Regenerative Travel

Join our next members convening next week on Wednesday, June 26: Tourism as a Catalyst for Coastal Community Regeneration⁠ ⁠ Explore how tourism can drive sustainable development and ecological restoration in coastal regions and learn from tourism experts’ successful integration of rewilding marine ecosystems. We will discuss the importance of guest engagement and citizen science in generating awareness for conservation. ⁠ ⁠ Speakers: Camilla Floros from Oceans Without Borders, Melita Koulmandas from Song Saa Collective, Ruth Franklin from Secret Paradise Maldives and Gary Lotter from Blue Alliance. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/dqJUdvkb #regenerativetravel #unworldoceansday

Apply now for the chance to win one of two scholarships from Regenerative Travel to join our upcoming #RegenerativeRetreat in Portugal and enroll in our May 2024 Leadership Accelerator Program! Our mission is to nurture a new generation of hospitality leaders committed to fostering diversity within the travel industry. Through this initiative, we aim to cultivate leaders equipped to enrich the travel sector with values of equity and inclusion through mentorship support. We welcome applications from individuals whose projects or businesses are related to either the travel industry, regeneration or sustainability. We invite applicants to detail their idea, project or business and describe how participation in the retreat could enhance their impact and address their current challenges. We will also grant ten individual scholarship seats for our Regenerative Travel Learning Series Foundations Course. Apply for our scholarship program to join our May 2024 cohort by April 30, 2024 at https://lnkd.in/dhZ3xRJJ TAG someone you think should apply in the comments 👇🏼 Our first cohort begins on May 16, 2024. Winners will be announced on May 6, 2024. #learningseries #regenerativetravel #scholarship

Embark on a culinary journey with Regenerative Travel's inaugural Gastronomic Residency in Portugal from May 13 - 24, 2024 at Craveiral Farmhouse! 🇵🇹 Apply to become one of the four hand-picked talented chefs to join our residence at Craveiral!⁠ We will provide you with complimentary accommodation and board for the entire duration of the residence program. ⁠ Over the course of two weeks, we challenge you to develop 2 tasting menus, utilizing an array of ingredients sourced directly from the farm, focusing on vegetables, mushrooms, eggs, and fresh produce. Embracing local sourcing, you will be challenged to incorporate additional ingredients from nearby producers.⁠ ⁠ You will learn from experts in our Workshop: Regenerative Agriculture in Hospitality, where you can join an engaging session focused on Regenerative Agriculture, where we’ll delve into its meaning, and implementation in the hospitality sector, and share experiences.⁠ Applications close this Friday, April 19! Learn more and apply at the link 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gMW97GBR

A snippet from our new learning series featuring Sue Snyman (PhD), Director of Research at the School of Wildlife Conservation at the The African Leadership University. Dr. Sue Snyman is a renowned expert in ecotourism, conservation, and protected area management. She holds a Master's degree in Business Science (Economics) and a PhD in Economics from the University of Cape Town, and has conducted extensive research on the socio-economic impact of high-end ecotourism in remote communities. Dr. Snyman has worked for Wilderness Safaris, a leading ecotourism operator, and has held various positions related to community development and biodiversity conservation. Module 2 Learning Outcomes with Dr. Sue Snyman: - Learn how to support the provision of tangible benefits to local communities - Identify why long-term vision and destination management can result in positive outcomes for communities - Examine how governance and financial structures can create an enabling environment for community-led tourism - Explore how tourism can be developed to enhance the lives of local people and cultivate leadership and capacity   Learn more and sign up today for our May 2024 cohort: https://lnkd.in/dDVzg2pB #regenerativetravel #regenerativetourism #course #learningseries #education

A preview of our new learning series "Turning Regenerative Principles Into Action" with Angelique Brathwaite (PhD) of Blue Alliance Marine Protected Areas. Co-founder and Director of Conservation and Science at Blue Alliance Dr. Angelique Brathwaite is a Marine Biologist with over 25 years of global experience in coral reef science and integrated coastal management. She holds a PhD in Marine Biology from the Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) Research University, Paris. Before joining Blue Alliance she headed the Marine Research Section for the Government of Barbados for over a decade, developing coral reef related research projects, designed to effect policy changes. Module 1 Learning Outcomes: - Learn how tourism can be managed to provide economic, social, and environmental benefits locally - Examine the key attributes for ecotourism projects - strong business model, community involvement, and commitment to protecting nature - Understand how businesses can develop public-private community partnerships to guide their operations - Investigate the low volume, high value tourism model and how it might apply to the destination you operate in - Evaluate how The Manta Resort has embraced community needs and voices in its business decision-making processes Sign up now to learn more about Harnessing the Power of Tourism for Conservation in our course: https://lnkd.in/dy9rT_f2 #regenerativetravel #regenerativetourism

Regenerative Travel will be co-hosting an event in San Jose, Costa Rica on April 30th to discuss “The Evolution of Sustainability as a Marketing Tool in Tourism”. A special thanks for the invitation from Hans M. Pfister, founder of Cayuga Collection of Sustainable Luxury Hotels and President of CANAECO, Costa Rica's Ecotourism & Sustainable Tourism Chamber for organizing our Co-Founder and CEO Amanda Ho to join alongside speakers Gustavo J. Segura Sancho, Jaime Garcia, and Carolina Trejos. We will look for answers to questions like: - Is it a good idea to use sustainability in tourism marketing?  - Does sustainability play a role in the decision-making of travelers?  - Is regenerative tourism taking over what sustainable and ecotourism was before? We hope you will be able to join us in San Jose! To attend, email: administracion@canaeco.org #regenerativetravel #costarica

In case you have been curious about joining our learning series “Turning Regenerative Principles Into Action,” we are hosting a live webinar with the co-host of our course, O'Shannon Burns to deep dive into the learning outcomes. During our course webinar overview, you will learn about the: - Course Framework - Content found within each of the four Learning Modules - Insights into our Leadership Accelerator - Opportunity to ask questions Through her consulting practice, O’Shannon collaborates with organizations to create custom sustainability strategies and build the systems and programs needed to operationalize sustainability in their work. She has collaborated with The World Bank, Disney, TED, the National Geographic Society, Atlas Obscura, Regenerative Travel, tourism boards, and dozens of small businesses on sustainability strategy and management. Two webinar overview sessions will be held on: Thursday, April 18 at 3:00 PM PDT | 6:00 PM EDT Tuesday, April 23 at 11:00 AM EDT | 4:00 PM BST

A snapshot from our conversation in London at Bodyism with Co-Founder & CEO Amanda Ho and Juliet Kinsman from Bouteco and Condé Nast Traveller  on how to be a more sustainable and regenerative traveler. Apply now to join our upcoming Regenerative Retreat in Portugal at Craveiral Farmhouse from May 27-31st where we will deep dive into our personal climate narratives and unlock how to champion your voice to empower those around you. Learn more and apply to join: https://lnkd.in/d6nit_tk #regenerativetravel #portugal #sustainabletravel

To celebrate the launch of Regenerative Travel's new learning series "Turning Regenerative Principles Into Action" we are hosting a Breakfast Club at Wythe Hotel in New York on April 18th. Join us for a morning of conversation with our #RegenerativeTravel advisors - Craig Zapatka (Elsewhere by Lonely Planet), Gayle Higginbotham Oculus Travel), Paul Salmon (Rock House Hotel & Foundation) and Brittany DeGirolamo (Phocus Creative Group) as we deep dive into how we can all harness regenerative principles in our businesses and help travelers close the intention-action gap. >> $55 per participant + fees - includes pre-fix breakfast and coffee. Purchase ticket to join here: https://lnkd.in/dtziRY8h (Space is limited) See you there! #regenerativetravel

Looking back on this month and ITB Berlin! We were excited to be represented by our Co-Founder and & CEO Amanda Ho who was invited by Prof. Dr. Willy Legrand to speak on “The Right Message in Tourism: Making Genuine ESG Claims” with Hazel McGuire from Intrepid Travel, Victoria Knauer- Hansen from GreenSign Office, Rob Holmes from GLP Films and Tonya Fitzpatrick, Esq. Transformational Travel from World Footprints LLC the importance of storytelling, transparency, and education to help shift the traveler mindset and influence them to make more sustainable travel decisions. Our partnership with Weeva is critical to support an industry transition to more accountability and benchmarking through verifiable data and to inspire accommodation providers to join the journey of regeneration. Exciting to share that the ‘Weeva Sustainability Management Standard’ version 1, dated January 2024, has gained GSTC-Recognized Standard status, meaning it has been fully recognized as equivalent to the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) Criteria. #regenerativetourism #regenerativetravel #ITBBerlin