HOSTA Report 2018
By Marco van Bruggen on 11. September 2018

On 11. September 2018, the 41st edition of the HOSTA report was presented during the Horwath HTL Hotel Event. The theme of the event was “Sustainability in hotels: value and profitability”. Te event took place in the circular pavilion Circl in Amsterdam and was made possible by partners ABN AMRO and Baker McKenzie.
Chairman of the event was Sanne Boswinkel, anchor at RTL Z News. During the afternoon several speakers shared their vision on the added value of sustainability and circularity for the hotel industry. The presentations given can be found here:
Welcome – Lianne Zondervan, ABN AMRO
Presentation HOSTA 2018 – Ewout Hoogendoorn, Horwath HTL (presentation in Dutch)
Sustainability in appraised value – Peter van Gool, Amsterdam School of Real Estate (presentation in Dutch)
Green is money – Stef Driessen, ABN AMRO (presentation in Dutch)
Panel discusson led by Sanne Boswinkel:
Nico Evers, WestCord Hotel Jakarta
Daniël Meijer, Deka Immobilien
Rutger Schuur, Dutch Green Building Council
The HOSTA 2018 report (in English) can be ordered using the order-form. The Dutch-language publication Groen is Poen by ABN AMRO can be downloaded here.
Photography: Hannie Verhoeven