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This HospitalityInside Think Tank (HITT) in Brussels will be one of the most strategic ever: It shows new paths to the future, to "regenerative hospitality", to the environment and to the locals. Whether and where sustainable hotels are built is no longer decided by investors, but by urban planners and new infrastructures. In the hotel itself, the AI works with the employees and not against them. And clever IT applications reduce the gap between operator and investor.
Over the next 1000 years, global warming could be more severe than previously assumed. A new study has produced long-term climate projections for the first time, considering factors such as the thawing of permafrost as a source of greenhouse gases.
The EU Supply Chain Act, adopted in 2024, is controversial but important for fair trade. Companies are now to be given more time to prepare. The European Parliament has now cleared the way for a postponement.
The happiest people in the world live in Finland. Researchers suspect a connection between the population's closeness to nature and their happiness.
In many places around the world, there are mammoth green projects that are almost turning visions into nightmares. The Saudi city of Neom is apparently running out of money, the Green Wall in the Sahara has withered away and South Korea's Smart City Songdo is stagnating, as is a model socialist city in China.
2024 was a record year for many airlines. However, air travel is increasingly being criticised for its poor environmental footprint. The CO2 offsetting business has become a large and very opaque market. Every country can now decide for itself what it does. The original idea has been watered down.
The Austrian Federal Railway is expanding its network with night trains. From Germany, there are more and more attractive routes throughout Europe. Other providers are following suit.
To ensure that the Maldives remains a dream holiday destination, local hotels and resorts are committed to environmental and species protection. They produce key rings, jewellery and furniture from washed-up plastic waste, care for coral reefs and call for joint beach clean-ups.
Biodiversity is endangered worldwide - we need to act rather than negotiate. After a failure four months ago, poorer and richer states managed to reach a compromise at the COP16 continuation in Rome last week - without the USA.
Demand for time and cost-efficient construction is increasing. Solutions must be found. One variant is serial modular construction, which is already being used in the hotel industry in some cases: for both functional motorway service-station hotels as well as lifestyle products. Novum Hospitality CEO David Etmenan and expert Carsten Fritz from NXTbau give us an overview of the pros and cons of modular construction.