A victory for "drill, baby drill" Trump is a big loss to the planet. "A big hoax" is how the president-elect has described climate change, and his efforts to have America leave the Paris agreement in the past will loom large for us all. And while it may feel as if there is little point in sending Biden's people to COP29 next week, we can take what Harris said in her concession speech this morning, "as long as we never give up, and as long as we keep fighting," as a driving force for our ongoing battle to create positive action. What else can we do?
We have the recording of The Sustainable Hotel Exchange: Storytelling Matters – have a look below and listen when you can. It's a great chat about all things greenwashing, greenhushing and how to talk about sustainable initiatives with the Green Claims Directive.
And there's lots more positive news below from Clean the World, which calls for a collective effort to “elevate the entire sector” to a higher standard of environmental stewardship, to the Global Responsible Tourism Winners, to The Social Hub achieving B Corp status. And of course the upcoming GSTC24 Sentosa, Singapore, Global Sustainable Tourism Conference next week, which will produce some positive conversations, and action, across the industry.
Until next time,
Felicity Cousins
Editor, Sustainable Hotel News
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The recording of The Sustainable Hotel Exchange: Storytelling Matters is now available.
The debate saw expert panellists from the industry engaged in a lively discussion about how hotels talk about sustainability.
The debate included the impact of the Green Claims Directive on a hotel’s storytelling – how every environmental claim made has to be backed up with statistics and verified by third party organisations, how to manage concerns around greenwashing – and greenhushing – and how to keep the trust of those looking for sustainable stays.
Moderated by Felicity Cousins, editor Sustainable Hotel News, panellists included Sven Wiltink, global senior director of sustainability, Radisson Hotel Group, Lucy Eaglesfield, sustainability director, room2 Lamington Group, Fred Bean, founder & CEO of HotelPORT and Jo Geneen, principal consultant & co-founder, Good & Co.
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The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) will be holding the GSTC2024 Global Sustainable Tourism Conference in Sentosa, Singapore, next week.
From November 13th-16th the event will bring together global and local tourism professionals committed to promoting and advancing sustainable travel and tourism.
The conference offers an agenda featuring pre-conference training, interactive panels, workshops, meetings, and networking opportunities, as well as tailored post-conference tours.
Taking place at the Equarius Hotel, which is certified against GSTC Industry Criteria for Hotels, the conference will be within Resorts World Sentosa, the first destination in the world certified to both the GSTC Destination Criteria and GSTC Industry Criteria for Hotels in 2021.
Both Sentosa and Singapore are also certified as sustainable destinations.
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Sustainable Hotel News was at the launch of the International Centre for Responsible Tourism (ICRT) global on Monday where the winners of the Global Responsible Tourism Awards were also announced.
The International Centre for Responsible Tourism global (ICRT global) was launched by Debbie Hindle, responsible tourism expert and Emeritus Professor Harold Goodwin, to offer bespoke and online training courses and guidance to Universities on responsible tourism across the globe.
The charity is being supported by Sabre and easyJet Holidays.
ICRT global aims to foster industry knowledge through training and online learning, with courses like the Professional Certificate in Responsible Tourism, the Professional Certificate in Managing Over-tourism and the Professional Certificate in Creating Shared Value.
The charity will also host conferences and awards, as well as encouraging idea sharing across the sector.
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Hybrid hospitality pioneer The Social Hub is celebrating achieving B Corp status after being certified by B Lab on its first attempt.
Certified by B Lab, the non-profit behind the B Corp movement, the global hospitality group has achieved the certification with an overall score of 107.1 out of 200 – the average being 94.
The Social Hub currently operates hubs combining hotel and student accommodation, food and beverage, events and coworking spaces in 18 locations across the UK & continental Europe.
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Clean the World has called for a collective effort to “elevate the entire sector” to a higher standard of environmental stewardship.
The organisation, which adopts the environmental and social impact principles of circularity, diverts soap bars and plastic amenities that the hospitality industry would otherwise discard to landfill, and recycles the soap into new bars.
The recycling programme has transformed more than 12.1 million kilograms of soap and plastic waste into more than 86 million bars of recycled soap, providing essential hygiene products to communities in need worldwide.
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Hilton has announced an exclusive partnership with Be My Eyes to help guests who are blind or have low vision.
Be My Eyes is a free mobile app that connects blind and low vision users with sighted volunteers and companies through live video and AI.
Be My Eyes will directly connect Hilton guests with a team of dedicated, specially trained English-speaking Hilton Reservations and Customer Care agents.
Hilton teams will help users navigate the hotel, including helping guests identify and adjust the in-room thermostat, operate in-room coffee machines, identify window coverings, or navigate to the hotel’s meeting spaces and amenities such as bars, restaurants, gyms or spas.
Assistance is available across a variety of Hilton’s brands, including Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, DoubleTree by Hilton and Hampton by Hilton, among others.
Launched in 2015, Be My Eyes has a global community of 700,000 users, and nearly 8 million volunteers. Mike Buckley, CEO, Be My Eyes said: “Our mission at Be My Eyes is to break down accessibility barriers in everyday life, and this partnership with Hilton is a significant step along that path, helping travel and hospitality to be much more inclusive.”
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Zoku Paris is set to welcome its first “Writer-in-Residence” this week as part of a new project that will look at the meaning of “community” within a hotel setting.
From November 8th-10th, Paris-based journalist Matthew Parsons, who has written extensively about the intersection of business travel and hospitality, will investigate how Zoku’s hybrid hospitality supports both a sense of belonging and productivity for today’s professionals.
Parsons will interview residents, coworkers, staff, and visitors and look at how shared spaces foster a balanced environment for living, working and socialising.
He will also document how community events contribute to wellbeing and shape the overall experience.
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You can now access the recording of The Sustainable Hotel Exchange: Storytelling Matters. Expert panellists from the industry engaged in a lively discussion about how hotels talk about sustainability.
The debate included the impact of the Green Claims Directive on a hotel’s storytelling – how every environmental claim made has to be backed up with statistics and verified by third party organisations, how to manage concerns around greenwashing – and greenhushing – and how to keep the trust of those looking for sustainable stays.
Moderated by Felicity Cousins, editor Sustainable Hotel News, panellists included Sven Wiltink, global senior director of sustainability, Radisson Hotel Group, Lucy Eaglesfield, sustainability director, room2 Lamington Group, Fred Bean, founder & CEO of HotelPORT and Jo Geneen, principal consultant & co-founder, Good & Co.
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