Community-First Hospitality: Moving Beyond “Give Back” Models
"Giving back" assumes the community wasn't there first. Erik Warner on why the most resilient hotels don't bolt community on — they build it in from the start.
Reclaiming Hospitality: Beyond Profit, Back to Purpose
The hospitality industry was built on a simple premise: care for others. Rebecca Ruf traces how commercialization fragmented responsibility across owners, operators, and investors — and makes the case for why reclaiming hospitality's original purpose requires more than good intentions.