Dear readers, Please have a look at the video on Planeterra’s YouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/planeterra#p/u/6/zC6iPxNmRQ8 . This aims at promoting the upcoming Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference (ESTC) Sept. 8-10 in Portland in the US. This conference is the only North American conference focused on green travel. Planeterra (www.planeterra.org/ )is bringing a focus on voluntourism …
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Can Luxury Travel and Sustainable Tourism go hand in hand ?
Many people dichotomize luxury and sustainable development, claiming that it is impossible to mix the two. There is a nice article on the controversial subject here:http://www.gadling.com/2009/06/03/the-hard-truth-of-green-luxury-travel/ More info on luxurytravel is available in these good directories:http://www.oneluxurytravel.com/articleshttp://www.oneluxurytravel.com/glossaryhttp://www.oneluxurytravel.com/glossaire10http://www.oneluxurytravel.com/glossaire50http://www.oneluxurytravel.com/glossaire100http://www.oneluxurytravel.com/glossaire200
Marriott adopts the LEED certification
Marriott just annouced that it will follow the LEED guidelines for a greener hotels at The Courtyard Charleston/Summerville that will open in South Carolina in 2012. This will be the first hotel built using Marriott International’s green hotel prototype,,as part of a plan to have 300 LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) hotels by …