Stronger together: Tourism training partnerships help prevent child exploitation


Stronger together preventing sectt sexual exploitation of travel and tourism through training

The sexu­al exploit­a­tion of chil­dren by those who use the ser­vices of the travel & tour­ism industry is a dif­fi­cult sub­ject to acknow­ledge let alone dis­cuss. This is why ECPAT Inter­na­tion­al, The Code, and ASSET‑H&C have partnered to give train­ers and edu­cat­ors use­ful tools to help pre­pare stu­dents to look out for and report signs […]

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Elephants, otters return to Cardamom Tented Camp’s conservation area in Cambodia


Cardamom Tented Camp ecolodge in Cambodia reports success in nature conservation with otters and elephants coming back to its conservation area.

Car­damom Ten­ted Camp in Cam­bod­ia has wit­nessed the return of a small herd of ele­phants to its con­ser­va­tion area, after an absence of five years. A large group of smooth-coated otters are back too. Forest rangers dis­covered and pho­to­graphed ele­phant foot­prints and drop­pings inside the 18,000-hectare forest con­ces­sion, which the camp pro­tects, with help from Wildlife […]

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Winning from within: How can travel & tourism stem the brain drain?

December 7, 2021

Winning from within: How can travel & tourism stem the brain drain? Image by geralt (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/understanding-spark-lightning-hand-3914811/

Travel & tour­ism is every­one’s busi­ness. It’s all about people. How do we keep people allied and inspired in organ­isa­tions, des­tin­a­tions, and host com­munit­ies?  K Michael Hay­wood tackles this prob­lem in his third “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] “Aston­ish, Smarter Tour­ism by Design” (my new e‑book yet to be pub­lished) opens […]

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COP this: Good news in travel & tourism November 2021

December 1, 2021
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“Good news in travel & tourism” wraps up a month of “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, tips, and advice. Share it as you would a cheese and charcuterie platter. Photo by Anto Meneghini (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/YiaDJAjD1S0

“Good news in travel & tour­ism” wraps up a month of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, tips, and advice. Share it as you would a fest­ive and col­our­ful cheese and char­cu­ter­ie plat­ter. It’s “GT”. And go! (Click/touch a menu item to go straight to it.) Keep up with “GT” If you like “GT” and […]

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55 ways tourism can be friendlier to the environment: An ‘Eco-Guide’


Picture collage of students at ASSET-H&C member institutions

“Good Tour­ism” Insight Part­ner ASSET‑H&C has pub­lished the free Eco-Guide for Hos­pit­al­ity Busi­nesses and Schools, which lays out 55 tips for redu­cing tour­is­m’s neg­at­ive effects on the envir­on­ment. Soph­ie Hart­man, Nguyễn Thị Thu Thảo, and Võ Thị Quế Chi describe the why, the how, and a few of the what in this “GT” Insight.  [Scroll […]

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CODE RED: SUNx’ 7‑point climate action plan for tourism is more ambitious than the Glasgow Declaration

and November 26, 2021
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Climate Friendly Travel; SUNx' Code Red Plan for our Kids

At SUNx Malta we have a clear view of the path for­ward for our sec­tor to respond to the “code red” cli­mate crisis iden­ti­fied by UN Sec­ret­ary Gen­er­al António Guterres. It’s more ambi­tious than the heav­ily mar­keted Glas­gow Declar­a­tion on Cli­mate Action in Tour­ism, spe­cific­ally in terms of earli­er deliv­ery dates, cov­er­age of all greenhouse […]

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