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Develop your capacity to transform travel businesses for greater positive impact.
Develop your regenerative leadership skills alongside a network of like-minded peers. Enrollment for the Learning Series is closed — the next cohort runs in 2027, and the waitlist hears dates and pricing first.
Co-created by Regenerative Travel CEO Amanda Ho and lead instructor O'Shannon Burns.
This training program is for you if…
You are a travel or hospitality professional looking to transform your business or project into a force for good for people, planet and profit.
You want to learn first-hand from hoteliers and experts who have implemented regenerative principles to achieve net-positive impact.
You want to understand the behind-the-scenes operations and practical know-how of leading regenerative properties around the world.
You want access to industry experts and a supportive peer group to learn from, and guidance on your own business or project.
You want to demonstrate your understanding of regenerative tourism on LinkedIn.
You want to cultivate a regenerative project tailored for implementation within your community or business.
Access a global network of regenerative leaders.
Connect and network with other industry professionals and business owners through interactive online sessions. Throughout the learning series, cultivate a regenerative project tailored for implementation within your community or business, and receive feedback from your cohort group.
The course was co-created by Amanda Ho and O'Shannon Burns.
Lead instructor & co-creator
O'Shannon Burns
Environmental scientist and sustainable tourism consultant. Program Manager at Cornell University's Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, and founder of Ochre Consulting.
O'Shannon is a researcher and sustainability consultant with 15 years' experience shaping mission-driven businesses and embedding regenerative principles into operations, with a focus on climate action, conservation, environmental justice, and sustainable travel and tourism.
Co-creator & Regenerative Travel CEO
Amanda Ho
Amanda Ho is the founder and CEO of Regenerative Travel, a global platform championing hotels and travel designers that operate as forces for good. She co-created the Learning Series to make regenerative tourism practical and accessible for industry professionals.
With a background spanning hospitality, sustainability strategy, and community-led tourism, Amanda works at the intersection of business and impact — helping operators transform their practices into net-positive models for people, planet, and profit.
Three phases, from idea to implementation.
Phase 1
Identify your regenerative project
Identify an impact project, initiative, or new business concept that you would like to advance during the course. The project can be for your organization or an organization in your network. The purpose of the project is to give you opportunities to directly apply what you are learning to a real-life challenge.
Phase 2
Module learning and peer coaching
Learn from four video modules featuring engaging lessons documented across the globe. Collaborate with your cohort on our online learning platform via workbook prompts and activities. Reflect on and discuss key issues with your peer group. Test new ideas and learn about your own regenerative leadership capabilities.
Phase 3
Implement learnings and take action
Begin your regenerative leadership journey with activities to help you identify your role in the regenerative movement and how you will advance this work in your business or community. Your workbook activities and interactive workshops provide practical tools to develop the project and make progress as a regenerative changemaker.
Our educational course features four modules of self-guided content, worksheets to guide your learning, and three live interactive group learning sessions with course instructor O'Shannon Burns.
Module 1
Harnessing the Power of Tourism for Conservation
Module 2
The Pillars of Effective Community-Led Tourism
Module 3
Driving Change Through Strategic Partnerships
Module 4
Cultivating Regenerative Leadership
The Regenerative Travel Learning Series combines self-paced recorded lectures with live online interactive sessions. The total time required to complete the course is 10–15 hours, including three live interactive group learning sessions.
Interactive Online Kick-Off
1.5 hours
Meet your course instructor and fellow learners. During this live interactive group session, you'll participate in activities to engage your regenerative mindset and get to know your cohort. You will be divided into smaller breakout groups based on experience and professional interest to foster rich interaction and opportunities for collaboration.
Four Online Self-Paced Modules
1.5 hours total
Each module combines engaging lessons with video case studies that the Regenerative Travel team has documented across the globe. Learn from hospitality leaders, tourism experts, and operators who are practicing regenerative tourism on the ground.
Learning Platform and Workbook
2.5 hours total
As you move through the course, collaborate with your cohort on our online learning platform, and dive into your own regenerative practice and planning via workbook prompts and activities.
Mid-Course Interactive Workshop
1.5 hours
Reflect on and discuss key issues raised in the first two modules with your cohort. Begin your regenerative leadership journey with activities to help you identify your role in the regenerative movement and how you will advance this work in your business or community.
Final-Course Interactive Workshop
1.5 hours
Conclude your learning series journey with our final interactive workshop, designed to bring the entire cohort together for an engaging, hands-on activity. This collaborative session offers a unique opportunity to apply what you've learned, exchange insights with peers, and celebrate progress. You'll also present a comprehensive update on your project.
Office Hours
Optional
Connect directly with our featured course experts. These sessions provide a valuable opportunity to dive deeper into course topics, seek personalized guidance, and ask questions tailored to your unique challenges and goals.
Course Project
Throughout
At the beginning of the course, you will identify a social and/or environmental impact initiative you would like to see happen in an organization or community with which you are familiar. Your workbook activities and interactive workshops provide practical tools to develop the project during the course.
Final Reflection and Feedback
To certify
Certificates are only issued if students actively participate in live sessions and the discussion board, and submit their final reflection.
Be first in line when enrollment reopens.
The Learning Series is not currently enrolling. Join the waitlist and we'll send cohort dates, pricing, and early access before we announce publicly.