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Interesting survey from two different organizations: According to Grist and Treehugger, the top green cities in the world would be: According to Grist:1. Reykjavik, Iceland2. Portland, Oregon, U.S.3. Curitiba, Brazil4. Malmö, Sweden5. Vancouver, Canada6. Copenhagen, Denmark7. London, England8. San Francisco, California, U.S.9. Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador10. Sydney, Australia11. Barcelona, Spain12. Bogotá, Colombia13. Bangkok, Thailand14. Kampala, …

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Dear readers, for those of you planning a trip to France, we highly recommend that book from Dorian Yates; much more than a travel book, the guide includes listings of health food stores and farmers’ markets, public transit information, alternative health care facilities, green businesses, yoga and spiritual centers. Nice way to visit the country …

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American company SRS Energy has just announced a good news for eco hotels : a major issue raised by hoteliers to install solar panel was their poor outlook.SRS Energy has developed the Solé Power Tile, a roof tile designed to sustainably convert sunlight into electricity without compromising aesthetics. The Solé tiles are suppposed to be …

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George Dooley reports at http://www.travelagentcentral.com/green-travel/travelers-unwilling-pay-more-green-travel-17065 on this critical issue facing our industry. According to him, travellers are becoming more and more aware of green travel (a remarkable increase from 9 percent in July 2007 to 22 percent in July 2009) but it doesnt mean that they are ready to pay more for it: only 9 …

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Dear Readers, we have just soft launched the new Green Travel Search Engine http://www.greenty.com/ Cuurently the test version only accounts 20 eco hotels but we have 1000+ eco hotels revieweds that will be live in a couple of weeks from now … Enjoy the tour ! Greenty.com is the first eco-travel search engine & a …

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Another geography is being added to the leader of eco travel certification. Green Globe has announced a partnership with Green Wealth, Ltd. to Deliver Green Globe Licensed Products in Greece and Cyprus Markets. There are 9,000 hotels in Greece and Cyprus so that is an interesting move. However we dont know how many potential eco …

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Egypt is an incredibly attractive tourism destination; it all started more than 2000 years ago when Roman travellers visited Egypt to see the ancient pharaonic ruins. Today tourism is Egypt’s most important industry, with 2.2 million jobs – however over 75% of the country’s tourist activity is concentrated on the Red Sea – thus mass …

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Hyatt Regency O’Hare, one of the flaghotel of the group, locatred next to Chicago, USA, has just announced a number of environmentally friendly initiatives, such as – extensive recycling, – water conservation programs, – energy conservation programs. The hotel has just received the WasteWise certification from the Environmental Protection Agency, and is claiming to constantly …

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Dear readers, for further information, discussion and resources about ecotourism and green hotels, we invite you to join our linkedin Ecotourism Professionals group at http://tinyurl.com/dke5zv – to share and learn about ecotourism… Thanks