Full Video: Potato Head Family CEO at Skift Global Forum 2022
Photo Credit: Potato Head CEO Ronald Akili and Skift On Experience columnist Colin Nagy Skift
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Hospitality brands act like there is a conflict between the guest experience and sustainability. Potato Head's Ronald Akili explains why that's not true, and he has examples to back it up.
Potato Head Family found and CEO Ronald Akili took to the stage to talk about his lifestyle brand’s approach to sustainability. In his conversation with Skift On Experience columnist Colin Nagy, Akili made it clear his company doesn’t compromise guest experience with sustainability.
So much of Potato Head’s choices for hotel building materials and design, partnerships, resort activity selections and more center on the Bali cultural tenet of “duality,” which is about a blending of two apparently conflicting concepts.
Check out the full video of this discussion. You’ll get to hear Akili tell great stories of his first-hand experiences with environmental destruction in Bali and how they motivate him to take sustainability seriously.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jGkV37D7Dc&list=PL0x2YrE2GNe7UwfeHZxop991vltTmkUa4&index=30Colin Nagy: Hello. So, I've been writing for Skift for a long time, but one of my favorite columns th
