tourism sustainability schemes

June 1, 2015September 18, 2017

Five steps to a successful towel and linen reuse scheme

Blog, Carbon & Water, Responsible Tourism

Following several recent news stories about hotel approaches to towel and linen sustainability, here is a simple guide to getting it right.

January 27, 2015September 18, 2017

Is a good Tripadvisor profile now more important than a good hotel website?

Blog, Responsible Tourism, RT Marketing

Would you stay in a place with a rubbish website if it had a great Tripadvisor profile? What about if it had a great website, but that Tripadivsor profile was ... Read more

January 21, 2015September 18, 2017

Climate Change, Resource Efficiency and the Tourism Sector

Carbon & Water, Certification, Responsible Tourism

The situation in global oil markets appears to deny the relevance of the arguments about peak oil. It is not so simple. There were always two arguments about peak oil ... Read more

January 21, 2015June 15, 2020

Climate Change, Resource Efficiency and the Tourism Sector

Blog, Carbon & Water, Certification, Responsible Tourism

What impact will falling oil prices have on the tourism industry and its efforts to be more carbon efficient? Harold Goodwin explores the science and its ramifications

December 10, 2014September 18, 2017

Why I think the DearTripadvisor Campaign is wrong

Blog, Carbon & Water, Certification, Responsible Tourism

A campaign has been launched calling on tripadvisor to make sustainability ratings more visible and to give its users the same control over them as for other categories.

October 6, 2014September 18, 2017

Sustainable Destinations: How can we partner for better tourism?

Blog, Responsible Tourism, Social Economy

How can outbound operators best work with destinations to make better places for people to live in and better places for people to visit?

May 19, 2014September 18, 2017

Time to nominate your winners for World Responsible Tourism Awards 2014

Blog, Carbon & Water, Responsible Tourism

Vote for who you want to win in 12 categories – inc. best destination, poverty reduction, wildlife conservation – in 2013 World Responsible Tourism Awards.

April 7, 2014September 18, 2017

Sharing responsible tourism solutions: the only way to meet the challenge is together

Blog, Carbon & Water, Responsible Tourism

What ideas and solutions were provided at the latest Responsible Tourism in Destinations conference? Harold Goodwin reports from an inspiring meeting of industry and campaigners

March 19, 2014September 18, 2017

TripAdvisor GreenLeaders Programme: game changer for tourism certification?

Carbon & Water, Certification, Responsible Tourism

Should travel companies join Tripadvisor’s GreenLeader certification scheme? Harold Goodwin explains why he thinks it could be a game changer.. for good.

February 6, 2014September 18, 2017

The secret of good tourism communications (or why I hate towel reuse schemes)

Blog, Carbon & Water, Responsible Tourism

Communicating the benefits of responsible tourism has to connect to the reasons guests go on holiday. It is not the place for a lecture.

August 13, 2013September 18, 2017

Responsible Tourism: getting the story right

Blog, Carbon & Water, Responsible Tourism

Responsible Tourism has become mainstream. Big operators and small business are making tourism more sustainable and sharing the story with their customers.

February 11, 2013January 24, 2017

Business case for Responsible Tourism getting stronger

Blog, Responsible Tourism

There is increasing interest in source markets for Responsible Tourism products. Both travel professionals and consumers increasingly recognise its importance.