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Orchid Hotel, The The Orchid is Asia’s first certified eco friendly five star hotel. It is quite an interesting place … A rarity in Asia, this eco-friendly five-star hotel is surrounded by lush gardens next to an airport. It has a beautiful views over Mumbai from the rooftop pool and restaurant. As usual in an …
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Alila Hotels and Resorts is quite a different hotel chain. This Singapore Based group recognizes that travelers nowadays are less self-centered and willing to take part in making the world a much better place…. Alila Ubud and Alila Manggis made it to the Green Globe certification in May 2007. So what are they doing so …
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After the news on Hyderabad, I further researched on Novotel and its green approach, quite remarkable I must say … Novotel began its involvement in the Green Globe certification programme in July 2007, through an initial pilot phase, at 28 hotels in 12 countries across five continents.The countries involved were: the United Kingdom, Switzerland, France, …
Novotel Hyderabad , from the famous Accor Hotel Group, has just announed to have gotten the Green Globe Certified status under the global Certification programme. There were 8 criteria looked at such as better waste management, less pollution, and energy and water consumption control. The benchmarking period lasted for about six months, and the same …
Finally there seems to be some move towards a common, international label for eco-tourism … Some industry heavyweights, including Sabre, UNEP, UN-WTO, CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity), IUCN, ICMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites, Rainforest Alliance, CAST (Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism), Conservation International, The International Ecotourism Society, IHRA, Federation of Tour Operators, Conde …
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“Industry Must Work Together on Sustainability” commented sabre, one of the leading Global Distribution Service (based in the US). Leilani Latimer, their Director of Sustainability Initiatives, explained that the global travel business must move forward to identify and implement a clear, transparent and verifiable certification system for sustainable tourism. However she stressed that this would …
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Interesting to see that you can be a high-end, profitable, classy and also green hotel … The Siloso Beach Resort of Sentosa Island (the resort of Singapore) has quite a number of unique features: – the resort was built in a former jungle area – but 600 trees were preserved at the time of construction …
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an intersting feed-back from India …. There was a clear accent on eco tourism, sustaiblable travel and green hotels in the 24th Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) Annual Convention, on August 7-10 in India. “Sustainable tourism” is not a discrete or special form of tourism, rather “all forms of tourism should strive to be …
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Interesting move from http://www.lastminute.com/, a leading European online travel agency. They are highlighting on their website a few actions they are taking for a greener tourism. That comprises of promoting the train between Paris and London, and some internal actions such as using a green taxi company and offseting all their “business travel” carbon emissions. …
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An interesting initiative from Jakarta, indonesia. The Sari Pan Pacific hotel, part of the Pan Pacific hotel group, has conducted, in April 2008, the Green Globe Program and will distribute trees to their employees to be planted at their homes. “This Environmental Care Program is our contribution to create a greener living environment. We hope …
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