Cayuga Collection named Tourism for Tomorrow People Award winner
People Award winners Cayuga Collection
Latest news and insights from various sources relating to UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Premier Inn largest hotel group to commit to science-based targets
Hub by Premier Inn was designed to have a low carbon footprint
Talking Point: Even small hotels can tackle the Global Goals
Steve Malkin and Planet Mark
Following a panel discussion with the Legal Sustainability Alliance around how businesses should be responding to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Steve Malkin, founder of The Planet Mark looks at how even small hotels can contribute to the Global Goals.
Booking.com Sustainable Travel Report: majority of global travelers stating that they want to travel sustainably
Booking.com Sustainable Travel Report: majority of global travelers stating that they want to travel sustainably
Green travel trend continues to gain momentum, according to the global Sustainable Travel Report by Booking.com, with a large majority of global travelers (87%) stating that they want to travel sustainably, and nearly four in 10 (39%) confirming that they often or always manage to do so.
New online tool helps hotels ensure ethical employment
The BRE Innovation Park
BRE has launched an online version of the Ethical Labour Sourcing Standard (ELS) to help companies understand their responsibilities and actions relating to the ethical sourcing of labour.
ABTA signs up to the Roundtable for Human Rights in Tourism
Building on the work ABTA and its Members have been undertaking on human rights, ABTA has signed up to the Roundtable for Human Rights in Tourism. This is a multi-stakeholder alliance of civil society organisations, tour operators and travel associations dedicated to respecting human rights.
New IUCN Guidelines on Tourism and Visitor Management in Protected Areas
IUCN, has published new “Guidelines on Tourism and Visitor Management in Protected Areas”. Produced by Yu-Fai Leung, Anna Spencely, Glen Hvenegaard and Ralf Buckley, leading experts of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist (TAPAS) Group, with the support of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf the Federal German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, as well as North Carolina State University.
Dominica’s hurricane recovery efforts boosted by voluntourism program
Electricity has returned, houses have been rebuilt and major attractions like Trafalgar Falls and the Emerald Pool have been officially declared open. Now, the next step in Dominica’s recovery efforts post-Hurricane Maria involves travelers.
Talking Point: Five ways for hotels to be responsible employers
How to ensure you’re respecting your staff
The accountability of a responsible business doesn’t just target customers, it should target employees as well.
White Men in Suits at ITB panels (part 2): Time to tackle the lack of diversity at tourism events
The only non-male panel at ITB CSR Day, 9 March 2018. Still pretty imbalanced.
Exactly a year ago after ITB Berlin 2017, I wrote White Men in Suits and Sustainable Tourism for PATA’s Sustainability Blog, referring to the nationality, race and gender imbalance of speakers at ITB, but also at other conferences and events in the tourism industry.