gas stoves (citing both health and environmental concerns), it’s easy for many of us to get caught out in the sheer divisiveness of the news story and miss the overarching trend. Sustainability and ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) are not only here to stay but, as this national policy demonstrates, leading governments and public authorities around the world are willing to take increasingly bolder actions in the existential fight against climate change.
By Larry Mogelonsky and Adam Mogelonsky
An Emerging Amenity for Hotels: Bikes and E-Bikes
The unexpected announcement by President Biden to ban surprise fees for airline and hotel services during the 2023 State of the Union address has shed light on the lack of transparency surrounding fees that have frustrated many hotel guests.
By Annie Zou, Director of Sales, Unlimited Biking
How sustainability in hospitality drives growing demand for professionals
As the world becomes more environmentally conscious, the hospitality and tourism industry is no exception. Sustainability in the hospitality industry is becoming increasingly important, and EHL Passugg recognizes this movement by offering a Sustainable Management major. Swiss Professional Degree graduates with this specialization have a wealth of career opportunities available to them. In this blog post, we will discuss five of the most promising career paths in sustainable hospitality.
By Jürgen Walch, Lecturer Sustainable Management, Founder & CEO of Walch Coaching, EHL
Hotel Sustainability Shouldn't Be Boring: Celebrate Impact!
As a sustainability professional working in hotels right now, I can see we've reached a critical turning point.
By Jeffery Smith, Vice President Sustainability, Six Senses
Sustainability: The Conversation We Need To Have With ChatGPT Today
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the importance of sustainability into sharp focus, as people around the world have become acutely aware of the interconnectedness of our planet and the need for a more resilient and sustainable future.
By Kamesh Shukla, EVP-APAC & MEA, RateGain, RateGain
Pro-green technology - is it possible?
As we move forward from the global pandemic, the tourism sector has a new outlook, with sustainability at the forefront. Travelers are becoming more environmentally conscious and ethical in their travel choices. A recent study by World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and Trip.com Group shows that 69% of tourists plan to travel sustainably in 2023. This trend has paved the way for sustainable vacation rentals offering eco-friendly accommodations and services.
By Pippa Ellison, Content Writer, Avantio
Enabling innovation and investment in sustainable tourism: the role of EU’s environmental labels
Europe is setting the pace in the transition towards a more sustainable, carbon-neutral future. And our travel and tourism sector is second to none. These twin advantages uniquely position the continent to become a global leader in sustainable tourism.
By Inge Janssen, Director Public Affairs, EMEA, Booking.com
The Role of Sustainable Tourism in Shaping the Future of the Hospitality Industry
It is excellent news that the hospitality industry is thriving. However, over the past few years, travel has undergone significant changes. With the onset of Covid-19, many people had more free time than ever before and took advantage of it to explore new destinations. As a result, there was a surge in leisure travel, with many first-time travelers entering the market.
By Wayne West III, President, Newport Hospitality Group