Latest news and insights from various sources relating to UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Keynote speech by Randy Durband, GSTC CEO
On June 12th, the 1st (2018) Adventure Travel World Leaders Forum took place in Beijing, China. The event was organized by China Adventure Travel Association, a GSTC Member.
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Training Partner: Walking Mountains Science Center, Vail, Colorado
The GSTC is pleased to welcome the Walking Mountains Science Center in Colorado, USA, as a new training partner for the GSTC Sustainable Tourism Training Program (STTP).
ITP’s Principles on Forced Labour
The world’s leading hotel groups are standing together to tackle the issue of forced labour.
Achieving the GSTC-Recognized status means that a sustainable tourism standard has been reviewed by GSTC technical experts and the GSTC Accreditation Panel and deemed equivalent to the GSTC Criteria for sustainable tourism.
First hospitality/gaming company to establish scope 3 science-based targets; Launches plan for large scale solar farm.
‘Tourism for Development’ shows that tourism has a global reach and has positive effects on many other sectors.
Experience Latin America (ela) by the Latin American Travel Association (www.lata.travel), the three day B2B event dedicated to Latin America, has strengthened its commitment to protecting the environment by going green in 2018 with a number of new sustainability measures.
UNWTO flagship publication on ‘Tourism for Development’ has been released. This publication, as key outcome of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017 (IY2017), addresses the changes needed in policies, business practices and consumer behaviour for tourism to effectively contribute to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The program culminated in a final pitch to receive grants of up to 500k euros from Booking.com’s 2 million euros fund in order to help support the next stage of the startups’ projected growth.