CSR and Sustainability

🏨 Hotel Shield won the 2026 AHLA/HTNG TechOvation Award, now in its 11th year, for AI-powered hotel security that matches individuals against trafficking watchlists and instantly alerts staff. Selected from nine semifinalists at The Hospitality Show, it won through judging and live audience voting among three finalists. HPE won the inaugural international edition at HTNG Connect: EMEA in Edinburgh, Scotland, for its Wi-Fi 7 access points and self-driving networks.

The Marseille-based studio investigates history and archives to inform its interior design work

🏨 Chuck Franz, CEO of Indiana’s French Lick Resort, received Historic Hotels of America’s 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award on October 15 in Williamsburg, Virginia. Honored for preserving French Lick Springs and West Baden Springs hotels, Franz has led the 3,000-acre resort full-time since 2014. His projects include workforce housing, the Valley Tower addition with more than 70 rooms, historic pavilion restoration, new cottages and golf course construction.

Based in Porto, venn is a plant-based restaurant sourcing with intention from a small network of farmers and fishers. The team undertook the Food Made Good Standard in 2026, and we were incredibly impressed by their conscious, transparent procurement policies and practices. The post Support Farmers & Fishers: venn appeared first on Saladplate.

🏨 Aman Group, Patience Capital Group and GDL-Raven signed an MoU to pursue a partnership for Gelephu Mindfulness City, a Special Administrative Region in southern Bhutan. The king-envisioned economic hub spans finance, green energy, wellness, education, agriculture and cultural heritage. The partners aim to attract long-term real estate investment while respecting nature and culture. Aman, Bhutan’s first international hotel brand over 20 years ago, contributes hospitality expertise; PCG brings fund management and real estate experience.

✈ More than 200 business travel professionals gathered October 26–27, 2026, at American Airlines’ campus in Fort Worth, Texas, for GBTA’s WINiT Summit, advancing women through mentorship and leadership development. WINiT now has 1,300+ members across five regional chapters and engaged 1,000+ women through 10 global networking events. The GBTA Foundation announced plans to partner with Corporate Travel Management on women’s business travel safety research, expected around International Women’s Day, March 8, 2027.

🌱 Deevana Hotels & Resorts, operating 4-star properties in Phuket and Krabi, Thailand, aims for a 45:55 split of plant-based to animal-based protein purchases by weight by 2030. Developed with NGO Lever Foundation, the policy expands plant-based menu choices without eliminating animal protein, supporting sustainability and diverse dietary preferences. The group also targets a 5% greenhouse-gas emissions reduction by 2026, alongside existing waste management, water and energy conservation, and mangrove planting initiatives.

💼 A campaign is urging the sector to tackle youth unemployment as 981,000 young people remain out of work.