Summary of WTM Responsible Tourism Programme, Monday November 5, 2018
A quick summary of highlights and key quotes from the tour companies, hotels, destinations and NGOs working to make tourism more sustainable
Report from the 5th European Ecotourism Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia
Leading international experts gathered in the Georgian capital to develop and work together as a united front for the future of responsible tourism in Europe
Radically cleaner air travel possible but governments need to act now, says report
By driving out the use of fossil kerosene fuel through carbon pricing and requiring aircraft to switch to synthetic fuels, the climate impact of flying can be reduced dramatically, says report
Booking.com highlights key areas being tackled by enterprising startups in sustainable tourism
Applications open for third annual Booking Booster accelerator program for startups in sustainable tourism.
An eco first for Alphonse Island – The only commercial outer island in the Seychelles to be reliant on solar power
The completed installation of the 2,200 solar panels has earned Alphonse Island the ecological title of being the first Outer Island in the Seychelles with a hospitality and accommodation offering to become solar powered.
Sustainability set to shape new standard of tourism statistics
The group of experts creating a statistical framework for Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism met to establish the MST initiative’s major goals for 2019.
The Sustainable Event Professional Certificate available for the first time in Europe
The program, brought by the Events Industry Council and enabled by InspireME Monte-Carlo and Sustained Impact, will take place at the Fairmont Monte-Carlo from 2 to 4 December.
IHG banning plastic straws worldwide
Staff at IHG do a plastic clean-up by the River Thames
Norwegian announced agreement with OpenAirlines
SkyBreathe integrates multiple sources of data in a single database and computes achieved and potential savings taking into account the exact flight conditions, such as weather, flight path, Air Traffic Control, payload.
How a 19th-Century British economist can explain today’s challenges in sustainable travel and hospitality
England, 1859. William Stanley Jevons, a twenty-four-year-old economist, finds a curious dilemma in the British coal industry. Technological advancements like the coal-fired steam engine are improving coal’s production efficiency, but coal supply still struggles to meet England’s insatiable demand.