The Kanas Lake Nature Reserve in the extreme north-west of China and the city of Chengdu, one of China's most populous cities, are the locations of two new UNWTO Sustainable Tourism Observatories designed to monitor the environmental, social and economic impacts of tourism.
IHG (InterContinental Hotel Groups) is the first hotel company in Australia to build an electric car charge network, connecting eight properties across the group with cutting-edge technology for a new and growing customer segment. From today five IHG properties across New South Wales – including Crowne Plaza Coogee Beach, Crowne Plaza Terrigal, Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley, Holiday Inn Sydney Airport and Holiday Inn Old Sydney – will launch electric car (EV) charge spots in their property car parks or forecourts.
Being honored with a Caring Company Logo, Cosmopolitan Hotel Hong Kong, Cosmo Hotel Hong Kong and Cosmo Hotel Mongkok have experienced the very importance of being socially responsible and of caring about our next generation. Carrying this in mind, our 3 hotels have specially designed a One Family Program that aims to breed this message rooting from our own staff and their young family members – hoping our socially responsible spirit now shines from within.
Luxury accommodation provider Peppers Retreats and Resorts has added the multi-award winning Awaroa Lodge in Abel Tasman National Park to its expanding New Zealand portfolio. To be known as Peppers Awaroa Lodge when it re-opens on 26 September after closing over the winter months, the new addition is one of six stunning Peppers resorts and retreats located across New Zealand.
Frank M. Pfaller is an absolute exception within the global hotelier community: The professional host, with German roots, impresses because of his meteoric career in the international luxury hospitality and his preference for luxury cars such as the Bentley Convertible. After his stop-over in numerous international "jet-set places-to-be – like the Caribbean, Marbella and Kitzbuehel – Pfaller now sets his foot on the charming beaches of Indonesian paradise island Bali.
The Chinese construction company Broad Group is known for putting up buildings with record speed. How fast? Most recently, the company owned by Xian Min Zhang constructed a 30 story, 183,000-square-foot hotel in 15 days — 360 hours, according to Gizmodo.
A series of case studies, presented at the first China Responsible Tourism Forum (CRTF) in Beijing on December 16, confirmed that responsible tourism is firmly on the agenda among small and medium-sized enterprises in China.
With Myanmar featuring in the international news, and the world watching as the country opens up, the first international travel trade event in Myanmar will be held in the countrys historic ancient capital of Bagan, this Sunday, November 27. With the outlook of increased international engagement and a relaxation of regulations, business leaders, investors and global tourism professionals are enthusiastic about the prospects of engaging with Myanmar.
The forum aims to help, protect and preserve the heritage and culture of ancient villages in China, while responsibly developing these villages to boost tourism. The forum will discuss the threat that mass tourism poses to these communities and their residents. More importantly, the forum will highlight the value tourism may bring if executed thoughtfully. Consumer travel trends indicate that tourists want to travel responsibly and connect with people and culture in an authentic way.
One of the travel and tourism industry's most exclusive and prestigious events last weekend drew Hollywood A-listers, top business CEOs, a head of state and senior environmental campaigners together in the Maldives to discuss how to make tourism a benefit rather than a threat to the planet's environment.
Best Western International - The World's Largest Hotel Chain® - recently held the Green Project Activity #3-2011 'Best Western Grows Mangrove Forest' as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. The activity was organized by Best Western International – Asia & Middle East head office in conjunction with Mangrovestation 6, supported by the hotel members residing in Thailand.
Convening world-leading thinkers, policy makers and business leaders, the Symposium aims to accelerate progress towards sustainable business practices in the tourism industry. The very best thinkers and key industry players will join forces with government ministers to confront the principle challenges facing the travel and tourism industry, including low-carbon infrastructure, transportation, resort management and threatened biodiversity.
The Zhangjiajie Observatory, located in Hunan Province, is part of a network of observatories assisting policy makers to ensure sustainable tourism growth. It will gather and report data on the environmental, social and economic impacts of tourism in the area based on UNWTO sustainable tourism indictors.
The Global Observatory on Sustainable Tourism (GOST), a UNWTO initiative for the monitoring and evaluating of sustainable tourism policies, received a significant boost following the signing of a Collaboration Agreement between UNWTO and Sun Yet-Sen University in Guangzhou, China. Strengthening cooperation between the two partners, the agreement represents an important step towards the responsible planning and management of tourism destinations.
Regal iClub Hotel, the new contemporary boutique hotel of Regal Hotels International, announces today that the hotel will be Hong Kong’s first hotel to go carbon neutral. This announcement coincides with today June 5th, the World Environment Day.
As part of this commitment to mitigate climate change, Six Senses - a world leading luxury resort and spa development and management company - has joined aid agencies, governments and private companies in supporting carbon emission mitigation projects. The aim of its latest initiative, Six Senses Reforestation Project, is to curb the threat of severe climate change caused by human-made hydrocarbon emissions and greenhouse gases caused by the burning of fossil fuels.
The Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts Sustainability Program has been officially launched at Swissôtel Kunshan in the morning of 22nd April by a tree planting activity. Stephen Fewell, General Manager of Swissôtel Kunshan, together with hotel management team members was planting two Sabina chinensises which symbolize green and vitality. Swissotel Kunshan also joined the Earth Day web site event and put Kunshan on the map with an online feed of the event.