Meet sustainable tourism winners and more
Interviews from WTTC Hainan with Tourism for Tomorrow winners and other global travel personalities
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Peter Semone of LANITH Peter Semone telling TravelMole all about the LANITH program, created in 2008, to revolutionise the tourism industry that is vital to the future economic growth of one of Southeast Asia’s poorest nations.
Stephanos Theodorides, Managing Director of Temes S.A. tells TravelMole Publisher all about their award winning project. Costa Navarino
Ruan Samarasignhe, Jetwing Hotels Managing Director, tells TravelMole Publisher about the 40 year path this family run business has taken towards their sustainable growth, which was recognized with this Award for the Ecolodges they developed on neglected land, incorporating and enhancing the surrounding eco system and training hundreds of unemployed youth into the hospitality industry.
Olivia Tagalik, Arviat Tourism Office, tells TravelMole Publisher about Arviat, an area with evidence of over 900 years of inhabitance by nomads. The community is the host to visitors, which the community has a limited to around 250 per year, which provides them sufficient income and limits the impact on their community and environment. Arviate Tourism Office has been providing training to the community on how to handle tourism.
Gail Henry, Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Sustainable Tourism Product Specialist, about addressing the challenges Caribbean countries encounter towards their path for developing sustainable tourism. Sustainable Destination Alliance for the Americas (SDAA), starts by helping each participating destination evaluate their destination management practices for strength and areas needing improvement.
Faith Taylor tells TravelMole how her position come to being and evolved over the past 10 years, including the business case which evolved; Dow Jones sustainability data for rating companies; how Wyndham’s sustainability programs impacts all the divisions (operations, housekeeping, sales…) throughout the group’s 7,400 hotels under 15 brands spanning 66 countries.
Darrell Wade From the founding of Intrepid Travel in 1989, Darrell and his partner created PEAK Adventure in 2011 with shareholder TUI Travel plc which has acquired 12 other major adventure travel brands (i.e. Exodus, Trek America, Gecko’s, Urban Adventures).
AND MORE INCLUDING: Brett Tollman – the Travel Corporation, Raymond Bickson – Taj Hotels, Roland Jegge – World Hotels, Michel Taride – Hertz, Lionel Yeo – Singapore Tourism, Niall Gibbons – Tourism Ireland, Caroline Bremner – Euromonitor, Deepak Deva – WTTC India Initiative.
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