Fifteen Airlines Sign Groundbreaking Alternative-Fuel Purchase Deals
AirlinesSustainable TourismTravel Technology December 15, 2009 0
A group of 15 airlines has signed groundbreaking memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with two different U.S. producers ― AltAir Fuels LLC and Rentech, Inc. ― for a future supply of alternative aviation fuel.
Read moreMegabus.com Participates in Green Coach Certification Pilot Program
Sustainable TourismTravel Technology December 2, 2009 0
Megabus.com is to participate in the University of Vermont’s Green Coach Certification Pilot Program. The company says it has been selected based on its existing and emerging efforts to increase its environmental stewardship.
Read moreContinental Touts Results of its Expanded Recycling Program
AirlinesSustainable Tourism November 12, 2009 0
Continental Airlines says it has experienced a major increase in the effectiveness of its recycling programs after the company put special emphasis on recycling projects to support its commitment to the environment.
Read moreMarriott to Volume-Build Green Hotels Using Standardized Prototypes
HotelsSustainable Tourism November 11, 2009 0
Marriott International, Inc. plans to expand its green-hotel portfolio ten-fold over the next five years by introducing a green-hotel prototype that will be pre-certified as meeting LEED standards.
Read moreVirgin Atlantic Promotes Initiative for Passengers to Share Airport Taxis
AirlinesSustainable TourismTravel TechnologyTravel Tips November 9, 2009 0
Virgin Atlantic has become involved in a unique initiative that will help its passengers find other travelers to share taxi rides into city centers across the world ― saving both their wallets and ground carbon emissions.
Read moreStudy Finds Gap between Consumers’ Green Attitudes and Behavior at Hotels
HotelsSustainable Tourism October 16, 2009 0
Consumers’ attitudes towards “green” initiatives in the hospitality industry and their actual environmentally responsible behavior in hotels differ markedly, a study by two hospitality and tourism management graduate students at Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business has found.
Read moreEmirates Opens Conservation-Based Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa
DestinationsSustainable Tourism October 5, 2009 0
Emirates Hotels & Resorts has opened the 4,000-acre Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa, Australia’s first luxury conservation-based property and Emirates’ first project outside of Dubai.
Read moreAAA Launches Program to Highlight Eco-Certified Lodgings
HotelsSustainable TourismTravel Tips October 2, 2009 0
In response to growing interest in “green” hotels from its members, the American Automobile Association has launched a program to highlight AAA-Approved lodgings that have been eco-certified through a well-established government or private program.
Read moreMarriott Develops Voluntary Carbon-Offsetting Program for Guests
HotelsSustainable Tourism October 1, 2009 0
Marriott International, Inc has developed a carbon-offset program to help guests at its more-than 3,000 hotels worldwide offset the carbon footprints associated with their hotel stays.
Read moreMexico’s National Beach Restoration Program to Begin in October
DestinationsHotelsSustainable Tourism September 29, 2009 0
National authorities in Mexico say the country’s national beach restoration program will begin on October 15.
Read moreConstruction of Andermatt Swiss Alps Resort Begins
DestinationsHotelsSustainable Tourism September 27, 2009 0
Orascom Development Holding AG has held a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of the Andermatt Swiss Alps resort, which Orascom says will be the first integrated holiday resort in the Alps.
Read moreGreen Globe Certifies Chattanooga’s Green Lodging Program
Sustainable Tourism September 23, 2009 0
Chattanooga, Tennessee’s sustainability-certification program for hotel and tourism accommodation has become the first such U.S.-based program to win Green Globe Certified status.
Read moreBA Head Calls On Pols to Support Aviation’s Emissions-Cuts Plan
AircraftAirlinesSustainable Tourism September 22, 2009 0
The world has a historic opportunity to make real progress on curbing aviation’s carbon emissions, Willie Walsh, chief executive of British Airways, told a United Nations forum on climate change in New York on September 22.
Read moreWestin Bonaventure Becomes Los Angeles’ Biggest Green Hotel
HotelsSustainable Tourism September 21, 2009 0
Officials at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles say the hotel has received L.A.’s first Green Seal Silver Certification, making it the largest environmentally responsible hotel in the city.
Read moreLuxury Ecuadorian Boutique Hotel Casa Ceibo Nears Grand Opening
DestinationsHotelsSustainable Tourism September 16, 2009 0
Casa Ceibo, a luxury, boutique hotel in the historic Ecuadorian bay city of Bahia de Caraquez, is holding its grand opening on October 24.
Read moreLas Vegas CityCenter Announces Grand Opening Schedule
DestinationsHotelsSustainable Tourism September 16, 2009 2
Las Vegas’ new CityCenter urban resort development has announced its opening schedule, with most of the vast new downtown resort area opening this December.
Read moreSustainability is Economically Sensible in Island Resorts: Amble
Sustainable Tourism September 11, 2009 0
Resort and other real-estate developments on islands lend themselves more naturally to environmentally responsible design than do developments on the mainland in terms of the economics of sustainable practices, according to developer Amble Resorts.
Read moreAmerican’s Admirals Clubs Start Recycling Wine Corks
AirlinesMoreSustainable Tourism August 24, 2009 0
American Airlines’ Admirals Club lounge unit has partnered with ReCORK America and food and facilities services company Sodexo to begin an environment-friendly recycling program to reduce the number of wine corks that end up in landfills.
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