The International Tourism Partnership is collaborating with industry, economic and technical partners to create a standardised approach to measuring and communicating water consumption across the hotel industry. The water working group includes Carlson Rezidor, Diamond Resorts, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Mandarin Oriental, Marriott, NH Hotel Group, Soneva, Starwood, Taj, Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels, Whitbread and Wyndham.
Further information: http://www.greenhotelier.org/know-how-guides/water-management-and-responsibility-in-hotels/
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The 10th annual Passenger IT Trends Survey co-sponsored by Air Transport World and SITA extends the scope to get a better understanding of the connection between technology use by passengers at different stages of their journey and their emotions at those stages. Findings are based on an online survey of nearly 6,000 respondents from 17 countries across the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Further information: http://www.sita.aero/resources/type/surveys-reports/passenger-it-trends-survey-2015
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According to a consumer study commissioned by the American Society of Travel Agents, most leisure travellers use a professional travel agent to plan their trip to take the stress out of travelling. The 2015 Traveller Decision Making study, conducted by Lodestar Advisory Partners and sponsored by Carnival Cruise Lines, found that in the past 12 months, the typical customer is a younger more affluent male who travels frequently and alone.
Further information: http://www.asta.org/News/PRDetail.cfm?
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The World Travel & Tourism Council has released a Benchmarking Report which shows the U.S. tourism industry directly supported 5.3 million jobs in 2014 and accounted for 8% of the national GDP. The report compares the economic impact of tourism against other primary U.S. business industry sectors including agriculture, automotive manufacturing, chemical manufacturing, banking, education, financial services, mining and retail.
Further information: http://www.wttc.org/research/economic-research/benchmark-reports/
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A new global standard listing the essential competencies of an adventure travel guide has been published. The International Adventure Travel Guide Qualifications and Performance Standard helps travellers, companies and governments to evaluate the quality and sustainability of adventure travel. The standard is a voluntary guideline and was developed by an international group of stakeholders facilitated by the Adventure Travel Trade Association.
Further information: http://cdn.adventuretravel.biz/wp-content/uploads/
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Set up in 2007 by leaders in the travel and tourism industry, Travelife is an international sustainability certification scheme for hotels and accommodations created to help holiday-makers find sustainable properties before booking their holiday. To gain Travelife Gold certification hotels must meet 150 sustainability criteria including environmental and social issues.
Further information: http://www.travelife.org/Hotels/landing_page.asp
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A new study commissioned by Tourism Western Australia and Tourism Research Australia examines visitor centre use, importance, performance and opportunities in influencing tourist behaviour. The survey was conducted by Metrix Consulting at visitor centres and selected major tourist attractions in Western Australia. Results indicate that visitor centre use is needs-based with respondents stopping at centres when they were a first-time visitor to a location, unable to access sufficient information before arrival, or staying at a destination for more than one night.
Further information: : http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2015/10/8/
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The third annual Global Social Business Summit will be held at the GK Enchanted Farm in Angat, Bulacan in the Philippines from 15 – 17 January 2016. Under theme 'The Business of Kindness – Doing Good Makes Good Business Sense,' the summit will focus on social innovation for greater inclusion in emerging economies.
Further information: http://www.socialbusinesssummit.net/2016
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Under the theme of 'One Community for Sustainability' the ASEAN Tourism Forum heads to Manila 18 - 25 January 2016.
The ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) is a cooperative regional effort to promote the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations region as one tourist destination. Each year, the hosting of ATF is rotated among the member countries. ATF 2016 marks the 35th anniversary of this event since it's inauguration in Malaysia in 1981.
ATF aims to:
- Project ASEAN as an attractive, multi-faceted single destination
- Create and increase awareness of ASEAN as a highly competitive regional tourist destination in the Asia Pacific
- Attract more tourists to ASEAN member countries
- Promote intra-ASEAN travel
- Strengthen cooperation among the various sectors of the ASEAN tourism industry
As the annual convention of the ASEAN tourism industry, ATF promotes the exchange of ideas, review of industry developments and joint formulation of recommendations to further accelerate the growth of ASEAN tourism.
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ATF also provides a platform for the selling and buying of regional and individual tourism products of ASEAN member countries, through the 3-day TRAVEX event.
Further information: http://atf2016.com
The Pacific Asia Travel Association will hold its annual Adventure Travel and Responsible Tourism Conference and Mart in Thailand from 17 - 19 February 2016. The three-day event will bring together tourism professionals to discuss issues and opportunities facing the adventure travel, responsible and sustainable tourism sectors.
Further information: https://www.pata.org/portfolio/atrtcm-2016/
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The World Travel & Tourism Council Global Summit will be held in Texas from 6 - 7 April 2016. The summit brings together hundreds of leaders from public sector organisations and private sector companies to discuss and tackle the most important issues in our industry.
Further information: http://www.wttc.org/summits/the-global-summit-2016/
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