Sustainability versus Costs – Best Practices from Business Travel Experts to Optimize the Costs of Implementing Sustainable Travel Strategies!
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On 28th of January, 2025, the AmCham Travel & Tourism Committee organized a meeting entitled Sustainability versus Costs – Best Practices from Business Travel Experts to Optimize the Costs of Implementing Sustainable Travel Strategies. Our speakers were Emilia Majewska, Senior Manager, Deloitte, and Magdalena Eliasz, General Manager of Bristol Hotel, and we discussed how to incorporate sustainability into business travel programs in a world that is increasingly aware of environmental issues.
Answering whether sustainability is a cost, our speakers confirmed that it is an investment in the future, however, a costly one. With CSRD requirements reporting which is becoming more and more complicated and some obvious characteristics of this industry, the hospitality sector still aims to become carbon neutral by 2050. And how to succeed with this ambitious goal? There are of course widely known solutions like exploring and installing new technologies e.g. for energy saving, creating green teams, or upgrading your transportation offerings and services with sustainability in mind but what is the most important is creating awareness, properly educating people and allowing the guests to be part of the experience by asking for their ideas and feedback. The hospitality sector will of course not do much good for long if they do not make money so it would certainly help if we all make sure that we are on the same page. However, we need to remember that the hotel industry needs to care about different customers’ experience also those which are not very sustainable. Speaking about hotels and businesses' cooperation towards more sustainable travel experiences, we have stressed the role of travel managers whose expectations will drive hotels’ performance.
Thank you to our speakers and Co-Chairs of the AmCham Travel & Tourism Committee, Tim Hyland and Ewa Doromoniec-Vieira in her new role as the Co-Chair of the AmCham Travel & Tourism Committee.
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Magdalena Eliasz
Emilia Majewska
Ewa Doromoniec Vieira
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