Global warming is an issue that the world has been facing for years, and time is running out. Every action we take has an impact on the environment and it is our responsibility to implement sustainable practices into our lives and into our campus.
Back in 2000, EHL launched its Student Business Project (SBP) module as an integral part of the final Bachelor year program. Its aim: to give students real-life, hands-on, practical experience of what it means to set up and run a business from every possible angle, in conjunction with the requirements of a business partner who has enlisted their help, insights and know-how.
Promoting innovation and e-mobility - Rainer Zietlow, an experienced tour driver with the Mannheim-based special agency CHALLENGE4, sent out a strong signal for the future viability of e-mobility this afternoon as he embarked upon on a marathon 20,000-kilometre trip through Germany in a VW ID.3 electric car. Deutsche Hospitality supports this ambitious project by sponsoring overnight accommodation and catering costs. During their 64-day journey, Rainer Zietlow and his team will stay in hotels that operate under the Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts and IntercityHotel brand names.
The internationally recognized holistic well-being clinic, SHA Wellness is once again demonstrating its leadership in the health and wellness industry by adopting innovative measures to protect guests and staff against COVID-19 upon reopening to the public. These measures will include testing for COVID-19 multiple times before stepping foot on property, UV ray and ozone treatments for disinfection, the implementation of thermographic cameras, elimination of all paper elements and more.
Airbnb is working with hosts from across the Czech Republic to provide first responders, doctors and emergency responders in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, with secure accommodation while they carry out their vital work. Through this global initiative, hosts have already offered up nearly 200,000 places to stay in over 160 countries and regions. Frontline staff can book eligible and available stays in their area. Airbnb will waive all fees on the first 100,000 stays booked through this program.
Meliá Hotels International is preparing to launch "the biggest solidarity campaign in the company's history, inspired by the most exceptional circumstances we have ever experienced," in which it will offer healthcare workers 10,000 free two-night hotel stays.
In Germany, frontline medical staff looking for accommodation can already choose from more than 4,000 places to stay, including 2,000 hotel rooms on Airbnb.
Hosts on Airbnb are offering NHS and other frontline medical staff free places to stay while they carry out their critical work, and Airbnb is waiving all fees for the stays. Hosts across the UK can opt into the programme and offer an entire home property through Airbnb's Open Homes platform, created in 2012 to meet the needs of people requiring emergency housing.
In partnership with the French Government, Airbnb is today launching a local expansion of their Open Homes program to connect medical staff and caregivers battling the coronavirus outbreak in France with free places to stay offered by local Airbnb hosts.
Airbnb is today launching a pilot programme to help medical professionals in Italy access free accommodation provided by hosts, as they fight the unprecedented coronavirus outbreak.
The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) paid a high-level visit to Greece to meet with the Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and offer the United Nations' specialized agency's support as the country works to grow and diversify its tourism sector.
Hilton (NYSE: HLT) is launching the UK's largest ever soap recycling programme to reduce waste going to landfill and help communities in need. In partnership with Clean the World, Hilton hotels in the UK will divert 64 tons of waste from landfill every year, creating more than 700,000 new bars to distribute to those in need. This expansion of Hilton's industry-leading soap recycling programme is a major step towards Hilton's goal to recycle 100% of its leftover soap bars.
Digitalisation provides development opportunities for the travel industry and drives the creation of new business models and new added-value products and services for customers while also strengthening travel companies. Meliá Hotels International has been a pioneer in applying a digital strategy to its entire organisation and has been named in the latest research by the Coordenadas Institute of Governance and Applied Economics as one of the top ten companies leading the digital transformation of the Spanish economy.
Meliá Hotels International and Audi are working together to promote the benefits of sustainable mobility and to allow some company hotels in Mallorca to offer guests a chance to enjoy driving the new 100% electric Audi e-tron.
Tourism leaders from across the public and private sectors came together at the World Travel Market (WTM) in London for a high-level discussion on tourism's role in rural development, the challenges and the opportunities. The Ministers' Summit on "Technology for Rural Development", hosted by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in partnership with WTM, focused on tourism innovation and technology and their place in empowering rural communities.
We're all about sustainable travel and being eco-friendly at Lonely Planet, so we're intrigued by a new resort in Finland where the price you pay is determined by the carbon footprint of your stay. We're all about sustainable travel and being eco-friendly at Lonely Planet, so we're intrigued by a new resort in Finland where the price you pay is determined by the carbon footprint of your stay.
This month we are celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month. At Hilton we are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace where all Team Members can thrive.
Travelodge, the UK's first budget hotel chain, today launches the next phase of its parents recruitment programme, targeting mums and dads looking to get back into work - as school's reopen this week. The hotel chain which operates 567 hotels across the UK is looking to fill 1,500 jobs with flexible hours that fit around the school run, a supporting work buddy and access to management training.
Travelodge the UK's first budget hotel chain which operates 584 hotels across the UK, Ireland and Spain is continuing to invest in its estate. So far this year, the group has invested nearly £12 million giving 28 UK hotels (over 2,600 rooms) a comprehensive revamp.
Meliá Hotels International signed an agreement today with the Palma Aquarium Foundation to help protect the endangered loggerhead turtle (Caretta Caretta), a further extension to the company's environmental commitments and focus on the conservation of biodiversity.