Regenerative Hospitality Retreat : Capacity building for Small Luxury Hotels Collection and selected members

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Regenopolis partnered with Small Luxury Hotels (SLH) and Dar Ahlam to design and lead an immersive capacity-building retreat on regenerative hospitality. Through a tailored one-day program and a 60-page workbook, selected hotel leaders were introduced to the mindset, tools, and frameworks needed to move beyond sustainability and embrace regeneration as a strategic pathway. The retreat fostered personal reflection, peer learning, and actionable strategies to support transformation across the SLH network.

Challenge

In a time of mounting environmental and social pressures, boutique hotels are seeking new ways to differentiate themselves beyond conventional sustainability certifications. Many independent hospitality leaders feel the urgency to respond meaningfully to climate change, biodiversity loss, and shifting guest expectations—yet lack the frameworks, language, and confidence to lead this transformation. The challenge: how to empower these actors to become pioneers of a regenerative future?

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How Regenopolis helped

Approach

In partnership with Dar Ahlam and Small Luxury Hotels (SLH), Regenopolis designed and facilitated a full-day Regenerative Hospitality Retreat in Morocco. This immersive training combined experiential learning, mindset-shifting conversations, and hands-on tools drawn from systems thinking and regenerative development. The retreat was structured around a custom-designed 60-page workbook, equipping participants with clear concepts, self-assessment tools, strategic frameworks, and reflective prompts.

The program helped participants:

  • Understand the core principles of regenerative hospitality and why it goes beyond sustainability;
  • Explore emerging trends in travel and tourism through a regenerative lens;
  • Apply 8 practical tools to real hotel challenges – such as the Regenerative Canvas, Stakeholder Ecosystem Mapping, and the Regenesis Institute Tetrad for place-based regeneration;
  • Deepen their inner leadership capabilities to support systems change;
  • Participate in peer-led Challenge Labs to surface and explore regenerative opportunities.
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Our impact

The project resulted in significant outputs and outcomes

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Mindset shift

Participants reported a deepened understanding of regeneration as a holistic, life-centered approach to hospitality

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Practical tools

Each attendee left with a concrete toolkit for integrating regenerative practices into their operations and strategy

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Community of practice

The retreat catalyzed the emergence of a shared language and collective momentum among SLH members, paving the way for continued peer learning and co-creation

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Long-term value

The workbook has since become a reference material for hotel leaders beginning or accelerating their regenerative journey—positioning Regenopolis as a thought partner in hospitality transformation

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Case studies

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700’000 heures Impact: Pioneering Regenerative Hospitality

700’000 heures Impact is a transformative hospitality initiative co-founded by Thierry Teyssier (700’000 heures) and Diane Binder (Regenopolis), designed to harness the power of hospitality as a force for regeneration. Combining immersive, ultra-curated guest experiences with systemic place-based development, it redefines luxury through simplicity, connection, and purpose, while preserving natural ecosystems, safeguarding cultural heritage, and revitalizing local economies in remote and often overlooked regions.

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Ibiti Projecto

Ibiti Projecto is a socio-environmental project focused on another way of inhabiting the planet, respectful and regenerative. Here, immersive and authentic hospitality serves a wider project: rewilding of 6,000 hectares, reintroduction of endangered species, sustainable production of organic food and the revival of a rural community. Premium eco-tourism experiences are transformative both to the travelers and to the place). Ibiti Projecto is a testimony that authentic place-based development can generate measurable social and environmental impact as well as financial returns.

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WB Rural Logistics: Decarbonizing Rural logistics in the Sahel

Commissioned by the World Bank, this one-year regional study aimed to assess the enabling environment for scaling rural logistics systems that are both climate-resilient and low-carbon. Regenopolis, in partnership with GRID Engineers and ES Partners, delivered a deep-dive analysis of rural transport infrastructure and accessibility across Senegal, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Niger, with a focus on linking logistics planning to the growth of local agricultural value chains and inclusive development in fragile, climate-vulnerable areas.

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