Episode #41: This is Your Lifeboat Drill – Dr. Bijan Khazai CEO Hotel Resilient

Explore true resilience in hospitality and tourism with Dr. Bijan Khazai, CEO of Risklayer GMBH and Hotel Resilient. This German-based scientific benchmarking company prepares the global hospitality industry for crises like pandemics, natural disasters, and climate change.

Dr. Khazai shares his journey from studying disaster recovery to applying these principles in hospitality. Learn how to assess risks and prepare your organization, regardless of size. Gain valuable insights and access free tools to boost your resilience today!

 Key Takeaways:

-       What disaster and climate resilience in practice looks like 

-       How disaster recovery modeling can help hotels 

-       What is the foundation for risk-based resiliency thinking 

-       The two issues with current standards 

-       How important it is to have an entire ecosystem of resilience 

-       How important it is to collaborate with your DMC

-       3 Key areas to understanding risks 

-       The drivers of risks 

-       Understanding your site conditions to avoid natural disasters

-       What California is doing as a destination to mitigate risks

-       What the intersection of resilience and sustainability is

-       The difference between destination stewardship and destination management  

-       What is the Sundai framework 

-       How critical success factors are connected to the UN SDG’s

-       Who is a good candidate for a high-risk assessment 

-       How to identify monetized exposed risk 

-       How when DMC’s, Tourism companies and hotels work in collaboration it can acquire more business 

-       Why this information is so critical to insurance and financial institution

Show Notes:

You can find Dr. Bijan Khazai’s organizations below:

HotelReslient.org

RiskLayer.com

Connect with Dr. Bijank Khazai on Linked in:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bijan-khazai-4305b448/

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