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17-19 June 2025
The Westin Cape Town, South Africa
POWERED BY WORLD SUSTAINABLE HOSPITALITY ALLIANCE.
FHS Africa 2025 Net Positive Solutions Labs
15:00 - 15:10 10m
Net Positive Solution Labs - Mezzanine Level, The Westin
Welcome to Net Positive Solution Labs Remarks and Starting Data Capture
15:10 - 15:30 20m
Net Positive Solution Labs - Mezzanine Level, The Westin
Existential Business Case for Net Positive Hospitality
Caty Batten
Net Positive Innovation Lead
World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance
15:30 - 16:15 45m
Net Positive Solution Labs - Mezzanine Level, The Westin
Nature Positive Hospitality - Experiential by Design
Glynn O'Leary
Chief Executive
Transfrontier Parks Destinations (TFPD)
Dr Morné du Plessis
Chief Executive Officer
WWF South Africa
16:15 - 18:00 1h 45m
Net Positive Solution Labs - Mezzanine Level, The Westin
Net Positive Hospitality Challenge
09:30 - 09:45 15m
Net Positive Solution Labs - Mezzanine Level, The Westin
Welcome Back:
Nature as a Hospitality Marketing Tool
Moderator
Caty Batten
Net Positive Innovation Lead
World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance
In conversation with
Jonathan Worsley
Chairman & CEO
The Bench
09:45 - 10:15 30m
Net Positive Solution Labs - Mezzanine Level, The Westin
Strategies foresight and horizon scanning:
What lies ahead for Hospitality and Tourism in this rapidly changing world
10:15 - 11:00 45m
Net Positive Solution Labs - Mezzanine Level, The Westin
A Net Positive vision for the future of Hospitality - and how to achieve it
11:00 - 11:45 45m
Net Positive Solution Labs - Mezzanine Level, The Westin
Standard Setting for Net Positive Hospitality:
Adapting Global Standards to the Local Context
Moderators
Caty Batten
Net Positive Innovation Lead
World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance
Laurinda Marsh
LEED® Green Associate & Key Account Manager - Global Projects Africa
Hansgrohe
In conversation with
Lopang Rapodile
ESG manager
Kasada Capital Management
11:45 - 12:30 45m
Net Positive Solution Labs - Mezzanine Level, The Westin
How to lead your destination to Net Positive:
essential ways of thinking, being and doing for 2030 and beyond
12:30 - 12:55 25m
Net Positive Solution Labs - Mezzanine Level, The Westin
Net Positive Solution Labs:
Member showcase
12:55 - 13:00 5m
Net Positive Solution Labs - Mezzanine Level, The Westin
Net Positive Solution Labs:
Taskforce 2030 and Closing Remarks