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Going off track to find the right path for Himalayan tourism

October 31, 2017
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Vandana Vijay’s Off­beat Tracks launched in 2016 to spread the concept of exper­i­en­tial travel and sus­tain­able com­munity-based eco­tour­ism in India, espe­cially among rur­al com­munit­ies in the Him­alay­as. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Ms Vijay offers examples of how she trans­lates her travel & tour­ism philo­sophy into action. UPDATE, June 2021: Promp­ted by “GT”, Ms Vijay […]

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Hotels train staff to read signs of modern slavery

July 21, 2017

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Adult guests who check in with a child, repeat cash book­ings, or late check-ins without lug­gage could all be signs of mod­ern slavery under guid­ance newly issued to staff at a Brit­ish hotel chain. The 400 staff at Shiva hotels — from recep­tion­ists to human resources staff to clean­ers — will be trained as part of a com­pany-wide cam­paign to […]

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Cuba gov’t praises Jardines del Rey hotels for sustainable practices

June 16, 2017

Cuba's government praises Jardines del Rey hotels for their sustainable pratices

Four hotels in Jardines del Rey, Cuba have achieved “good res­ults in meet­ing envir­on­ment­al stand­ards aimed at achiev­ing sus­tain­able tour­ism”, accord­ing to Pren­sa Lat­ina, an inform­a­tion agency for Lat­in Amer­ica. Jardines del Rey (“Gar­dens of the King”) is an archipelago off the north­ern coast of Cuba, in the provinces of Ciego de Ávila and Camagüey. […]

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How to make a hotel green & responsible: Get on with it!

June 5, 2017
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How to make a hotel green & responsible: Just do it!

Hos­pit­al­ity industry pro­fes­sion­al John Mor­ris Wil­li­ams shares a little of his long exper­i­ence ini­ti­at­ing and driv­ing com­­mon-sense meas­ures at hotels and in host com­munit­ies. Mr Wil­li­ams makes it clear that he favours real action over expens­ive cer­ti­fic­a­tion, believ­ing that dis­cern­ing sup­ply chain part­ners and guests are cap­able of per­ceiv­ing green-wash­ing and cyn­ic­al CSR. UPDATE, June 2021: […]

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