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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Are tourists willing to pay more for green travel?
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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Green Globe moves into Greece and Cyprus
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 …
Egypt, a new place for ecotourism, ecotravel and green hotels?
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 catching up with the eco trend ?
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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Caribbean en route for a greener tourism
We highlighted a couple of times already the move to the region for a more responsible tourism. The region is indeed suffering badly from a degradation of its ecosystem, from potential sea level rise, coastal erosion, extreme weather events to an increase in disease. Therefore the region has launched a so-called Caribsave program where tourism …
US national parks green awards announced …
The annual awards, established in 1989, honor significant natural resource accomplishments in six categories. And the winners are … Marc Albert, Natural Resource Manager, Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site (resource sharing with Salem Maritime National Historic Site and Boston Harbor Islands National Recreational Area). Patrick Reed, Superintendent, Mammoth Cave National Park Fred Bunch, Chief …
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