Regen Travel
Transforming hospitality into a catalyst for regeneration
What is Regenerative Travel & Hospitality?
Regenerative Hospitality actively seeks to enhance the well-being of travellers and host communities. It positions hospitality as a catalyst for environmental restoration, cultural preservation and inclusive prosperity. It calls for a shift from minimizing harm to creating net positive outcomes – delivering immersive experiences while strengthening local ecosystems and social fabric.
The Lausanne Manifesto mentions 4 principles of Regenerative Hospitality, as a compass for practioners: Shifting Mindsets; Living Systems Thinking; Place-Based and People Wisdom; Co-Creation Through Ecosystems of Collaboration.
« To travel around the world is also to understand that every piece of land is precious, every tree has a story, every river has a role to play. »
Wangari Maathai
The Regen Travel program is co-led by Diane and Nicola, two practitioners deeply engaged in transforming the future of hospitality through regenerative practices and approaches. They also co-founded the Regenerative Hospitality Collective, and bring complementary expertise and lived experiences to support hospitality stakeholders and destinations on a regenerative journey.
How we help regenerate travel & hospitality organisations
We take destinations and hospitality practitioners on a transformative pathway towards regeneration by:
Co-designing
regenerative strategies and programs
Mobilizing local and international stakeholders
around the regeneration programs to foster partnerships
Contributing to the mobilization
of aligned financial partners
Supervising project implementation,
and foster market linkages
Building capacity
through training, facilitation workshops, 1:1 mentoring
Advocating
for regenerative hospitality in international fora
Fostering alliances
to support and amplify regenerative hospitality across the industry
Our impact so far
- 700’000 heures Impact: with 700’000 heures Impact, a hospitality-driven initiative it co-founded, Regenopolis demonstrated how tourism can regenerate local livelihoods, preserve cultural heritage and restore natural ecosystems, with projects in the desert of Morocco, the Peruvian Amazon and Mexico’s cloud forest. After 3 years of operations, Regenopolis is stepping out any operational role within 700’000 heures Impact.
- EHL Innovation Hub (Ecole Hospitalière de Lausanne): as a thought partner to EHL, Regenopolis co-created the Regenerative Economy track of the 1st Open Innovation Summit and co-founded as a result the Regenerative Hospitality Collective, as an open platform and space for co-learning, open conversations, shared explorations and practical tools.
- Regenopolis also advises project owners in Europe, Africa and Latin America towards regenerative hospitality. See here for more projects.
