... or our industry will disappear

HITT Final Debate: Teamwork needs leaders in hotels and real estate

The path to the climate goals is set, even if much is still in flux. But no one can do it alone. Everyone needs to get their stakeholders on board. The call for this is getting louder and louder. / © HI William Veder

7.7.2023

The hotel industry is not even perceived by politicians and other industries, let alone taken seriously. As we move towards a more sustainable world, in which the sector plays a major role, such disdain is felt with all the more force. The 6th HITT Think Tank concluded last week in Berlin with a discussion about teamwork and cross-border collaboration - and commitment.

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Maria Pütz-Willems

is a passionate writer who travelled to over 40 countries and got to know the media world from many perspectives. She has been reporting on the international hotel industry for over 30 years and founded hospitalityInside.com in 2005. She finds her balance with fresh air, sports, cooking and sociable friends.

Susanne Stauss

has a degree in business administration and is a qualified hotel manager, making her the ideal hotel journalist with over 30 years of knowledge about the German hotel industry. She has been writing for hospitalityInside.com since it was founded in March 2005, today in the role of a Senior Writer. Among other things, she was the editor-in-chief of the trade magazine First Class, Restaurant International and the newsletter Cost & Logis. Today she writes for the trade magazine Top hotel and writes for staff magazines and customer magazines.

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