Green Lodging News Joins Forces with Whole Systems Hospitality Podcast

Whole Systems Hospitality™, a leader in systems-thinking design—seeing hospitality as an interconnected ecosystem, not silos—and Green Lodging News, the lodging industry’s leading environmental news source, have partnered with the Whole Systems Hospitality Podcast to educate and elevate future-focused conversation throughout the global hospitality community.

United by a shared belief that hospitality needs clearer stories, stronger guidance, guest centered approaches and sustainability, the two organizations aim to inform, inspire, and help hotels, management firms, suppliers, associations, and destinations to make measurable progress in health and wellness, sustainability, regeneration, and community impact. 

Green Lodging News and Whole Systems Hospitality’s combined platforms will expand industry education through a unified podcast channel blending news, storytelling, and practical learning, and create value for sponsors through authentic, cross-channel visibility and engagement (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube). 

Partnership Platform Components

A trusted and long-standing source of sustainability news for hotels and resorts across North America and beyond, Green Lodging News will provide opportunities for podcast participants to expand their reach through its website, weekly newsletters, Green Supplier Spotlight e-blasts, and through impactful public relations release creation and distribution that includes Hotel-Online and Hotel News Resource.

“Through this partnership, Green Lodging News will expand its impact by contributing its respected editorial platform to the Whole Systems Hospitality media ecosystem, helping bring audio, video, and digital learning content to a broader industry audience,” says Glenn Hasek, Publisher & Editor of Green Lodging News. 

“For nearly two decades, Green Lodging News has been committed to advancing credible sustainability journalism in hospitality,” Hasek adds. “Partnering with Whole Systems Hospitality allows us to go further—to spotlight innovative leaders and suppliers in a podcast format while giving hotels the tools and support they need to act. This is an important next step for our industry.”

About Whole Systems Hospitality

Whole Systems Hospitality, led by award-winning strategist Kathy Sue McGuire, brings a guest-centered approach to hotel performance and operational culture. Whole Systems Hospitality integrates sustainability, wellness, and regenerative practice into a cohesive narrative that resonates with today’s guests, owners, management firms, and other industry stakeholders.  

The Whole Systems Hospitality Podcast includes its Core Conversations and Specialty Series topics which include Regenerative F&B and Culinary, Future-Ready Hospitality Management Firms, True Wellness, and Office Hours Q&A—where your questions are answered. There is also a Responsible Supplier podcast section, with Featured Partner opportunities for suppliers.

“This partnership represents the kind of alignment our industry needs to move faster and farther,” says Kathy Sue McGuire, CEO, Whole Systems Hospitality. Hotels don’t just need information—they need credible stories, practical tools, and a community that helps them connect the dots between guest experience, operational performance, environmental responsibility, and investor expectations. Green Lodging News brings the reach and credibility that can help accelerate that shift.”

An Alliance Designed for Real-World Progress 

Through this collaboration, hoteliers, suppliers, and associations can expect:

• Deeper storytelling about leaders and innovations shaping the future of hospitality.
• Richer supplier visibility through interviews, features, digital spotlights, and curated narrative storytelling.
• Expanded education pathways aligned with sustainability, wellness, and regenerative hospitality.
• A stronger bridge between knowledge and execution, supported by McGuire’s two decades of certification and operational transformation. 

About Green Lodging News 

Green Lodging News is the hospitality industry’s leading source of sustainability news, trends, and responsible supplier insights. Its website, weekly newsletter, editorial features, Product & Service Directory and Supplier Spotlights reach an engaged audience of hotel owners, operators, management firms, sustainability leaders, and other industry professionals committed to environmental and social progress. 

About Whole Systems Hospitality™ 

Whole Systems Hospitality™ helps the hospitality industry elevate guest satisfaction, strengthen resilience, and create operational cultures that integrate wellness, sustainability, and regenerative practice. Through fractional leadership, future-ready training, and a multi-series media network, Whole Systems Hospitality empowers hotels, management companies, and owners to make measurable progress across interconnected systems—people, planet, and performance.

For More Information & to Schedule Your Podcast(s), contact:Kathy Sue McGuire (CEO)
(561) 748-6750.
[email protected]

Glenn Hasek, Publisher & Editor
(216) 702-0334
[email protected]