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Is eliminating plastics in tour companies still relevant?
How can tour companies be plastic free? And is it enough? I recently spoke with Tourpreneur’s Nikki Padilla Rivera, and she brought up some great discussion points about the current state of the tourism industry relating to tour companies. Nikki posed some excellent...
Empowering Sustainability Leaders in Southeast Asia
Embracing a Plastic Free Future in Southeast Asia: Empowering Sustainability Leaders Picture this: Pristine beaches, lush forests, and captivating cultures – Southeast Asia is a treasure trove. Yet, beneath this awe-inspiring facade, a plastic predicament has quietly...
Sustainability – This time it’s personal
Discover the keys to personal sustainability and maintaining energy while juggling responsibilities. Explore the importance of balance, purpose, personal networks, and routine for overall well-being. Gain insights from a panelist’s journey and learn practical tips to find your flow and stay motivated. Join the conversation on personal and life sustainability and connect with like-minded individuals. Start prioritizing your wellness and achieve greater success in your endeavors.”
Plastic Free July for Hospitality Teams
Plastic Free July: Participating as a Team! Why Plastic Free July is a great engagement technique for teams! What is Plastic Free July you might be asking? It’s an awareness campaign that began in Australia in 2011 and was introduced to Southeast Asia in 2015 through...
A holistic approach to plastic-free hotel operations
Taking Action Against Single-use Plastics: A 3-Step Guide for Hotels Taking action against single-use plastics has emerged as a crucial goal for many hotels and tour companies. ESG has been flagged as one of the top priorities for the tourism industry in 2023, so as...
Is Sustainable Tourism Impossible?
The Last Tourist film looks at what we did before, why it wasn’t working and what is working and how we can do more of that! Sustainable tourism, responsible tourism, even wellness tourism, whatever you like to call it, when we travel I like to think about the power...
Sustainable Tourism: want one change that increases revenue and decreases your environmental footprint?
Want to increase revenue AND reduce your environmental footprint this year? It's exciting, seeing tourism numbers booming and now... China opening up will mean millions more travellers coming back onto the scene. But, the way we did tourism pre-2020 was not...
What you need to know about ESG in 2023
One of the top trends in hotels for 2023 - ESG: Environment, Social, GovernanceESG - Environment, Social, Governance is a number one priority for hotels in 2023 according to a survey prepared by JLL in late 2022.1 So what is ESG? And how do you get started? ESG is...
Reducing single-use plastic in hotels is easier than you think!
Mini toiletries, 'free' toothbrushes, coffee pods... With the guise of providing 'service' and 'value' the amount of single-use plastics has become out of control - and it's time to change the narrative of quality service in the hotel setting. In fact, some of the...
How to ditch single-use bottles and save money
Water - it's an essential part of how we work and how we live. And sadly, it's become normalised to drink water from a plastic bottle. I still remember the first time I saw plastic bottled water, I was at university at the time, the late 90s. I remember buying a...
What You Need to Know about the TTDI
What's new in the updated Travel and Tourism Development Index framework? Formerly the 'Travel and Tourism Competitive Index' a new title and a new 'sub-index' for sustainability are the two significant changes that I noted upon reading the May 2022 Insight Report 1....
3 pillars of sustainable tourism
Community, Environment and Economic SustainabilityThis article was originally published in the PATA bulletin in October 2019. The magic formula for sustainable tourism is community, environment and economy, when these three things are in balance then we can truly say...
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