01 · Repair
Tend to what has been wounded.
Begin with the soil, the watershed, the displaced community. Hospitality earns its place by first attending to the harm that came before.
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Regenerative Travel Principles
for Hospitality
A turning point for our species — and a framework for hotels ready to repair, replenish and create the conditions for life to flourish.
Free · Case studies, lexicon & principles for regenerative hospitality.
A Turning Point
From sustaining what is, to regenerating what can be.
We are at a turning point as a human species — a moment that asks us to reverse the trajectory of climate change and answer an urgent call to repair and replenish the damage done to our environment and our communities.
"Regenerative principles are emerging as the future of tourism — with the capacity to create better conditions for people and life to flourish."
This white paper leverages case studies from hotels who may already be practicing regeneration without explicitly using the terminology, alongside a working lexicon of regenerative language. It moves readers from the theoretical to the practical applications of Regenerative Travel as a force for positive change.
We invite you to join the journey of co-evolution through regeneration as we build a shared framework for the regenerative principles of hospitality.
The Argument
Hospitality, designed as a living system — not an extractive one.
Regenerative hospitality treats place, culture, ecology and guest as inseparable. When a hotel restores the watershed, employs the village, dignifies the cuisine and tells the truth about its land, it stops consuming the world and begins to renew it.
Three MovementsRepair. Replenish.
Repair. Replenish.
Regenerate.
Regeneration is not a single act — it is a way of being in relationship with place. The paper traces three movements that any hotel, lodge or destination can begin to practice: tending to what has been broken, returning more than is taken, and designing for the long arc of life to flourish across generations.
02 · Replenish
Return more than you take.
Source from the village, dignify the maker, restore the pollinator. A regenerative hotel is measured by what flourishes around it, not only inside it.
03 · Regenerate
Design for life to keep unfolding.
The deepest work is co-evolutionary — building the cultural, ecological and economic conditions in which guests, hosts and place renew one another over time.
"When hospitality stops asking 'how do we sustain ourselves?' and starts asking 'how do we help life flourish here?' — the entire industry begins to change shape."
Inside the Report
From principle to practice — eight threads woven through the paper.
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Defines the core regenerative principles reshaping the future of hospitality.
02
Frames why this turning point demands more than sustainability — it demands repair.
03
Surfaces case studies of hotels already practicing regeneration without naming it.
04
Translates theory into practice with field-tested operational examples.
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Introduces a working lexicon of regenerative terminology for the industry.
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Maps the relationships between place, community, ecology and guest experience.
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Offers a framework for hoteliers, designers and operators to begin the journey.
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Charts the co-evolution of travelers, hosts and the living systems they inhabit.
"Co-evolution through regeneration — a framework for hospitality that gives back more than it takes."
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Featured Voices
Case studies and insights from leaders shaping the field.
The report draws on conversations and field examples from hoteliers, conservationists, designers and thinkers practicing regeneration on every continent.
Amanda Ho (Author)
Co-Founder & CEO, Regenerative Travel
Anna Pollock
Founder, Conscious Travel
Beks Ndlovu
Founder, African Bush Camps — Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Bill Reed
Principal, Regenesis Inc.
Dana Krauskopf
Owner, Hamanasi Dive Resort, Belize
David Leventhal
Owner, Playa Viva Hotel, Mexico
Dereck Joubert
Founder, Great Plains Conservation
Juliet Kinsman
Sustainability Editor, Condé Nast Traveller · Founder, Bouteco
Marcus Cotton
Owner, Tiger Mountain Pokhara Lodge, Nepal
Neil Jacobs
CEO, Six Senses Hotels Resorts and Spa
Patricia Dwyer
Founder, The Purpose Business
Portia Hart
Owner, Blue Apple Beach, Colombia
Sangjay Choegyal
Director, Gal Oya Lodge, Sri Lanka
Luz Caceres & Roberto Fernández
Owners, Pacuare Lodge, Costa Rica
Zita Cobb
Innkeeper, Fogo Island Inn
Citation: "Regenerative Travel Principles for Hospitality" produced by CatchOn, A Finn Partners Company, in partnership with Regenerative Travel.
Join the journey of co-evolution — and help build the regenerative principles that will define the next era of hospitality.