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HITT 2023: The programme. Distinguished experts. In June.
Take the next sustainable step with us. We will take you to the “Next level: Measure. Benchmark. Drive. Lifting sustainability from intention to traction”. This is the title of the…
Sustainability: The pressure is palpable
In this sort of atmosphere, I’m able to switch off; I can reflect and exchange views directly and in person… The feedback for the 5th edition was very positive. HospitalityInside…
Accor’s Chief Sustainability Officer: “Do we have to wait for the next desaster?”
“For the first time, we’ve reached real momentum, a sweet spot, as it were, on sustainability. And for the first time, all stakeholders are paying attention: Pressure now comes from…
Programme complete: Green Finance & Social, Hard & Sensitive Drivers
The 5th HospitalityInside Think Tank (HITT) on 27/28 June 2022 is just as “purpose-driven” as the young people who already choose their employers according to value criteria today. Or like…
HITT 2022 Sponsors: Committed to sustainable responsibility
The sustainability wave has overtaken everyone, large and small hotel groups, investors as well as developers, CEOs and the customers. “We are a name in the market, but we still…
HITT Workshop: From now on stones are flexible
Investors and project developers have to rethink faster: Location, location, location will no longer be a decision criterion for hotel real estate in the future. Their value increases with their…
Financing and conversions under the magnifier: What four top speakers say about cost and creativity
Corona has positively raised global awareness of sustainability. Putin’s war in Ukraine is reducing progress in terms of climate concern to a struggle based on energy resources. At the same…
“Embrace ESG for people, planet and prosperity.” – Register for HITT 2022!
We are back on the ship in Berlin! The 5th HospitalityInside Think Tank (HITT) returns to this inspiring event location – and will be a presence-only event again this year!…
Thank you and save the date: HITT 27-28 June 2022
Thank you for your participation and enthusiasm! The HITT 2021 was again a great success! Two absolutely content-rich days in Munich and virtually, with inspiring speakers of great expertise and…
The footprint that stays forever – Looking back at HITT 2021
Munich (September 17, 2021). Will the “Carbon Footprint per Available Room” become the new benchmark? Very likely. Must hotel real estate be retrofitted in order to meet sustainability requirements or built…
The think tank with off-the-record character – The role of sponsors
Munich (September 3, 2021). Internet, automation, digitalisation and now sustainability: with the disruptions of recent times, the think tank format has become increasingly popular, additionally driven by Corona. Since 2018, HospitalityInside…
Digitalisation enables sustainability – 15 entrepreneurs and experts answer your questions
Munich (August 27, 2021). Almost weekly, new studies confirm the growing importance of sustainability and digitalisation: economic growth can only come from the combination of these two. And the dynamics…
Resilient businesses are emerging now! Why you should attend the HospitalityInside Think Tank (HITT)
Munich (August 6, 2021). The Covid crisis has accelerated the topic of sustainability & digitalisation. “This is the decade of change as technology matures, governments develop regulations, incentives and penalties,…
The networked trio – HITT 2021: Accor, Engel & Völkers, IDeaS on technology as an enabler
Munich (July 30, 2021). Sustainability & digitalisation: one will no longer work without the other. Technology makes energy saving measurable, for example, just as travellers measure hotels by their “green”…
Helping the planet and shareholders sustainably – HITT speaker Wolfgang Neumann: Hospitality leaders in duty to act
Munich (July 23, 2021). A sustainable approach helps the planet, but also the shareholders! Natural disasters cost insurance companies $42bn in the first half of 2021, a ten-year high, according…
There will be new ESG KPIs – HITT discussion on profound changes in sustainable benchmarks
Augsburg (July 16, 2021). Before investors invest in sustainability, they often stereotypically ask for benchmarks and scalability, thus quickly pushing the issue back to the operator. They are supposed to find…
Showing that there is good – HITT Think Tank: Invesco, Zech, Soulmade discuss honest sustainability
Munich (July 9, 2021). Rejection is crumbling: The number of investors interested in sustainable building and operation is slowly growing. But those who already live it remain sceptical – still…
Under the pressure of regulations – HITT 2021: Baker McKenzie on the (cost) implications in sustainability
Barcelona/Berlin (July 2, 2021). The big, formative decisions around the topic of climate and sustainability will come from individual states and the EU. Their requirements will affect the hospitality industry…
How hotels become living magnets – “Urban Hospitality under Fire”: HITT discussion on Mixed Use developments
Hamburg (June 25, 2021). What role will hotels still play in the new inner-city mix of the future? “They will have to embed themselves – they need the approval of the…
An injection of energy for business – The new HITT Advisory Committee on the think tank 2021
Augsburg/Munich (June 18, 2021). How do think tanks come to life? Through lateral thinking, networked thinking, thinking out of the box. This creates “oxygen to the brain of the business,…
Where sustainability and wellness merge – Six Senses CEO Neil Jacobs about authenticity at HITT 2021
Bangkok (June 11, 2021). “Sustainability has to be honest”. Neil Jacobs, CEO of Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas (photo), knows it. The wellness pioneer of the global wellness scene sells…
Travel must remain affordable – Investment professional Wes Paul at HITT 2021
London/Augsburg (June 4, 2021). How can sustainability prevail in the hospitality industry? Wesley “Wes” Paul (photo) says, “Sustainability only works if you can make it affordable across a broader spectrum…
Building under new priorities – Alex Duckworth of AECOM at HITT 2021: Conversions and BIM make sense
Augsburg/London (May 28, 2021). It is no longer the sustainable building alone that is demanded from future (hotel) investors, but its impact on the climate and the entire environment. The…
Mercilessly transparent – HITT 2021: Fflur Roberts, Euromonitor, analyses the Sustainable Natives
Augsburg (May 21, 2021). On the back of Covid-19, the new Sustainable Natives are noticeably spurring a change in thinking pro-sustainability. Their changing behaviour in consumption, online shopping, travel, food…
The Power Package: Digitalisation and Sustainability – HITT Think Tank 2021 launches in hybrid form in Munich: Register now!
Augsburg/Munich (April 30, 2021). The HospitalityInside Think Tank (HITT) has never been so comprehensive, international and top-class, and this is the first time the Think Tank will be set up…
Digital touchpoints preferred – Ruby & Zoku shape the 3rd HITT
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Digitalisation as DNA: The HITT Community meets
(March 1, 2019). Networking around digitalisation: In future, HospitalityInside will support this exchange within the frame of its HospitalityInside Think Tank (HITT) stronger. For the first time, the publisher invited…
Learn from others! Initial catalysts confirmed
Save the date! HITT 2019 fixed for May
The HITT community is born. Lively discussions at the 1st Think Tank.
Face2Face with an Evangelist: New Speaker at HITT
(June 1, 2018). Just 10 days until the HITT premier – the HospitalityInside Think Tank in Berlin. This begins with a small change among the impulse providers. Bryson Koehler from…
Top speakers shape the HITT: The programme is complete
(April 20, 2018). The programme of the 1st HospitalityInside Think Tank (HITT) is complete! Travelling from Atlanta, Bryson Koehler, Chief Technology Officer of IBM Watson, will join us, putting the…
Your solar-powered HITT ship – About the event location of the Think Tank
(April 6, 2018). Orca ten Broke. This is the name of the wife of the German pirate Klaus Stoertebeker. He was the cause of scandal in the 14th century with…
Inspiration from the unknown: The next top speakers on AI and China
(March 23, 2018) Artificial Intelligence (AI) and China are two closely related topics. The Middle Kingdom is pushing digitalisation forward at an extremely rapid rate in a bid to become…
Looking into heads and processes
(February 23, 2018) Our new Think Tank is finding more and more friends. Today, we can announce AccorHotels as second sponsor for the HospitalityInside Think Tank (HITT) on 10/11 June…
The floating forum: Programme & Prices – Booking is open
(February 9, 2018) The welcome given to the announcement of the 1st HospitalityInside Think Tank (HITT) in Berlin on 10/11 June 2018 was extremely motivating. This forum is of a…
Cast off for the HITT!
(December 15, 2017) Save the date for HospitalityInside’s new Think Tank! HospitalityInside is launching HITT – HospitalityInside Think Tank – the first of its kind and a prelude to a…