Lasting Laos: Meet 20 certifiably-sustainable hotels and tour companies at ITB

Travel agents and tour oper­at­ors seek­ing cer­ti­fi­ably-sus­tain­able ground con­tent in the peace­ful and beau­ti­ful emer­ging des­tin­a­tion of Laos can find exactly what they are look­ing for at ITB Ber­lin 2024: Last­ing Laos.

Five Lao tour­ism com­pan­ies and 15 hotels are set to show­case their Trav­elife cer­ti­fic­a­tion, innov­at­ive spir­it, and com­mit­ment to sus­tain­ab­il­ity and sus­tain­able prac­tices at the travel trade event.

Their par­ti­cip­a­tion at ITB is sup­por­ted by the EU-fun­ded SUSTOUR Laos pro­ject. Find them in Messe Ber­lin Hall #4.1 at the SWITCH-Asia stand #213.

Click here to learn more about sus­tain­able exper­i­ences in excit­ing des­tin­a­tions across Asia, and click here to dir­ectly book a meet­ing with des­tin­a­tion Laos experts at ITB Ber­lin 2024.

Lasting Laos: Five exemplary tourism companies 

With the help of SUSTOUR Laos, five dis­tin­guished tour­ism com­pan­ies have become exem­plary mod­els of sus­tain­able tour­ism prac­tices in the South­east Asi­an nation.

They are:

• Easia Travel
• INTHIRA GROUP
• ORLA TOURS
• Nakharath Travel
• Tiger Trail Travel

These com­pan­ies have not only achieved Trav­elife cer­ti­fic­a­tion under the pro­ject’s guid­ance but also rep­res­ent the innov­at­ive spir­it and com­mit­ment to sus­tain­ab­il­ity that SUSTOUR Laos champions.

The five are now set to show­case their achieve­ments and sus­tain­able prac­tices at the pres­ti­gi­ous travel trade event ITB Ber­lin 2024, demon­strat­ing the real-world impact and poten­tial of the SUSTOUR Laos on a glob­al stage.

Meet them at ITB Ber­lin 2024

Read more about the five (PDF)

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Lasting Laos: 15 certifiably-sustainable hotels

Fif­teen accom­mod­a­tion pro­viders in Laos have also achieved Trav­elife cer­ti­fic­a­tion under the SUSTOUR Laos’ guidance.

They are:

• Inthira Vang Vieng
• Luang Pra­bang View Hotel
• Mais­on Dalabua
• Ang­sana Mais­on Souvannaphoum
• Souphat­tra Hotel
• Salana Boutique Hotel
• Para­sol Blanc Luang Prabang
• Sanc­tu­ary Luang Pra­bang Hotel
• Sanc­tu­ary Nam Ngum Beach Resort
• Sanc­tu­ary Pak­beng Lodge
• La Folie Lodge
• Vic­tor­ia Xiengthong Palace
• The Namkhan Luang Pra­bang
• The Belle Rive Boutique Hotel
• Villa Maly Luang Pra­bang

Learn more about them at ITB Ber­lin 2024

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Lasting Laos: About SUSTOUR Laos

As SUSTOUR Laos moves towards com­ple­tion in July 2024, it proudly reflects on the sig­ni­fic­ant pro­gress made in pro­mot­ing sus­tain­able tour­ism in Laos.

The pro­ject SUSTOUR Laos (‘Sup­port­ing Micro, Small, Medi­um Enter­prises (MSME) in the Lao Tour­ism Industry Sup­ply Chain to Access Mar­kets for Sus­tain­able Prac­tices Pro­ject’ is fun­ded by the European Uni­on and imple­men­ted by Plan Inter­na­tion­al and key part­ners, includ­ing the Lao Depart­ment of Trade Pro­mo­tion (MOIC), the Lao Nation­al Cham­ber of Com­merce and Industry (LNCCI), and the European Centre for Eco­lo­gic­al and Agri­cul­tur­al Tour­ism (ECEAT).

The pro­ject takes an integ­rated busi­ness-led approach to sup­port­ing MSMEs with­in the Lao tour­ism industry sup­ply chain to adopt and pro­mote sus­tain­able con­sump­tion and pro­duc­tion (SCP) prac­tices. This involves loc­al sup­pli­ers, pur­chas­ing envir­on­ment­ally friendly products, con­serving nat­ur­al resources, and apply­ing socially respons­ible ways of inter­act­ing with loc­al communities.

Adop­tion of sus­tain­able prac­tices are cer­ti­fied accord­ing to Trav­elife stand­ards, which have been developed by ECEAT and are recog­nised inter­na­tion­ally as the lead­ing sus­tain­ab­il­ity cer­ti­fic­a­tion sys­tem in the tour­ism industry. 

At travel trade events such as ITB Ber­lin 2024, SUSTOUR Laos will trig­ger mar­ket demand for SCP prac­tices in the Lao tour­ism industry sup­ply chain by mar­ket­ing Laos as a green des­tin­a­tion and by rais­ing aware­ness on sus­tain­able MSMEs among con­sumers and inter­na­tion­al travel agents. 

Meet SUSTOUR Laos at ITB Ber­lin 2024

Read more about SUSTOUR Laos (PDF)

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