The Sustainability Edge: Your Tourism…

Détails du podcast

Informations techniques et générales issues du flux RSS du podcast.

Site

RSS

Apple

Classements récents

Dernières positions dans les classements Apple Podcasts et Spotify.

Liens partagés entre épisodes et podcasts

Liens présents dans les descriptions d'épisodes et autres podcasts les utilisant également.

https://smitssustourconsultancy.com
28 partages
https://mailchi.mp/smitssustourconsultancy/top-3-steps-tripling-bookings-through-sustainability
28 partages
https://calendar.app.google/DuX4uJFf28YB68r27
28 partages

Qualité et score du flux RSS

Évaluation technique de la qualité et de la structure du flux RSS.

Historique des publications

Répartition mensuelle des publications d'épisodes au fil des années.

Derniers épisodes publiés

Liste des épisodes récents, avec titres, durées et descriptions.

Beyond Consumption: Why Your Utility Bills Keep Rising

Saison 1 · Épisode 26

mardi 28 juillet 2026 • Durée 17:29

Many tourism businesses assume a rising bill automatically means operational waste or higher consumption, completely missing the market forces shifting around them during high season. In this episode, Samantha Smits explains why prices for fuel, water, and electricity can surge for reasons that have nothing to do with how much you personally used, and everything to do with local demand and supply chain pressures. Learn how to separate unit usage from fluctuating market costs, track your true resource rates, and build a clearer tracking habit that keeps you in control of your margins even when external prices swing.

Connect with Samantha Smits on LinkedIn or her website.

Are you a tourism CEO looking to protect your international contracts and cut daily operational costs? Download your free copy of the B2B Tourism Blueprint here to stop cash leaks, satisfy international agents, and stay ahead of strict compliance rules.

Ready for direct advice? You can plan a Match Call with me here.

Love the show? Please follow, rate, and review The Sustainability Edge: Your Tourism Podcast on your favourite podcast app. Your support helps us reach more visionary leaders in the industry.

The Sustainability Edge is hosted by Samantha Smits, your guide to turning sustainability into a competitive edge.

Lire plusRéduire

The Panic Buying Penalty: How Survival Mode Destroys High-Season Profits

Saison 1 · Épisode 25

mardi 21 juillet 2026 • Durée 11:55

Many tourism operators only manage their stock and purchasing strategy during the quiet months, completely slipping into survival mode the moment high season hits. In this episode, Samantha Smits explains why improvising and panic-buying supplies during the rush is a major risk that quietly destroys your margins. Learn how to keep up structured purchasing habits and implement a clear procurement strategy that prevents food waste, eliminates emergency surcharges, and protects your cash flow before the heavy post-season bills arrive

Connect with Samantha Smits on LinkedIn or her website.

Are you a tourism CEO looking to protect your international contracts and cut daily operational costs? Download your free copy of the B2B Tourism Blueprint here to stop cash leaks, satisfy international agents, and stay ahead of strict compliance rules.

Ready for direct advice? You can plan a Match Call with me here.

Love the show? Please follow, rate, and review The Sustainability Edge: Your Tourism Podcast on your favourite podcast app. Your support helps us reach more visionary leaders in the industry.

The Sustainability Edge is hosted by Samantha Smits, your guide to turning sustainability into a competitive edge.

Lire plusRéduire

The Mid-Season Meltdown: When It All Falls Apart At Once

Saison 1 · Épisode 24

mardi 14 juillet 2026 • Durée 13:25

Many tourism businesses swap proper maintenance for quick, temporary fixes the moment the high season hits, stopping scheduled checks just to save time. In this episode, Samantha Smits explains why skipping these routines during the rush is actually just scheduling your next major operational breakdown. Learn how tracking your maintenance by the numbers safeguards the guest experience, lowers unexpected expenses, and protects your business reputation before a nightmare review hits.

Connect with Samantha Smits on LinkedIn or her website.

Are you a tourism CEO looking to protect your international contracts and cut daily operational costs? Download your free copy of the B2B Tourism Blueprint here to stop cash leaks, satisfy international agents, and stay ahead of strict compliance rules.

Ready for direct advice? You can plan a Match Call with me here.

Love the show? Please follow, rate, and review The Sustainability Edge: Your Tourism Podcast on your favourite podcast app. Your support helps us reach more visionary leaders in the industry.

The Sustainability Edge is hosted by Samantha Smits, your guide to turning sustainability into a competitive edge.

Lire plusRéduire

Nobody's Fault: Why Handovers Fail in High Season

Saison 1 · Épisode 23

mardi 7 juillet 2026 • Durée 15:28

Many tourism operators struggle with internal communication gaps during the peak season, completely losing track of vital updates the moment the rush hits. In this episode, Samantha Smits explains why relying on verbal handovers or expecting exhausted staff to remember every detail is a major risk for your business and reputation. Learn how to move away from constant finger-pointing and build a simple, central system that ensures crucial information travels seamlessly between shifts and departments.

Connect with Samantha Smits on LinkedIn or her website.

Are you a tourism CEO looking to protect your international contracts and cut daily operational costs? Download your free copy of the B2B Tourism Blueprint here to stop cash leaks, satisfy international agents, and stay ahead of strict compliance rules.

Ready for direct advice? You can plan a Match Call with me here.

Love the show? Please follow, rate, and review The Sustainability Edge: Your Tourism Podcast on your favourite podcast app. Your support helps us reach more visionary leaders in the industry.

The Sustainability Edge is hosted by Samantha Smits, your guide to turning sustainability into a competitive edge.

Lire plusRéduire

Flying Blind in High Season: Why teams stop tracking when your rooms are full

Saison 1 · Épisode 22

mardi 30 juin 2026 • Durée 17:18

Many tourism operators only track their resources during the quiet months, completely stopping the moment high season hits. In this episode, Samantha Smits explains why letting your team guess instead of measure during the rush is a major risk for your business. Learn how to keep up simple, two-minute weekly tracking habits for water, fuel, and electricity that protect your cash flow before the heavy post-season bills arrive.

Connect with Samantha Smits on LinkedIn or her website.

Are you a tourism CEO looking to protect your international contracts and cut daily operational costs? Download your free copy of the B2B Tourism Blueprint here to stop cash leaks, satisfy international agents, and stay ahead of strict compliance rules.

Ready for direct advice? You can plan a Match Call with me here.

Love the show? Please follow, rate, and review The Sustainability Edge: Your Tourism Podcast on your favourite podcast app. Your support helps us reach more visionary leaders in the industry.

The Sustainability Edge is hosted by Samantha Smits, your guide to turning sustainability into a competitive edge.

Lire plusRéduire

The No-Panic Certification Roadmap for Quieter Months

Saison 1 · Épisode 21

mardi 23 juin 2026 • Durée 15:06

Many tourism operators treat sustainability certification like an overwhelming school exam, scrambling to cram and gather data in a last-minute panic. In this episode, Samantha Smits delivers a practical, low-season roadmap to prepare your business calmly for formal verification. Learn how to map out an internal timeline to execute baseline reviews, compile supporting evidence, and update procurement criteria during your quieter months, turning compliance into a predictable, stress-free process long before the next peak market cycle.

Connect with Samantha Smits on LinkedIn or her website.

Are you a tourism CEO looking to protect your international contracts and cut daily operational costs? Download your free copy of the B2B Tourism Blueprint here to stop cash leaks, satisfy international agents, and stay ahead of strict compliance rules.

Ready for direct advice? You can plan a Match Call with me here.

Love the show? Please follow, rate, and review The Sustainability Edge: Your Tourism Podcast on your favourite podcast app. Your support helps us reach more visionary leaders in the industry.

The Sustainability Edge is hosted by Samantha Smits, your guide to turning sustainability into a competitive edge.

Lire plusRéduire

High Maintenance vs High Value: Auditing your Agents as a Local Operator or Accommodation

Saison 1 · Épisode 20

mardi 16 juin 2026 • Durée 13:19

In previous episodes, we discussed why it is important to carefully choose your supply chain partners to protect your business contracts.

In this episode, Samantha Smits shifts the focus and looks at international agents from a local business perspective. Learn how to review your partnerships in a practical, data driven way. Discover how to spot agents that take up too much time with endless emails and low profit margins, so you can focus on the partnerships that truly add value to your business.

Connect with Samantha Smits on LinkedIn or her website.

Are you a tourism CEO looking to protect your international contracts and cut daily operational costs? Download your free copy of the B2B Tourism Blueprint here to stop cash leaks, satisfy international agents, and stay ahead of strict compliance rules.

Ready for direct advice? You can plan a Match Call with me here.

Love the show? Please follow, rate, and review The Sustainability Edge: Your Tourism Podcast on your favourite podcast app. Your support helps us reach more visionary leaders in the industry.

The Sustainability Edge is hosted by Samantha Smits, your guide to turning sustainability into a competitive edge.

Lire plusRéduire

The Price Proof Sheet: Justifying your high-season rates to agents

Saison 1 · Épisode 19

mardi 9 juin 2026 • Durée 12:06

When international agents are booking spaces for your upcoming peak season, your sales team needs more than vague green catchphrases to defend your premium rates. In this episode, Samantha Smits explains how your daily sustainability data is actually your strongest sales asset during contracting and reservation windows. Learn how to turn your verified resource savings, fair wage structures, and local community investments into a clean proof sheet. This simple tool gives agents the exact facts they need to validate your pricing to their clients, cutting out exhausting email threads long before the high season even begins.

Connect with Samantha Smits on LinkedIn or her website.

Are you a tourism CEO looking to protect your international contracts and cut daily operational costs? Download your free copy of the B2B Tourism Blueprint here to stop cash leaks, satisfy international agents, and stay ahead of strict compliance rules.

Ready for direct advice? You can plan a Match Call with me here.

Love the show? Please follow, rate, and review The Sustainability Edge: Your Tourism Podcast on your favourite podcast app. Your support helps us reach more visionary leaders in the industry.

The Sustainability Edge is hosted by Samantha Smits, your guide to turning sustainability into a competitive edge.

Lire plusRéduire

Copy and Paste Systems: Turning your compliance checklist into a staff manual

Saison 1 · Épisode 18

mardi 2 juin 2026 • Durée 16:18

Many tourism owners are completely overwhelmed by the idea of writing standard operating procedures or staff handbooks from scratch. In this episode, Samantha Smits shares an ultimate operational shortcut: your sustainability certification checklist (like Travelife) is actually a ready-made blueprint for your internal business workflows. Samantha explains how to translate vague, technical audit language into concrete, unmissable daily action steps for your team. Learn how to map criteria for waste, water, and procurement into a unified digital manual that prevents high-season 'short circuits,' builds team autonomy, and keeps your business running smoothly while you are completely offline.

Connect with Samantha Smits on LinkedIn or her website.

Are you a tourism CEO looking to protect your international contracts and cut daily operational costs? Download your free copy of the B2B Tourism Blueprint here to stop cash leaks, satisfy international agents, and stay ahead of strict compliance rules.

Ready for direct advice? You can plan a Match Call with me here.

Love the show? Please follow, rate, and review The Sustainability Edge: Your Tourism Podcast on your favourite podcast app. Your support helps us reach more visionary leaders in the industry.

The Sustainability Edge is hosted by Samantha Smits, your guide to turning sustainability into a competitive edge.

Lire plusRéduire

Empty Seats and Heavy Feet: Stopping the logistical leaks that drain your cash

Saison 1 · Épisode 17

mardi 26 mai 2026 • Durée 14:24

Every unnecessary kilometre driven is pure profit disappearing from your balance sheet. In this episode, Samantha Smits connects carbon footprints directly to your cash flow to prove that operating efficiently is the original form of sustainability. Drawing on practical backend realities, including insights from a tour operator logistics manager and a flight routing exception case study from a destination management company in Botswana, you will learn how to transition from reactive to proactive maintenance. Discover how to manage high-season freelance driver behaviour, implement smart minimum-stay itineraries, and track actual litres instead of unpredictable bills that change all the time to turn your fuel logs into powerful business intelligence.

Connect with Samantha Smits on LinkedIn or her website.

Are you a tourism CEO looking to protect your international contracts and cut daily operational costs? Download your free copy of the B2B Tourism Blueprint here to stop cash leaks, satisfy international agents, and stay ahead of strict compliance rules.

Ready for direct advice? You can plan a Match Call with me here.

Love the show? Please follow, rate, and review The Sustainability Edge: Your Tourism Podcast on your favourite podcast app. Your support helps us reach more visionary leaders in the industry.

The Sustainability Edge is hosted by Samantha Smits, your guide to turning sustainability into a competitive edge.

Lire plusRéduire

Podcasts et contenus similaires

Autres podcasts ou contenus associés partageant des thèmes ou audiences similaires.

The Sustainability Edge: Your Tourism Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Détails du podcast

Classements récents

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Liens partagés entre épisodes et podcasts

Qualité et score du flux RSS

Historique des publications

Derniers épisodes publiés

Podcasts Similaires Basées sur le Contenu

Podcasts Similaires Basées sur le Contenu

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

The Sustainability Edge: Your Tourism Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Détails du podcast

Classements récents

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Liens partagés entre épisodes et podcasts

Other3

LinkedIn2

Qualité et score du flux RSS

Historique des publications

Derniers épisodes publiés

Podcasts et contenus similaires

Podcasts Similaires Basées sur le Contenu

Podcasts Similaires Basées sur le Contenu

Other3

LinkedIn2

Apple Podcasts

Spotify