Rethink Travel - Inspiring Stories Building Better Tourism

Rethink Travel Podcast highlights the stories of the best people around the world in or around the travel industry dedicated to better tourism around the world.With this podcast, we aim to make it easier for people to understand what sustainability means in the travel industry and its importance in the space.#sustainability #sustainablehotels #sustainabletravelEDUCATION IS KEY IN ORDER TO MOVE INTO A MORE SUSTAINABLE WORLD - Rethink Travel's Mission is to empower people to make conscious travel and living the only choice so we created a space for people - travelers - to learn about sustainable and regenerative travel.Join our community on Instagram: @rethink.travel.by.nathttps://www.instagram.com/rethink.tra...Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sustainabilit...Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/rethinktrav...www.rethink.travel to subscribe to the Newsletter____________Beks NdlovuInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/africanbushcamps/Beks Ndlovu started his journey as a professional safari guide working for safari companies in Zimbabwe. However, he felt that the safaris being offered were sometimes too structured and stiff, not giving you the flexibility to venture out and explore the wonders of the African wilderness in different ways.He branched off to start his own camp, a place where guides could be creative and imaginative. Somalisa Camp was born from this dream, the now award-winning camp started as a humble dream to bring guides together to teach guests about Africa.The safari bug bit Beks and he decided this vision was bigger than just him, he gathered people with the same values to create something incredible. African Bush Camps, aims to be experts in Zimbabwe, Botswana and Zambia.Support the show

Rethink Travel Podcast highlights the stories of the best people around the world in or around the travel industry dedicated to better tourism around the world.With this podcast, we aim to make it easier for people to understand what sustainability means in the travel industry and its importance in the space.#sustainability #sustainablehotels #sustainabletravelEDUCATION IS KEY IN ORDER TO MOVE INTO A MORE SUSTAINABLE WORLD - Rethink Travel's Mission is to empower people to make conscious travel and living the only choice so we created a space for people - travelers - to learn about sustainable and regenerative travel.Join our community on Instagram: @rethink.travel.by.nathttps://www.instagram.com/rethink.tra...Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sustainabilit...Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/rethinktrav...www.rethink.travel to subscribe to the Newsletter____________Chef Luis Ronzón – Executive ChefInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/luisronzon/Luis Ronzón is a public accountant by profession, however, he soon changed numbers for stoves. As a disciple of chef Yuri de Gortari discovered the passion for traditional Mexican food. Since then, it has sought multiple courses to extend and perfect his gastronomic practice, taught by famous schools in Mexico and abroad. His excellent performance opened the doors of the best restaurants in the world.Despite his young age, Luis Ronzón has traveled through internationally renowned cuisines, including innovative restaurants in Denmark and Peru. These experiences have penetrated in the gastronomic experimentation, the local production of inputs and the cultivation of native produce.Recently, the close collaboration with Chef Jorge Vallejo, in the award-winning Quintonil as Sous Chef for 3 years, which is ranked as one of The World's 50 best Restaurants, consecrated him as one of the great exponents of the Mexican contemporary cuisine. In 2016, he has served as chef instructor of Mexican contemporary cuisine at the Ambrosia Culinary Center. And in this same year he started as Executive Chef of Chable Yucatan named in 2017 Best Hotel in the World receiving the coveted  "Prix de Versailles” Award and in 2018, Luis took Ixi’im, Chable Yucatan’s fine dining restaurant to obtain the award of Best Restaurant in Latin America by the same organization.Support the show

Rethink Travel Podcast highlights the stories of the best people around the world in or around the travel industry dedicated to better tourism around the world.With this podcast, we aim to make it easier for people to understand what sustainability means in the travel industry and its importance in the space.#sustainability #sustainablehotels #sustainabletravelEDUCATION IS KEY IN ORDER TO MOVE INTO A MORE SUSTAINABLE WORLD - Rethink Travel's Mission is to empower people to make conscious travel and living the only choice so we created a space for people - travelers - to learn about sustainable and regenerative travel.Join our community on Instagram: @rethink.travel.by.nathttps://www.instagram.com/rethink.tra...Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sustainabilit...Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/rethinktrav...www.rethink.travel to subscribe to the Newsletter____________Be Better Founder and CEO Illana is a sustainable development thought leader, keynote speaker and connector. She believes that the way we speak about sustainability will change dramatically over the next few years so she is committed to pushing the needle on sustainability awareness for C-Suite, community and beyond. Identifying some 20 years ago a gap in genuine knowledge around sustainability she devoted her time to acquiring a deep understanding of the global issues and nuances. She now couples her 30 years in luxury niche marketing with her science knowledge to focus on the paradigm shift in behaviour required for our sustainable future.Illana created Be Better to bridge the gap between science, business, communities and individuals. The biggest choke point in the adoption of sustainable practices is a lack of access to clear information. Be Better therefore provides fact based, open sourced, cited, content to inspire change. Under that umbrella, Be Better Business is an independent 3rd party agency that specialises in helping organisations to navigate the complexity in the various frameworks for sustainability reporting. Frameworks such as; ESG, SDG’s, GRI, BCorp, GRI and ISO. Working with future thinking organisations they build bespoke roadmaps with an eye on the future to change the narrative and define what best practice looks like (versus greenwashing). Be Better Business can design, write and sign off on 3rd party Sustainability Reports or execute any of the above mentioned frameworks.www.bebetter.atSupport the show

Sean Nino has a passion to continuously learn from others and enjoys working around the topics of energy, water, and waste and within the field of sustainable building and development. Currently, he is focused on growing and expanding the Mantra team and their environmental engineering capabilities and raising private investment for material and waste management infrastructure.Matra offers a wide range of services, these are made available for companies and leaders at any stage of their sustainability journey. Whether they’re simply looking to develop sustainable goals and practices or are planning to build a fully environmentally-friendly destination, Mantra's sustainability consulting, design and engineering expertise will help realise their vision.www.eco-mantra.comInstagramSupport the show

Phinias Mushayi is an entrepreneur who empowers the people in all areas of Zimbabwe to create local economies that work with the travel industry. From food sourcing to protecting crops or working against poachers, rural communities have an important role to play to sustain the economy and tourism.You can find his journey and work as Ecotourism Africa and on instagram: @phiniasmushayiSupport the show

Hans Pfister is co-founder, CEO and Marketing Director of the Cayuga Collection of Sustainable Luxury Hotels and Lodges in Costa Rica, Panama and Nicargua.  He strongly believes in “walking the talk” when it comes to sustainability and is very passionate about customer service in hospitality.  He is a frequent speaker at conferences and has been invited to share his experiences at Universities such Cornell and Harvard.  He writes a weekly blog on sustainability topics and is a regular contributor for hospitality publications.   He has served on the Advisory Board of the National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World for the last 6 years and is the Regional Vice President for Mexico, Central and South America for the Cornell Hotel Society.  Born and raised in southern Germany, Hans began his career with the European tradition of apprenticeship at a luxury hotel in the Black Forest and went on to receive a degree from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration in Ithaca, New York. He has more than 25 years of experience in hospitality in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Hans speaks English, German and Spanish fluently, and is proficient in French. He loves to travel the world, eat locally and explore the outdoors.  Support the show

Dee Gibson is a British Sri Lankan interior designer and hotelier living in London. In 2016 she bought a plot of land in Sri Lanka and built a luxury villa that she proudly describes as design led and has social impact. Dee was a silver winner for Most Inspiring Business Woman in a national UK award in 2020, and is a charity trustee, speaker and mentor. Dee is using her voice and skills to curate experience based holidays for adventurous, conscious travelers while also talking about matters close to her heart. She believes that without this kind of travel, we will all regress. As the world put up borders, it is key to break them down by encouraging people to travel MORE, touch some skin, leave behind a positive social footprint, give back to communities, and bring back interesting stories to tell. We are part of a global community.Kalukanda House is a design led, ethical destination in the luxury market. Dee aims for a circular economy that is sustainably driven and commercial while supporting local communities. Being part of the transformative and regenerative design and travel movement is Dee’s focus as we come out of lockdown.Support the show

This Podcast is highlighting Hoteliers and Entrepreneurs around the world dedicated to make more sustainable and better for everyone. Our Mission is to empower people to make conscious travel and living the only choice so we created a space for people, travelers, to learn about sustainable and regenerative travel, get inspired and discover hotels and amazing people dedicated to better tourism.Rethink.Travel is platform for travelers who seek more from their travels than a nice place to stay.Support the show