Willy Legrand
Professor, IU International University of Applied Sciences Germany
Dr. Willy Legrand is Professor at the IU International University of Applied Sciences in Germany with a specialization in sustainable hospitality development and management.
He is the lead author of Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry: Principles of Sustainable Operations (4th ed, 2022) and of Critical Questions in Sustainability and Hospitality (2023). Prof Legrand chairs the Hospitality Net World Panel on Sustainability in Hospitality with the aim is to get sustainability anchored more than ever into the business conversation and decision-making.
Finally Prof. Legrand is also the co-editor of the Journal of Global Responsibility.
Articles
Values over value: adding to place rather than extracting from it
The Hotel Yearbook 2026 - Sustainability Edition
The Regenerative Question - Who We Choose to Become
The Hotel Yearbook 2026 - Sustainability Edition
Hotel Yearbook 2025 Sustainability Tech Edition: A Summary
HYB 2025 Sustainability Tech Edition
Foreword: Technology: a Catalyst and a Challenger for Sustainability
HYB 2025 Sustainability Tech Edition
Foreword: Unlocking The ESG Innovation Stack In Hospitality
HYB 2024 Hospitality ESG Edition
Roadblocks to Overcome - C-Level Executives Share Their Opinion
HYB 2024 Hospitality ESG Edition
ESG and Hospitality: An Evolving Sustainability Context
The Hotel Yearbook 2023 - Annual Edition