Outreach Readiness Salon

Airlift is destiny. Without more capacity, competitive pricing, and better schedules, growth will stall.

Airlift is destiny. Without more seats, competitive pricing, better schedules and aligned marketing, the growth potential of both Cook Islands tourism and the national economy will remain capped.

Airline seat capacity – along with fare pricing, schedules and marketing – not the attractiveness of the Cook Islands as a destination, is the binding constraint on our prosperity.

Aber Faktum ist, die die sich gut ernähren, die die sich gut bewegen, haben meist ein Schlafdefizit.

Aber ich bin eigentlich grundsätzlich Entgegner dieser äh Supplement äh äh Exzesse.

Also bei unserer Familie als Beispiel, wir verwenden versuchen zumindestens nur Vollkornudel, Vollkornreis zu verwenden. Biolebensmittel wahrscheinlich Biolebensmittel. Keine, aber vor allem der Kampf gegen den Zucker.

Aber das umfällt keiner.

Aber was ich dort bei dieser Klinik nicht gefunden habe, ist, ja, ich fühlte mich nicht wohl als ... ... als Unternehmenskultur, von der Unternehmenskultur Seite, sagen wir mal so.

After a difficult period in business, I found myself carrying the same mindset into every conversation I was having; focused on outcomes, efficiency, and getting things done.

Across global longevity clinics, physicians report cases ranging from injection-site reactions to severe allergic responses, hormonal disruption, and early insulin resistance. Much of this is linked to self-experimentation: individuals sourcing unregulated compounds online and combining “stacks” without clinical oversight.

And then we are given a package in a box with all the challenges for at home.

As Forbes journalist Sindhya Valloppillil highlighted, #GLP-1s and #peptides are now being sold like skincare: influencer-driven, cash-pay, and unanchored from proper oversight. The consumerization of longevity may fuel visibility, but without evidence and regulation, it risks undermining public trust.

63% direct booking rate (about 2x the average for independent hotels)

But mostly, deep DEEP gratitude to all you mindful travelers who seek out - and often go a bit out of your way to stay in - the indy lodges and boutiques that honor our Mother Earth as much as you do.

💰 Compensation: $115K–$145K DOE + benefits

And I was the first from the IDC to get a tourism loan in the private tourism sector and that was a total mess because you know was told to pay interest in capital after a year and it didn't work and anyway we got on well towards the end and we worked it out and they all obviously got paid back and it became quite a success.

And then all my neighbors laughed at me and said, you know, this guy's got more money than brains and all the rest of it. And actually, I didn't have that amount because I spending too much.

But staying true to our values has seen rewards in ecosystems restored, jobs created, and guests who return because they believe in what we do.

Abbiamo ridotto le 40 camere iniziali in 25 suites per renderle più confortevoli per gli ospiti

After a short seasonal break—during which we once again invested in improving and refining our property—our entire VE Family comes back together.

Among the five pillars, I would say environmental harmony is still the most underestimated in today's fast paced lifestyle.

After attending few wellness events and speaking at some, I am more frustrated than enlightened, which was the purpose of these events...

all of that we do. But we started off with a digital strategy and that has been our success.

all the solutions even today from proper healthcare point of view giving you pills to suppress your uh symptoms stress and mental health conditions uh to getting massages and all nonsense about kyro chambers and cold plunges and different things that comes and go uh is to kind of manage the stress part which is only the symptom.

And then, of course, the financial crisis was difficult for us because I had a lot of debt at that time, and banks were immediately difficult. I was forced to sell a hotel in Geneva, which was sensible in relation to what I could get for it and the profits it was making. We paid a hundred million of debt, and things then picked up again quite quickly.

But the City of London was great to me. I initially tried to buy back some of the business because Granada, who bought it, weren’t into luxury hotels. I raised a billion in the city — this was in ’97, and a billion was a lot more money than it is today — to make an offer. It didn’t work out in the end because things had moved on by the time I managed to do that. That was one of the biggest moments I faced in my life.

Europe is a bit static and flat and it has been for a number of years.

And we have also now since um a couple of years our own research team. We have three fully dedicated scientists.

Over the years, some of us at Buchinger Wilhelmi have chosen to fast occasionally for this reason. It is super effective !!!

So, and he we measured his biological age. He's actually 92. His biological age was 86. When we published that, all of a sudden we had a lot of 90-year-olds who wanted to come to the clinic.

But this expansion isn’t simply about geography. In preparation for growth, BodyHoliday has formalised its operating structure, assembling both a senior executive team and non-executive board, with deep experience across global hospitality, finance, wellness and large-scale development.

Huge thanks also to Indu Brar and Jean-Charles Denis for joining our executive team and to Jeremy Plummer, Mia Kyricos and Alice Avis for joining our board.

It's been going through our minds for about 10 years, we can't just sit here and wait to be killed.

About a year ago, we brought the Neuroactive Studio into Atmantan, built around neuroreactive training technology. This wasn't an impulse purchase. We spent months researching it, because what it does is fundamentally different from any conventional fitness setup.

And if our words don’t connect, they might miss the essence of what we do altogether.

A recent guest reminded me of it again. He’s been coming to Atmantan Wellness Centre for a few years now, always for physical healing. But this time, he said, he’d be staying for 30 days to focus on his inner self. He spent long hours in solitude, doing his sadhana, guided by our meditation gurus and team.

all this medical equipment, all this amazing technology that we've built, it's for them to use as well.

in most places, what was missing was authenticity and soul connection. So there were beautiful buildings, programs, you know, good therapists, but you didn't understand why it was there. Why it was built. What people, you know, what was the heart behind them.

I started detoxing my immune system. I started really going holistic in order to rebuild what I had to go through through all the chemo and all the stress and everything. So, I started going to places like Euphoria. And this is I started doing yoga. I started doing meditation.

Die neue CERVO Cantina ist seit diesem Winter offen - ein Raum nur für unsere Mitarbeiter mit der leckeren Verpflegung von FELFEL Schweiz und den topp Garderoben von Zippsafe!

For example, we chose to collaborate with a company called 'My Climate' on our 'Cause We Care' initiative because they make an important difference in the world today. Through the program, guests contribute three francs a night to ensure that they have a carbon-neutral stay. If they participate, and it's totally voluntary, then the hotel matches their contribution, helping our visitors—and Cervo—to reduce their footprint. Guests love it.

I think our next biggest step is definitely accommodation for our team. As many regions and especially also Alpine destinations, we're struggling with affordable housing. At the moment, we are quite covered with different options we have, but we want to really create more like a campus, community-wide feeling. So we have a beautiful project in the next village. It's called CERVO Refugio. So Refugio, it's a mountain hut, it's a shelter. So we want to really have a cozy place where people can stay and including coffee and bakery and spa and so on. So that's the next big project that will include a small hostel as well, because we believe that it's nice that there is also a bit more affordable lodging options in the region for people traveling.

Al mismo tiempo, seguimos invirtiendo de forma muy decidida en lo que ya tenemos. Destinamos en torno al 5% de nuestra facturación anual a renovación y mejora continua, y recientemente hemos duplicado ese esfuerzo inversor. Creemos que mantener los activos actualizados y en el máximo nivel de calidad es tan importante como crecer.

Desde mi experiencia como hotelero, creo que el turismo vacacional puede y debe convivir perfectamente con la actividad hotelera profesional, pero hasta ahora se ha gestionado de manera desordenada y poco planificada. Esto ha generado efectos perversos en la planificación territorial: en algunas zonas, la proliferación de residencias y alquileres turísticos ha alterado el equilibrio, incluso en áreas rurales, afectando a la vida de la población local y a la clase media trabajadora.

El problema central es la falta de vivienda asequible y la ausencia de planificación tanto pública como privada. Sin facilidades ni regulación adecuada, el modelo turístico se vuelve insostenible a medio plazo, y la población que sostiene el sector -trabajadores y familias- se ve perjudicada.

And the L&D team used the closure to refresh skills.

A single line was added about landmines in a small, already-demarcated northern area, but some media outlets repeated old warnings as if they were new.

At a moment when tourism finally has momentum, careless reporting is not just unhelpful, it can be economically harmful.

because their ego is higher.

In Kerala, our doctors mentor students in local schools, our teams support fishermen’s communities, and they volunteer during floods from Kashmir to Chennai.

Longevity is becoming a buzzword, but today a lot of biohacking is happening at the top level without understanding the foundations correctly.

After three months of strategic planning and one month of tireless execution, our team delivered the strongest festive revenue performance in over a decade at Nikki Beach Samui.

As a group, we have been expanding thoughtfully with new restaurant brands, including the opening of Lucia in Cannes and our Lucia Summer Club pop-up in Spain last year.

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’ll be serving a dedicated cocktail throughout October, The Pink Promise, with 50% of sales donated to the Susan G. Komen organization.

One of the uh factors that is so important is our Chiva-Som Academy. We actually have a training school and we've established for a long time 15 years I think roughly and anybody going to work in our resort would have to go through the you know the relevant training programs and we also take in outsiders people who want to be therapists themselves or want to manage their own spas we also train them so that's one way of getting around the uh what we call a manpower shortage nowadays you know because everyone wants a therapist. Everyone's opening a spa, a wellness center and so on.

The new bedrooms also have a work desk.

The renovation of Chiva-Som will help us anticipate what is coming in the future.

And honestly, it's the kind of care I wish more of my patients had access to ten years before I ever met them.

And when something more is going on, it is worth investigating properly rather than guessing, which is a large part of what we do at Yugen Care.

Convenience is not the same as oversight. Self-administered wellness is a genuine breakthrough in access. It is not a replacement for proper medical assessment, especially when patients have underlying gut, pelvic floor or ano-rectal issues that quietly get worse under the surface.

I can tell you that having multiple business locations puts more pressure on our team to create secure networks and polices.

I created handmade brochures and delivered them to local employers. I offered discounts to long stay guests and referral incentives to anyone who brought a friend. I started giving rides to work at no cost. Whatever it took to earn trust and rebuild occupancy.

I moved in and remodeled it myself, buying used fixtures for about fifty dollars a room.

False visuals and messages are circulating online in my name, promoting so-called 'investment opportunities'.

The absolute highlight has been our strategic repositioning in 2023. We've invested in renovating our restaurants and elevating every aspect of the guest experience.

The robotic assistant is programmed to help customers locate products and provide information, a first for Namibian retail. Here we're testing all new technologies out. We've got our own systems now, payment systems and all sorts. Also the checkout, self-checkout system, which is really working very well.

At that point, both my father and I travelled across the world to look at various destinations, but we came to the conclusion, when we came back to India, that the therapies and practices available here had evolved through generations and were much superior and beneficial compared to others available worldwide.

I started yoga at I think at the age of 30 when I was still working with the oberoy. My actual wellness journey started when the lease was signed for Ananda with the Maharaja Garwal. Then my father and myself we traveled worldwide all over the world actually to look at various destination spars but came to the conclusion when we came back to India that the therapies and practices were available in India through which have been evolved through generations were much superior and beneficial.

So I think there's a curiosity that Jenz has which I've not really seen in any other generation so far. You know we took a lot of this for granted. you know those those grandmothers tokas and you know that was all I but nobody asked the pertinent questions and now you find Jenzi really wanting to embrace their culture in a way like never before right so and they're also willing to invest in themselves because they are seeking that balance of life which I think nobody else did and so they're investing in themselves at a much younger age

Die Angriffe waren schon auch persönlich

Die Leichtigkeit ist mit dabei ganz wichtig. Die Werke bei uns liegen in einer Preisrange ab einem vierstelligen Bereich. Unsere Gäste können sich das gönnen und sagen, das ist jetzt eine Ikone unseres Urlaubs.

Es ist schon jedes Mal ein Kraftakt, wenn man sich in ein neues Projekt reinwirft

As a First Responder, there really is no room for trauma, the jobs demands resilience at any cost. You are expected to keep it together and not show your weakness, at any cost. The truth is the body remembers what the mind tires to forget, forced silence becomes dangerous. In this solo episode, I share my story as a former Paramedic, how one call became the tipping point that sent me into a spiral of PTSD, anxiety, and depression. I talk openly about the experienced isolation, in the face of ridicule, isolation and the lack of real support when you’re struggling to put your uniform on. This isn’t a clinical conversation. It’s a human one. I also share what actually helped me heal when traditional paths fail. My experience with a single dose of Psilocybin that became the turning point, allowing me to reclaim my life, my nervous system, and my sense of self. If you’re a first responder, a veteran, or someone quietly carrying trauma while trying to be “OK,” this episode is for you. You’re not weak. You’re not broken. And you’re not alone. There is hope and there are other ways forward. #PTSD #FirstResponderMentalHealth #FirstResponders #ParamedicLife #TraumaRecovery #MentalHealthAwareness #HealingJourney #InvisibleWounds #BreakTheStigma #YouAreNotAlone #AnxietyRecovery #DepressionRecovery #NervousSystemHealing #TraumaInformed #PodcastEpisode #MentalHealthPodcast #Resilience #PostTraumaticGrowth

I would like to share a very personal story, that brings tears to my eyes to write… Last night I was on a call with my sister and she was talking a mile a minute. She was going on about how she should “have autonomy over her body and that just because she can’t manage her emotions, doesn’t mean she should be treated like an animal and injected with medications.” To hear her words, somehow makes me feel that we failed her in some way… Read Here: https://lnkd.in/eauJmebr

Many of us, now more than ever, are struggling with some form of mental health challenge. We’re trying to keep up with lives that feel relentless, juggling family, careers, relationships, and financial pressure, with little space to slow down or simply breathe. And what reflects back from that place is often depression, anxiety, and a quiet loss of joy. For some, it goes even deeper. There’s a growing number of people living on the edge of more severe mental health challenges, feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, and at times, like they’re losing their grip on reality. But there is hope. We are entering a time where new solutions are revolutionizing the way we approach mental health. Psychedelics are re-emerging as a powerful tool, being studied across respected institutions around the world, with results that are not only compelling, but deeply promising for long-term healing. In this solo episode, I share my personal experience with psilocybin therapy and how a single journey became a turning point in my life. It shifted the way I saw myself, my pain, and my path forward in a way that years of searching never quite reached. Since that day, I’ve devoted my life to supporting others who are struggling with their mental health, helping them step into safe, intentional, and supported experiences that can open the door to real internal transformation. Because this isn’t just a “trip.” It’s a reconnection. An awakening. A return to a life that actually feels worth living.

By creating the George and Aristea Mamidakis Foundation, which I named in honor of my parents, I was able to bring 32 local and internationally renowned sculptors to Minos Beach to create works inspired by the environment. The result transformed the hotel's grounds into a true sculpture garden with 54 art installations. Since then, the Foundation has hosted exhibitions featuring diverse forms of artistic expression, each enriching the hotel's permanent collection.

Sustainability is all about giving more than you take, and a priority for us. We use only local products and have adopted a philosophy based on environmental awareness. We support local health, educational, and mental institutions; the Neapolis orphanage; and a social grocery; and we give back through donations, volunteer work, sponsorships, free meals, and complimentary use of our hotel's services and facilities.

Σε γενικές γραμμές ακολουθούμε τον ρυθμό ανάπτυξης του ελληνικού τουρισμού. Η Ελλάδα λοιπόν πέρυσι έκλεισε στο συν 10% ως προς τα έσοδα και στο συν 5% ως προς τη διακίνηση επισκεπτών. Εμείς ήμασταν στο 15% σε επίπεδο εσόδων. Υλοποιούμε ανακαινίσεις ακριβώς για να επιτύχουμε υψηλότερη μέση τιμή, με περισσότερες κατηγορίες δωματίων στα ξενοδοχεία μας

So we found a guy who invented a solution. We provide a breeding site for mosquitoes where once they lay their eggs, the water gets cleaned out so the mosquito population is suppressed and dies off naturally. So far, it’s been very successful and I’m working with him on commercializing it.

There were times I wondered why I was doing it. But once we got started, I didn’t want to compromise at all.

We are not only responsibly removing our waste, but we are also able to regularly clean our beaches and keep harmful rubbish away from the ocean – and one of the programmes tailored by the Anambas Foundation is to educate the locals on the importance of keeping the ocean clean. From day one, our plans have been created with sustainability and the environment in mind, thus the Anambas Foundation has an incredibly important role.

1952 was his first piece that he bought. 1972 was when the hotel was registered. And we started with five rooms, using these traditional Newari woodwork for the facade of the buildings that at that point he designed and had constructed.

My grandfather established the restoration workshop in the 1960s … and we're still restoring today.

So you can imagine the amount of pieces that we bought. And it's a lot of work to restore these pieces and also depends on how intricate they are carved, but it takes some time, because all this restoration work is all done by hand.

Excited to share that Shawn Cioto has joined us as our VP of Operations and will take a leadership role across our portfolio of unique hotels and resorts.

Not all design processes were as smooth as the creation of Now Now NoHo with Ashley and her team. And now we have a funky, one of a kind, capsule hotel meets luxury hostel in the heart of NoHo. Thx!

we're the proud new stewards of Collective Retreats Governors Island adding to our collection of 7 unique resorts and hotels.

It goes without saying that business is nowhere near the past levels but we have had tremendous support locally.

Our hearts were torn apart as we tried to manage our dwindling team, through the downsizing, having to say bye to some of our team members, who we knew, we could not support further.

The Philippines has minimal support for employees and none for businesses and so one of our main concerns was our team and the lack of help they would receive.

Over the years, some of us at Buchinger Wilhelmi have chosen to fast occasionally for this reason. It is super effective !!!

Seriously, I am wondering when governments will wake up and create metabolic rehabilitation strategies to appropriately treat people instead of putting them on medications which are only managing symptoms.

That is why we are working with lifespin GmbH on blood metabolomics.

At Aro Ha, we’ve tried to make regeneration tangible: a retreat centre that can achieve Net Zero Energy, land that intentionally supports native biodiversity, and programs that send people home with lightness that ripples into their families and communities.

Guests arrive foggy, depleted, heavy.

The data speaks clearly: guests leave with measurably younger biology, deeper sleep, improved metabolic function, and the tools to sustain these gains long after they return home.

My style of hotel didn't exist 15 years ago in Thailand. So I built one.

No one could believe I was charging US$200 a night in the middle of nowhere.

Building Juicy Escape has been a long and challenging journey.

Every week at Juicy Oasis has been full to capacity since the first day it opened

There's something truly magical about this place and it's one of the reasons why so many people fly from all over the world and return year after year.

Proud to have our project powered by Dertour Foundation 🙏

This week, the team at Diamonds Malindi dedicated time to our shores for an impactful Beach Cleanup Initiative.

Chcieliśmy, żeby ten kolor zachwycał, zwracał uwagę. Ta rzeźba jest bardzo charakterystyczna i będzie świetnie wyglądała w tej zieleni, która jest tu wszechogarniająca. Wspólnie przygotowaliśmy projekt do programu Centrum Rzeźby Polskiej w Orońsku „Rzeźba w przestrzeni publicznej dla Niepodległej”, finansowanego przez Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego. Orońsko jest inicjatorem idei, by było jak najwięcej rzeźby w przestrzeni publicznej. Przed rokiem udało nam się pozyskać w ten sposób fundusze na „Dłoń” Xawerego Wolskiego, a w tym roku na tę pracę Maurycego Gomulickiego. Bardzo się cieszymy, że także ta rzeźba będzie zdobić przestrzeń Buska – podkreśla.

Warto także dodać, że zaczęliśmy coraz częściej odwiedzać muzea, zaglądać do galerii sztuki współczesnej, bywać na aukcjach i zdecydowaliśmy się na podjęcie studiów podyplomowych „Rynek sztuki i antyków” w krakowskiej Akademii im. Frycza Modrzewskiego, które bardzo nam pomogły poszerzyć nasze zainteresowania kulturą wizualną.

En trois ans, j'ai investi 5 à 6 millions d'euros

Si j'ai toujours envie d'investir et d'embellir l'établissement, c'est bien que je veux en profiter, pas parce que j'ai envie de le vendre

against the wishes of 99.999% of our citizens

difficult to see how we overcome our challenges

every Government department is suffering.

2026 as a difficult year for the hotel sector

geopolitical developments

Limassol also shows lower occupancy compared to previous years, albeit to a lesser extent than other provinces

acknowledged that The Newt remains unprofitable despite over a decade of investment

horrendously expensive

It should hardly surprise you to learn that the scale of this project ran away with us. As you can see, creating gardens brings out a certain insanity in their owners.

Building WILD was probably the hardest thing I have ever done, for a myriad of reasons, including that it is so much easier to spend someone else's money than my own!

My biggest sustainability challenge is keeping forests intact.

I wanted to just try and buy one little condo at this place and they wouldn't do it, so I put the money in as a small investor in this resort and then my partners went upside down and it was the middle of a recession — I was really young, just getting my business going and it was a tough time during that time, but I wasn't willing to let it go.

As founders of organisations that are decades old, Andrew Dixon and I feel this acutely. Our businesses are very much our "children," and stepping into this exchange carried with it a real sense of responsibility, both emotional and moral, as we temporarily placed something deeply personal into another's care.

Cottar’s Safaris are excited to be hiring for two dynamic senior camp managers (ops/back of house and front of house) at our award-winning camp and villa in the Maasai Mara.

De cette réflexion sont nés l'Espace Convivial, notre deuxième salle à manger, ainsi que la salle Lac Orford.

Il y a des prises de conscience qui se font, mais pas assez rapidement à mes yeux, si on veut vraiment avoir un peuple en santé.

I could have paid for eight more master's degrees for the cost of my mistakes, mistakes in building and construction, hiring the wrong people, marketing failures and technology.

If you can pay for your problems to go away, do it.

Now is the right time to start investing in longevity, both in order to benefit from more favourable valuations

The complexity of aging and human biology is perhaps one of the most difficult problems we currently face

The parents of the children have never been to school, so you have to educate them as well. The secret danger is that when the kids become eight or nine they will be old enough to help their parents with farming, fishing, or selling, and they'll be pulled out of school.

Well, so far I've been funding the whole thing myself. But the goal is to get sponsors. About 40 euros per child per month will do it.

Je kan een bed in contingent nemen, of garant of als die beide niet kunnen, desnoods het hotel kopen. Wij gaan tot stap drie, veel collega's haken al af bij stap één.

Wij verkopen geen alledaagse producten en in het geheel van de reissector zijn we nog altijd niche.

Most times, the boardroom was like a war room because many of the members were stating that we would be wasting our time.

We've had our best numbers in the last 3 years. From a business angle, in Ayurveda, we found that the cost of running the property was much less than that of other resorts.

I can tell you that our customers are very satisfied, with over 50% of them coming back regularly, some of them twice a year.

Younger generations today are happy to spend a much larger part of their disposable income on travel and these experiences

Wir haben auch neue Partner mit an Board und freuen uns auf die Zusammenarbeit: BLACKROLL AG, Saint Charles Apothecary, uVida DYNOSTICS, BABOR BEAUTY GROUP, ILUMAA LYMPHATIC & Landsberg First Class Aesthetic

Dem Ziel, digitaler und dynamisch im Markt aufzutreten sind wir mit unserer App und der neuen Webpage schon einen grossen Schritt näher gekommen.

Through the FACET Foundation, we work with local partners to develop targeted programmes designed to improve standards of health, education and well-being. In doing so, we aim to make a fundamental difference to communities in Southern Africa.

We recognized that a conference centre would add great value to the area, enhancing business tourism and bringing more visitors to Vilankulo.

Beaucoup de personnes et d'organisations mènent une lutte sans relâche contre ce fléau. Mais il n'y a aucune coordination. Chacun agit à sa manière, ce qui entraîne un doublon des campagnes et des approches. À mon avis, la lutte aurait dû être chapeautée par un organisme unique, capable de fixer un cahier des charges aux différents acteurs, avec des deadlines précis. Ce n'est pas le cas à Maurice.

Dans le privé, on travaille avec des deadlines et un performance output. Si vous ne répondez pas aux attentes, vous quittez la chaise. Dans le service public, on y reste éternellement et presque sans de compte à rendre. Dans le domaine de la drogue, il faut de l'accountability et des échéances. L'urgence est aussi grave qu'au moment de la pandémie de Covid-19.

Derrière chaque consommateur, il y a un être humain sensible, souvent blessé. Si nous continuons à stigmatiser au lieu d'accompagner, nous perdrons une génération.

A call yesterday with Nadine Wohlers who interviewed me for her masters project on regenerative businesses, she at Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP), UCL. Here is the story, question at the end for your thoughts and feedback. During Christmas Day at Playa Viva a few years ago, I was walking out the trail that leads to and from Playa Viva. This trail was strewn with candy wrappers and discarded plastic candy containers. I was disgusted. Not just by the fact that the local kids who joined us for Christmas Eve celebrations — including a piñata full of candy — didn't know better than to throw their trash in the garbage. I was aghast at the idea that Playa Viva created this garbage in the first place. Piñatas are a wonderful local tradition. But what had we done? Lucky for us we had a quintessential guest at Playa Viva, Kat, who ran her own plastic-free shampoo company. Perfect timing. We called a meeting with every department head. We asked Kat to share her story of how hard she works to keep plastics out of every part of her supply chain, product, transportation, etc., and she shared her story with the team. Then we went around the table and asked each department head to talk about where they use plastic in their day-to-day operations. Turns out that plastic was hiding in plain sight. Every time we picked up shrimp from the fishmonger or meat from the butcher, it came wrapped in plastic bags. Each department identified the areas where they used more plastic and where they could eliminate or significantly reduce it, especially single-use items. The team came up with the fix themselves: we now bring our own Tupperware to the butcher and fishmonger. We not only do a piñata for Christmas Eve but also for New Year's. I was surprised to see the New Year's piñata explode with old-school candy — sugarcane, peanuts, fruit — this time, no plastic wrapping. Our staff was ready for the cultural shock from the new generation. On cue, Yara (in charge of these events) offered the kids individual bags of candy — real candy, but not wrapped in plastic. Problem solved, for the kids and for Playa Viva. What I loved most was the ingenuity and thoughtfulness of our team. This is what I mean when I say regeneration isn't a checkbox, it's a practice. Playa Viva is not perfect. While we are 100% off-grid solar for electricity, we still cook with propane gas. Our next major purchase will be an electric industrial stove and ovens. Until then, we will continue to strive for excellence and know that we are not perfect, but with the help of our team and asking the right questions and engaging the knowledge of our guests (and broader community) we will get closer and closer to being truly regenerative. Question for other founders and operators here: how do you build a culture where your own staff feels safe pointing out what isn't working, rather than management having to find it first?

From a financial standpoint, we started this business in 2006 in the last big economic boom, which crashed in 2008 with a global economic crisis. It hit travel and tourism, especially in Mexico, which was hit by H1N1 and tourism was down by 50%. I would say timing wasn't great for us, but we really should have spent more resources investing in things like social impact, like our farm and food program.

Is regenerative philanthropy the evolution of giving? I've been wrestling with a question recently, and I'm genuinely curious what this community thinks. Through my limited lens, I've watched philanthropy evolve over the past few decades. Collective impact inspired me in that it worked to coordinate across sectors. Systems change philanthropy showed how to address root causes, not just symptoms. Impact investing proved we could deploy capital for both returns and positive outcomes. And yet. I keep seeing the same pattern repeat: philanthropy (and philanthropists) with good intentions but giving that isn’t coordinated to create deep systemic change. The metrics look good. The theory of change is solid. But did we actually transform anything? Over the decades, I’ve evolved as a philanthropist…so what’s next? I used to believe conservation was about protecting nature FROM people. Build the fence. Hire the guards. Keep humans out. That's Act I thinking — and it doesn't work. Why? If you don’t solve the people problems that cause the pressure on natural resources, you will never solve the nature problems. Then I evolved into what I'd call “dualist thinking”: nature AND people can both win if we're clever enough with our incentives and structures. Create the right programs, align the stakeholders, deploy the capital efficiently. See the people as integral to solving the nature problems. Because what I've learned over 17 years working in regenerative development is that real transformation happens when we focus on building trust between all stakeholders, listen deeply to what the community and the ecosystem wants and form partnerships to address those concerns and then learn from our mistakes and successes with no blame, just evolving together and building trust. "What if the goal of philanthropy isn't to solve problems, but to build the conditions under which communities can solve their own?" How do we get philanthropists and their awardees to work together, creating shared best practices? What do you think? Is regenerative philanthropy the next frontier we need — or just the latest in a long line of philanthropic frameworks that promise transformation but deliver incrementalism? Drop your thoughts below. Push back on me. Tell me I'm wrong. Or share examples of where you've seen this work (or fail). #regenerative #regenerativetravel #regenerativephilanthropy #philanthropy #collectiveimpact #giving

Here's what keeps me up: The betting apps understand something our industry pretends doesn't exist—humans are terrible at evaluating risk when a compelling narrative is involved.

The entire investment industry sells you the fantasy that someone—some analyst, some algorithm, some guru—can identify tomorrow's Apple before it happens.

We talk about investor education like it's a brochure problem. It's not. It's a habit problem. And the habits are forming now, on apps designed by behavioral scientists who know exactly which buttons to push.

If you dilute it and spoil the real concept of ayida just to make a fast you know profit or whatever it won't go forward

we had a real big challenge it was not very easy we had come all the way from south to the uh capital of our country Delhi where language was the hurdle you know and to make people understand the word aya was not known and to make people understand about this holistic system was really tough they would you know question you with so many things as to why we should be doing a 14-day therapy and just I have a pain in my knee and why do you do my whole body treatment they didn't understand what ayurida was the holistic system of ayurida has to be explained to them and make them understand so all this took a lot of time and not very easy to convert into treatments or therapies you know because the belief was not there at all.

we wanted a doctors also from Kerala because this is a Kerala system of treatment the panchakarma treatment that we wanting to promote and only Kerala people understood this panchaka karma. This was never known in this part of the country at all. But the language as I said was a barrier. They could never speak Hindi nor English. So it was very very difficult to make a customer understand what this uh the um actual treatment that they have to do. what would be the result and why you should be doing so all that to explain I had to learn the subject and then it became more easier and then we could people could understand and then that's how we progress from you know slowly and steadily

The biggest gap in this industry is not innovation; it is implementation and standardisation.

The problem today is the lack of standardisation and clear guidelines for medical professionals.

We do not yet have a longevity special economic zone for business and R&D to encourage more innovation and investment into this area.

I almost didn't go through with scaling my businesses... And the reason didn't have anything to do with my company, team, finances, or vision. In reality, I went through a really hard time in my personal relationships that made me question my worth and my ability to be successful. Had I listened to those external voices, I would not be living out my dream today of fighting human trafficking, using my businesses and my vehicles to do so. This is why I am so passionate about helping others learn to find love within themselves – so you are never reliant on another human being to determine your worth and limit your calling. If you want to learn step by step how I overcame this, I'd love to share it with you. I am hosting a free webinar, tomorrow, 7/6 at 6:30 pm CT. Register for free below. https://lnkd.in/eJhNSxDn

Is one of your goals for your business in 2023 to make it more impactful and purpose driven? If so, I want to remind you of this. ⬇️ Expanding your business, impact, network, and wealth is possible without running yourself into the ground. I wish I would have known that when I started in business in my early 20s – it quite literally would have saved me millions of dollars and copious amounts of stress 😅 However, if you're in that place in your life where running your business is stressful, you feel lost, or your growth has stalled – I have something for you. ⭐️ G-FORCE Entrepreneurs is a 12-week coaching program that will save you years of struggle and thousands of dollars as you build a business that aligns with the purpose of your life. I created this program based off of everything that I now know having started and scaled 5 successful companies. ⭐️ Throughout the 12 weeks a group of 28 entrepreneurs, plus myself, will meet weekly via Zoom to go over how to align our business with our life and then create the business, brand, and impact plan that will allow that business to truly be profitable and worth your time. I'll be giving you my actual business worksheets, tools, and knowledge that I have paid tens of thousands of dollars to learn. Following the 12 week program, this network of people will meet for a 5-day all-inclusive networking retreat on my private island, The Aerial BVI in April 2023 🏝️ I had only planned to run this program once last year, but it was so amazingly impactful I've decided to open it up again. 14 of the 28 spots are already claimed so if you're interested, now's your chance. ➡️ If you’re ready to go all in and invest in yourself and your business in 2023, this program is for you. Send me a message to chat more about this 💬 #entrepreneurs #network #networkinggroup #entrepreneurship #business #businessowner

We have had to be extremely picky about the kinds of events we host on the island because not everyone rents private islands for good reasons.

Ich habe jedes Mal den Eindruck gehabt, das sei viel zu wenig für Andermatt und die Bevölkerung von Andermatt

Jedes Mal, wenn wir mit der Planung anfangen wollten, hatte ich ein schlechtes Gefühl

شراء السيارات أو الأشياء الجديدة يشعره بالذنب وكأنها أموال مهدرة

Building a resort in a place where nobody had really done it before us was not the logical route. It was difficult, messy, demanding, and at times slightly crazy.

In Sumba, many villagers, especially during the dry season, are limited in what they can afford to eat.

The main challenge has been to create a strong brand presence in such a crowded market.

Ülkemizde ve tüm dünyada son yüzyılda insan haklarında yaşanan gelişmelere rağmen kadınlar hala eğitimden, çalışma hayatına, karar alma mekanizmalarında söz hakkından gelecek hayallerine kadar pek çok farklı alanda cam tavanlarla mücadele etmek zorunda kalıyor. Kız çocuklarına eğitimde fırsat eşitliği sunan ve iş gücüne katılımda eşit ve adil bir anlayış sunan toplumların ekonomik kalkınma düzeyinin de yükseldiği biliniyor. Kütahya Ticaret ve Sanayi Odası (KUTSO) Başkanı seçilerek Türkiye’nin ilk kadın Ticaret ve Sanayi Odası Başkanı olmamın getirdiği bir sorumluluk var. Bu doğrultuda, KUTSO olarak ilk etapta Kütahyalı kadınların sesi olmak için çalışmalarımız devam ediyor. Kadınların üstlendikleri görevlerle sürdürülebilir kalkınmanın taşıyıcı gücü olacağına inanıyoruz. Cumhuriyet tarihinin seçilen ilk kadın TSO Başkanı olarak tüm kadınların 8 Mart Dünya Kadınlar Günü’nü kutluyorum. Eşit temsil, eşit haklar ve eşit sorumluluklar için birlikte çalışmaya devam edeceğiz. Açıklamanın tamamına linkten ulaşabilirsiniz: https://lnkd.in/dgMFV74j

Die Leute kamen wohl nur, weil sie uns mochten, aber bestimmt nicht wegen des guten Essens.

Ich bin Europäer. Aber Europa wurde gegründet, um Regionen zu stärken — nicht um Spekulationsgewinne zu zentralisieren.

A clinical observation that I find more important than most longevity headlines: hormonal architecture is one of the most under-managed areas of medicine for adults over 40, and it is one of the most consequential. I see this every week in practice. Patients in their forties, fifties and sixties presenting with symptoms — fatigue, sleep disruption, cognitive slowing, loss of muscle mass, mood change, libido decline, recovery time after exertion — that they have been told are normal features of aging. Frequently they are not. They are reflections of a hormonal system that has shifted away from its optimal physiological range, and which can, with appropriate clinical judgement, be returned much closer to it. What an honest clinical position on hormonal optimisation looks like: → Diagnostics first. No protocol decision without a comprehensive baseline. Free and total testosterone, oestradiol, progesterone, DHEA, cortisol architecture, thyroid panel, IGF-1, SHBG, and a range of metabolic and inflammatory co-markers. Treating to symptom without proper baseline data is, in my view, indefensible. → The menopause transition is materially more consequential than mainstream medicine has historically treated it. The cardiovascular, cognitive and skeletal implications of estrogen and progesterone signalling extend well beyond the reproductive years. The clinical reckoning around menopausal hormone therapy is overdue, and is finally arriving. → Male hormonal decline deserves the same diagnostic seriousness. Testosterone optimisation in symptomatic men with documented deficiency is well-evidenced and clinically defensible. Wholesale supplementation in asymptomatic men with normal-range readings is something different, and the field needs to be honest about that distinction. → Hormonal optimisation is not a standalone intervention. It sits inside a wider protocol that includes metabolic health, sleep architecture, training stimulus, stress modulation and nutrition. Treated in isolation it is consistently disappointing. Treated as part of the wider physiology, it is consistently effective. Hormonal medicine, properly practised, is one of the most clinically rewarding domains. It also requires more clinical judgement than any other area I would name. The evidence base is real, but it is not formulaic. It will be a substantial conversation at Next Generation Medicine - Future of Longevity #hormones #health #aeonclinic #NGM2026 #Dubai

Conventional corporate wellness has been measuring the wrong things for two decades. Step counts. Annual screenings. Gym subsidies. Activity metrics that tell you almost nothing of clinical substance about a workforce's actual healthspan trajectory. The premise of conventional corporate wellness is largely reactive — detect early, manage chronic conditions, attempt to reduce absenteeism. These are legitimate aims. They are also, in my view, manifestly insufficient for the population most organisations are now trying to retain at the top of their performance curve. Longevity medicine asks a substantially different question: not how decline is managed, but how the period of optimal cognitive, metabolic, and physical function is extended. For senior leadership, the distinction matters considerably. Biological and chronological age are not synonymous. A 52-year-old can present with the metabolic and inflammatory profile of a 38-year-old, or a 67-year-old. The interventions & modifications that meaningfully shift that trajectory exist, are evidence-based, and are increasingly accessible. At The AEON Clinic, we have built a corporate longevity programme designed against this premise. Not wellness as a benefit. Wellness as performance infrastructure with measurable trajectory data. At Next Generation Medicine - Future of Longevity 2026 we are bringing senior corporate health leaders, People Directors and C-suite decision-makers into the conversation alongside the clinical faculty. The organisations that engage seriously with this now will be operating from a different baseline in five years. Does your organisation's wellness programme measure biological age or healthspan trajectory in any structured way? I would be interested to hear what you are doing. #CorporateWellness #ExecutiveHealth #LongevityMedicine #HRLeadership #BiologicalAge #AEONclinic

My mother in the last stage of her life suffered a long, slow, painful deterioration with the need for round-the-clock care assistance to perform basic functions.

We all know a loved one who passed away after a long illness. Personally, it was my wife and sister, both of whom lost the ultimate battle to cancer.

Raising capital is rarely easy, but it's especially difficult for non-traditional hotel assets. Here are some notes from our experience over the years. #capitalraising #realestateinvestment #hotel #hoteldevelopment #realestatedevelopment #resortdevelopment #resort #hotelinvestment #luxuryhotels

The difficulty wasn't so much in finding the materials, it was in turning the raw materials into something unique and outstanding

My spa business would struggle during the Brazilian holiday season. During December, January, and sometimes even February, because of Carnaval, many clients would leave for vacation. Revenue would drop significantly.

Too much lip service, too many self-serving agendas, too much greed – you try and raise money for conservation development!

Venezuela needs our help. Banesco will match all contributions to the Red Cross.

It wasn’t about me, or BioAro Inc. ecosystem, it was about your family. We wanted to have a stage where everyone comes together, and share what they do and how they are advancing field of Precision Medicine. You assume that your doctors are making the best call, but they don’t even have data they need and understanding of Genomics in your health’s context. I asked to become a student at the Precision Health and Longevity Summit in Calgary by DIL Walk Foundation and didn’t give any keynotes. I wanted to learn from the leaders, patients and politicians, and see if we could bring everyone together for one agenda: How to implement Precision Health today? We have the tools, but we lack implementation. I also learnt that an Obs/Gyn spend <4 hours in their medical school training where they are taught about Menopause, and women spend 1/3 of their lifespan in this stage. I also learnt that 1 in 4 are eligible for Cancer screening using precision health, but its not implemented at many levels. I also learnt that 4th most common cause of death in USA (Likely Canada too) is Adverse Reactions to medicines and we have solutions in #PharmacoGenomics, rarely used. Its not technology anymore, its about NOT using it for betterment of our societies. Thank you Raman Kapoor for creating a space, where everyone could come together, speak freely, share ideas and perhaps work together. You have created a movement, and helping transform healthcare in Canada. Thank you to all volunteers who spent countless hours.

we seemed to be losing money despite being busy

Was uns wirklich fehlt, sind die sozialen Kontakte abseits von Whatsapp, Skype und Co.

Since then, every time the challenges seem too big I close my eyes in order to imagine a special place.

If the resort layout hadn't already been established, we would have made the whole thing underground

When we have opened Somatheeram, the infrastructure was very poor, we didn't have proper roads or electricity.

Having visited a number of wellness resorts, I had an insight that there was a need for a place to cater to the mid-income market with highly effective quality programmes without needing to pay exorbitant prices.

Noi per esempio stiamo cercando sei spa manager e non ne troviamo nessuna!