To open the event, Dr. Anne-Kathrin Zschiegner, Director of The Long Run, will discuss why communicating impact with integrity and transparency is more important than ever.  

Dr. Anne-Kathrin Zschiegner | Executive Director, The Long Run

We’ll hear from eight pioneers working across Asia as accommodation owners, DMCs, and operators:

• 07:20 - 07:35: Leanna Crowley, Marketing and Communications Manager of Nikoi Island and Cempedak Island in Indonesia. 

• 07:40 - 07:55: Kate Holmes, Global Marketing Director of TAHI in New Zealand. 

• 08:00 - 8:10: Jo Hendry-Prior, Co-founder of travel design agency Alchemist Travel in Singapore. 

• 08:15 - 08:30: Cher Chua-Lassalvy, Co-founder and Managing Director of Batu Batu in Malaysia. 

• 08:35 - 08:45: Shilpa Sharma, CEO and founder of experience providers Breakaway in India. 

• 08:50 - 09:05: Lawrence Menz, Director of Sustainability and Conservation at Six Senses Laamu in The Maldives. 

• 09:10 - 09:20: Chamintha Jayasinghe, Co-founder of tour operator Ayu in the Wild in Sri Lanka.

• 09:25 - 09:40: Willem Niemeijer, CEO and founder, YAANA Ventures in Thailand, representing Cardamon Tended Camp in Cambodia. 
  

Some of our Travel Business members present on how they’ve embedded 4C thinking and impact into their businesses. 

• 09:50 - 10:00: Lars von der Wetten, Founding Host of Singular Places operating worldwide. 

• 10:05 - 10:15: Simon Heyes, Founding Director of Senderos operating in Europe and South and Central America. 

• 10:20 - 10:30: Silvia Rico, CEO and Founder of Enigma Peru operating in Perú.

• 10:35 - 10:45: Chiara Mascarucci, Co-founder of Blind Experiences operating worldwide. 

• 10:50 - 11:00: Katya Payne, Operations Manager at Journeys with Purpose operating worldwide.
  

Seven leading conservation projects and lodges in Kenya, including four Global Ecosphere Retreats®, share how they’ve driven change for people and nature.

• 11:05 - 11:20: Alzaane Bock, Lodge Manager at Sasaab in Kenya. 

• 11:25 - 11:40: Eric Muahwa, Camp Manager at Sala’s Camp in Kenya. 

• 11:45 - 12:00: Susan Kinyanjui, Sustainability Officer at Sirikoi in Kenya. 

• 12:05 - 12:20: Richard Smith, Lodge Manager at Arijiju in Kenya. 

• 12:25 - 12:40: Louise Cottar, CEO at Cottar’s Safaris and Cottar’s 1920s Camp in Kenya. 

• 12:45 - 13:00: Miriam Obegi, Chief Operations Officer at Saruni Basecamp in Kenya.

• 13:05 - 13:20: Eloise Dyer, Marketing and Reservations Manager at Borana Lodge and Lengishu in Kenya. 

Following introductory remarks from Virginia Fernández-Trapa, Programme Coordinator at UN Tourism, we’ll hear from experts Dr. Willy Legrand, Professor at IU International University of Applied Sciences and ESG expert, and Jeremy Smith, co-author of the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism, on what more the tourism industry can do to drive climate action. Moderated by our Communications Manager, Holly Tuppen. Please submit questions to holly@thelongrun.com. 

Virginia Fernández-Trapa | Programme Coordinator, Sustainable Tourism and Resilience, UN Tourism

Prof. Willy Legrand | Professor, author, researcher and speaker with a specialisation in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) matters in the tourism and hospitality sectors

Jeremy Smith | Co-founder Tourism Declares a Climate Emergency, Co-author The Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism

Vast landscapes, big visions, and plenty of challenges! Four nature-based projects across southern and western Africa demonstrate the power of holistic sustainability.

• 15:00 - 15:15: Sarah Tompkins, Co-founder of Samara Karoo Reserve in South Africa. 

• 15:20 - 15:35: Stephan Bruckner, Group MD of Wolwedans in Namibia. 

• 15:40 - 15:55: Prince Ngomane, SUstainability Manager at Tswalu Kalahari Reserve in South Africa. 

• 16:00 - 16:15: Sean Privett and Phil Murray, Conservation Director and Grootbos Foundation General Manager at Grootbos Private Nature Reserve in South Africa. 

• 16:20 - 16:35: Emma Tuzinkiewicz, Sustainability Director and Chief of Staff at HBD Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe.

Home to some of the world’s most biodiverse regions, lodges, retreats, and DMCs from Chile to Costa Rica show the role tourism can and must play in protecting nature. 

• 16:40 - 16:55: Adrián García, Chief Information Officer of Boena Lodges (Pacuare and Lapa Rios) in Costa Rica. 

• 17:00 - 17:15: Murilo Frasão, Chief Guide of Caiman, Brazil.

• 17:20 - 17:35: Pedro Treacher, Director of OCanto Group and member, Pousada Trijunção, in Brazil. 

• 17:40 - 17:50: Rita Achaval, Head of Triple Impact at DMC Glove Travel in Chile. 

• 17:55 - 18:10: Kevin Begg, Founder of Estancia Los Potreros in Argentina.

• 18:15 - 18:30: Katie Weintraub, Partnerships Coordinator at Sinal do Vale in Brazil.  

Dr. Anne-Kathrin Zschiegner, Executive Director of The Long Run, delivers closing remarks.