By Stefan Gossling
Climate change is one of the single most important global environmental issues facing the world today and is emerging as a major topic in tourism studies. Tourism is one of the world’s largest industries; it both contributes to, and will be notably affected by, climate change. Given the emerging global legal frameworks to reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses, growing costs of carbon and pro-envi...

By teNeues
When we travel, hotels function as our home away from home. In these temporary abodes, we seek many of the qualities most valued in our own dwellings: comfort, style and—especially nowadays—sustainability. This inspiring volume offers a compendium of stylish yet ecological accommodations across the world, each a distinct example of what it means to be green. Careful consideration in the design, c...

By Jan Peter Bergkvist
A great book just out from JP Bergqvist. JP, formerly the engine and guide behind Scandic Hotels path to sustainable practices, now leads Sleepwell sustainable business advisors. Designed for busy professionals, the book is a fast guide rich with clear example. Written in plain language, as though from a trusted colleague, it’s an ideal guide for the CEO as well as the leader of the office ‘gr...

By Alan Fyall
The combined forces of growing competition, changing patterns of consumption, environmental factors and slowing economic growth mean that the next decade will provide a challenging environment for tourism marketing. Marketing Innovations for Sustainable Destinations is a collection of groundbreaking and stimulating chapters that explore innovative marketing operations, interactions and experience...

By Joseph S. Chen, Philip Sloan, Willy Legrand
A clear understanding of the issues surrounding climate change, global warming, air and water pollution, ozone depletion, deforestation, the loss of biodiversity and global poverty is essential for every manager in the hospitality industry. Present and future hospitality executives need to know how sustainable management systems can be integrated into their businesses while maintaining and hop...

By UNEP
The UNEP Year Book 2009 presents work in progress on scientific understanding of global environmental change, as well as foresight about possible issues on the horizon. The aim is to raise awareness of the interlinkages among environmental issues that can accelerate the rates of change and threaten human wellbeing. The UNEP Year Book 2009 examines in six chapters new science and developments, and...

By Educational Institute of AH&LA
High performance hotels are designed, constructed, and operated sustainably, using energy, water, materials, and land efficiently. But are sustainable hotels financially feasible? Yes, and they are the future of the hospitality industry. This solid analysis of sustainable hospitality development presents eight detailed case studies of successful, sustainable hotel projects representing a cross-se...

By Ralf Buckley
Ecotourism is a useful concept, but not a very well defined one; it has been debated in theory and attempted in practice for nearly two decades. Its key goal is to reduce the net environmental impact of the tourism industry, via mechanisms including minimal impact management measures, education, community involvement, private conservation, contributions to public protected areas, expansion of eco...

By R. Neil Moisey, Stephen F. McCool
This book presents analytical frameworks for examining the concept of sustainability in tourism and recreation within the context of sustainable development. It also includes numerous case studies in a variety of cultural, political and environmental contexts. Contributors include well known authorities from North America, Europe and Australia. "The editors are both lecturers in the University of...

By International Tourism Partnership
A rapidly growing travel industry, riding on the back of ever cheaper flights and increased spending power is producing a dilemma for hotel businesses - how to build more properties without causing damage to the environment? The publication of the world's first guiding principles for building tourist developments in a sustainable manner, co-sponsored by IBLF, will help to address this challenge.