How can we harness travel to regenerate our world?
The travel industry can be designed to thrive and serve as a catalyst for change, generating economic, social, and environmental wealth. Our virtual summit will bring together diverse perspectives in regeneration—from established thought leaders to emerging innovators—to discuss how we can create this future.
Join us to develop your regenerative mindset, learn about practical solutions for the travel industry’s greatest challenges, and tools to unite travel with conscious consumers’ desire to do good.
- Come together to share diverse perspectives in regeneration, and not just the travel industry
- Focus on practical solutions and tools to move the industry forward
- Empower regenerative principles via engaging educational experiences
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Access to all 3 days of the Summit
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Digital certificate of attendance
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Lifetime access to digital recordings
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Special offers from Regenerative Travel brand partners
Student Tickets
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Access to all 3 days of the Summit
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Digital certificate of attendance
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Lifetime access to digital recordings
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Special offers from Regenerative Travel brand partners
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Our Keynote
Stephen Satterfield
from Netflix's
High On The Hog
Stephen Satterfield, host of the critically-acclaimed Netflix docuseries High on the Hog, will share his work to better understand humans and the world through food. Through both his Netflix series and his media company Whetstone, Stephen has traveled the world highlighting food origins and culture, and has worked to redefine food as a means of organizing, activating, and educating.
Stephen Satterfield from Netflix's High On The Hog
Honoring Sense of Place
Stephen Satterfield, host of the critically-acclaimed Netflix docuseries High on the Hog, will share his work to better understand humans and the world through food. Through both his Netflix series and his media company Whetstone, Stephen has traveled the world highlighting food origins and culture, and has worked to redefine food as a means of organizing, activating, and educating.
Featured Speakers
Alicia Hegland Thorpe
Consultant for Native American Cultural Tours
Alex Reynolds
Founder of Lost with Purpose
Amanda Ho
Co-Founder of Regenerative Travel
Anna Barrera
Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality Consultant
Anna Pollock
Founder of Conscious Travel
Anthony Myint
Co-Founder of Zero Foodprint
Aziz Abu Sarah
Founder of Mejdi Tours
Beks Ndlovu
Founder of African Bushcamps
Bill Reed
Principal of Regenesis Group
Cyrill Gutsch
Founder at Parley for the Oceans
David Leventhal
Founder of Playa Viva & Co-Founder of Regenerative Travel
Dr Api Movono
Senior Lecturer at Massey University
Dr. Keenan Adams
Forest Supervisor of El Yunque National Forest
Holly Tuppen
Author & Communications for The Long Run
Jean de Villiers
Founder at Chole Mjini
Jeremy Jauncey
Founder & CEO of Beautiful Destinations
Julia Watson
Designer & Author at Lo-Tek
Katherine Lo
Founder of Eaton Hotels
Katharine Millonzi
Program Development at Regenerative Travel
Kristin Dunne
Director of Destination Strategy at Miles Partnership
O’Shannon Burns
Ecosystem Steward for Regenerative Travel
Patty Baird
Director of The Cedar House Sport Hotel
Portia Hart
Founder of Blue Apple Beach
Prashant Ashoka
Designer & Owner of Casa Eterea
Sheldon Scott
Director of Culture of Eaton Hotels
Stephen Satterfield
Host of High on the Hog & Founder of WHETSTONE Media
Zita Cobb
Founder and Innkeeper at Fogo Island Inn
The Schedule
September 20: Whole Systems Thinking
Welcome
Amanda Ho, Co-Founder of Regenerative Travel
Tourism’s Role in Regenerating Nature
Hear from three innovators working to evolve the tourism industry to recognize the realities of our resource-constrained planet and discuss how we can move toward models that benefit local communities.
Jean de Villiers, Founder at Chole Mjini
Cyrill Gutsch, Founder at Parley for the Oceans
Keenan Adams, Forest Supervisor of El Yunque National Forest
Moderated by: O’Shannon Burns, Ecosystem Steward for Regenerative Travel
Travel and Social Movements
Travel can expand our worldview, ignite change, and transform in powerful ways. Hear from innovators using travel to build community, elevate critical perspectives, and redistribute power.
Beks Ndlovu, Founder of African Bushcamps
Aziz Abu Sarah, Founder of Mejdi Tours
Kat Lo, Founder of Eaton Hotels
Moderated by: Alex Reynolds, Founder of Lost with Purpose
Integrating Regeneration and Hospitality
Bill Reed of Regenesis will outline frameworks of regeneration and what he has learned working with hospitality businesses, including Regenerative Resort Playa Viva, to identify how they can reflect the uniqueness of their place and operate in a way that generates value for their communities.
Bill Reed, Principal of Regenesis Group
David Leventhal, Founder of Playa Viva & Co-Founder of Regenerative Travel
September 21: Honoring Sense of Place
Welcome
Portia Hart, Founder, Blue Apple Beach & Standard Bearer at Regenerative Travel
Designing Spaces that Regenerate
Join a special conversation between Prashant Ashoka and Julia Watson on their work designing spaces that are in harmony with nature and informed by indigenous perspectives and local characteristics.
Prashant Ashoka, Designer & Owner of Casa Eterea
Julia Watson, Designer & Author at Lo-Tek
Developing Indigenous-Owned Experiences
Anna Barrerra and Alicia Hegland-Thorpe will share what they’ve learned as they have worked together to protect and preserve the culture of Tribal Nations in North Dakota and create economic opportunity for native people through tourism.
Anna Barrera, Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality Consultant
Alicia Hegland Thorpe, Consultant for Native American Cultural Tours
Keynote: Honoring Food and Culture
Stephen Satterfield, host of the critically-acclaimed Netflix docuseries High on the Hog, will share his work to better understand humans and the world through food. Through both his Netflix series and his media company Whetstone, Stephen has traveled the world highlighting food origins and culture, and has worked to redefine food as a means of organizing, activating, and educating.
Stephen Satterfield, High on the Hog
Moderator: Sheldon Scott, Director of Culture at Eaton Hotels
11:15am-11:55am EDT
September 22: Continual Coevolution
Welcome
Anna Pollock, Founder of Conscious Travel
Evolving Destinations toward Regenerative Futures
Destinations are the heart and soul of the travel and tourism sector—the industry is connected to and dependent upon place. We will examine how communities can co-create frameworks to shift destinations to more regenerative models.
Kristin Dunne, Director of Destination Strategy at Miles Partnership
Jeremy Jauncey, Founder & CEO of Beautiful Destinations
Api Movono, Senior Lecturer at Massey University
Moderated by Holly Tuppen: Author & Communications for The Long Run
Uniting Farmers and Hospitality for Regeneration
Hear how innovators in hospitality are collaborating with farmers and chefs to develop models that support small independent farms and generate tangible climate benefits.
Anthony Myint, Zero Foodprint
Patty Baird, The Cedar House Sport Hotel
Regenerative from the Start
Hear hoteliers David Leventhal, Playa Viva, and Zita Cobb, Fogo Island Inn, in conversation as they discuss how they’ve built regenerative principles into their businesses and what they’ve learned in the process.
David Leventhal, Founder at Playa Viva & Co-Founder at Regenerative Travel
Zita Cobb, Founder and Innkeeper at Fogo Island Inn
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$99 travel credit and membership perks to each RegenerativeTravel+ member hotel
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Access to the Regenerative Travel Summit 2021 Recordings
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Access to Regenerative Travel Principles for Hospitality White Paper
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Access to premium Regenerative Travel Guides
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Complimentary access to join our webinars & community events
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