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Sustainability Stories: Balancing People, Planet and Profits

Sustainability Stories: Balancing People, Planet and Profits

著者： Radhika Arapally
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Sustainability Stories is a podcast bringing stories from change leaders who are taking conscious steps to care for Planet, People along with Profits for sustainable hospitality. Stories from sustainable hotels, General managers, engineers, tourism experts for the love of travel and hotels.Radhika Arapally 経済学
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  • S1E50: The ocean is the product. So why don't more hotels protect it? With Tatiana Antonelli Abela

    S1E50: The ocean is the product. So why don't more hotels protect it? With Tatiana Antonelli Abela
    2026/05/28

    The beach view, the coral diving experience, the fresh seafood menu, the sunset terrace — across the MENA coastal belt, the ocean is what drives room rates and repeat bookings. And yet ocean health rarely makes it onto a hotel's sustainability agenda.

    For this World Oceans Day episode — and the 50th episode of Season 1 — Radhika is joined by Tatiana Antonelli Abella, founder of Goumbook and the force behind the MENA Ocean Summit and MENA Ocean Network.

    In this conversation the focus is on:

    - why the Gulf is a living lab for global coral research,

    - what desalination is really doing to our seas,

    - the difference between sustainable and regenerative hospitality, and

    - what every hotel GM on the MENA coastline should be doing differently from June 8th onwards.
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    39 分
  • Inside GITB: How Marriott Downtown Abu Dhabi Became #1 Globally

    Inside GITB: How Marriott Downtown Abu Dhabi Became #1 Globally
    2026/05/14

    Ram Prabhu doesn't run a sustainability department. He runs the building. As Multi-Property Director of Engineering at Marriott Hotel Downtown Abu Dhabi. he's the one deciding which capex projects live or die — and his team just won GITB 2025, ranking #1 globally across 8,000+ Marriott properties. We talk chiller bases vs heat pumps, why he only gets 7 out of 10 approvals, and what ESCOs look like when occupancy drops to 14%.


    Access Sustainability Kiosk website for more information on the podcasts and to reach us.
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    30 分
  • S1E48: Regenerative Tourism in the GCC with Martin Baeuerle

    S1E48: Regenerative Tourism in the GCC with Martin Baeuerle
    2026/04/30
    "Whatever was sustainable yesterday may not be sustainable tomorrow."Definitions evolve, standards rise, and what counted as responsible travel five years ago may not hold up today. Regenerative tourism — the idea that hospitality and travel should give back more than it takes — is where that conversation is heading next.Host Radhika Arapally is joined by Martin Baeuerle, founder of Sustainability Hive, working at the intersection of sustainable tourism, education, and consultancy across the GCC.Martin opens by drawing a clear distinction between sustainability, net zero, and regeneration. Sustainability, he explains, aims to maintain the status quo — balancing resource use with replenishment. Net Zero focuses narrowly on carbon. Regeneration, however, asks a deeper question: how do we fix what we have already damaged?When asked where the Gulf hospitality sector stands on this ladder, Martin highlights that progress is happening but the journey is still in its early stages, and that regenerative models must also be adapted to local contexts: what works in Europe will not simply transfer to the GCC.Additionally, regulatory pressure building in Europe that will soon land on Middle Eastern operators targeting international travellers, the examples quietly leading the way in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and beyond, and why both top-down vision and bottom-up initiative are needed to shift the needle.One of the episode's most insightful threads is the distinction between process thinking (the hallmark of conventional sustainability) and systems thinking (the foundation of regeneration) - illustrated with the example of hotels switching from plastic to glass bottles — a sustainability win on paper, but one that ignores the absence of glass recycling infrastructure in many GCC countries.Looking ahead, Martin sees genuine opportunity in the region. Supply chain localisation is growing, environmental restoration projects are underway in the Red Sea, and countries like Oman and Saudi Arabia are well-placed to drive social and economic regeneration through meaningful local employment in tourism.Key takeaways from the episode:🌍 True regeneration means looking at the whole system, not just a single metric.🌍 European consumer empowerment directives mean that any property targeting European customers — even via Booking.com — must back up sustainability claims with verified data and the Middle East is underestimating this impact.🌍 Staying up to date requires attending industry events, meeting thought leaders, and building a strong network as sustainability is fast-moving and academic publications quickly become outdated.🌍 Sustainability or net zero doesn't work in isolation because we have been degrading our world over the last decades. We need to enhance, give back more to the environment, the community, and people.Show notes referenced in the episode:👉 Pathways to Nature Conservation and Resilience in Hot and Arid Lands, the case of QatarOther resources:👉 Responsible Hoteliers Summit 2026👉 GSTC Global Summit 2026👉HospitalityInside Think Tank 2026👉 Heenat Salma Farm, Qatar👉 Erthna, Qatar👉 Red Sea Global
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    32 分
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