The Sustainability Edge: Your Tourism Podcast
Hosted by Samantha Smits, The Sustainability Edge helps tourism leaders turn sustainability into their biggest asset. Get short, sharp episodes with the advice you need to stop the money leaks and make sustainability work for your bottom line, whilst doing good.
The Sustainability Edge: Your Tourism Podcast
Latest Episodes
Copy and Paste Systems: Turning your compliance checklist into a staff manual
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 chec...
Empty Seats and Heavy Feet: Stopping the logistical leaks that drain your cash
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 sustainabi...
Beyond Greenwashing: Surviving the European Compliance Countdown
Vague sustainability claims are becoming a thing of the past. As EU member states begin enforcing the Empowering Consumers Directive, tourism businesses worldwide must prepare for a new level of transparency. Samantha Smits discusses why you mu...
The Compliance Countdown: Why Your European Agents are Changing Partners
While 27 March 2026 marked the adoption of EU greenwashing laws, the 27 September deadline is when enforcement actually begins. In this episode, Samantha Smits explains why being outside the European Union does not protect you from these regula...
The Full-House Paradox: Why Occupancy is Often a Vanity Metric
Being ‘fully booked’ is seen as the ultimate finish line in tourism, but Samantha Smits argues that occupancy can often be a vanity metric that masks operational chaos. In this episode, we explore how high capacity acts as a stress test for you...
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