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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…