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David Leventhal

David Leventhal

Founder and CEO

David Leventhal is founder of Playa Viva, an award-winning regenerative resort on Mexico’s Pacific coast, and co-founder of Regenerative Travel, a global alliance of impact-driven hotels. A longtime entrepreneur and systems thinker, he works at the watershed scale to align hospitality, conservation, and community-led development.

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Values over value: adding to place rather than extracting from it
The Hotel Yearbook 2026 - Sustainability Edition