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Element Hotels has just announced its plans to install ChargePoint electric car-charging stations at all of its properties by the end of 2009, as well as offer preferred space for electric and hybrid vehicles.
This move is one more step toward the Starwood-owned brand’s huge initiative ...
Environment
Green Grid
Eco Goats
Barack Obama
Climate Change
Kayak.com has just released a post-Thanksgiving Holiday breakdown of the latest travel trends. Are great deals hidden between the lines?
Immensely popular search engine and fare aggregator Kayak.com’s analysis of travel search data is perhaps shedding some light on upcoming travel ...
Energy/Transportation
Alternative Transportation
Namibia has been chosen as the first US-based Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) client to receive a $70 million ecotourism grant in an effort to establish the nation as one of Africa’s leading tourism economies within ten years.
The dollar amount is a fraction of the full $305 ...
Green Living
Namibia
South Africa
The Las Vegas CityCenter’s official grand opening of the Vdara Hotel and Spa gave the public a good, first glance at the new sustainable-luxury recreation destination.
Launching at a ribbon-cutting ceremony and subsequent celebrity party, the all-suite hotel welcomed Vdara’s ...
Building/Design
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
We know the basic idea: global warming melts polar ice, sending swells of ocean water toward our shores – and after becoming engulfed in an entirely blue world, people grow gills and are somehow turning pee into drinking water .
Sounds crazy? Of course it does – thank you, Kevin ...
Environment
Climate Change
Maldives
New York
Global Warming
Water Conservation
Peak Adventure Tours, one of the well-known players in the relevant field, has announced an alluring assortment of fixed departure treks that promises to raise the heart beats of adventure lovers all over the world.
Designed to enthuse the adrenaline of the fun-goers, these departure trek ...
Environment
Himalayas
India
Doubletree Hotels has partnered up with the United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) to combat worldwide hunger with its new “Community Drive to Fight World Hunger” campaign ; working to motivate students to collect food for local food banks in the United States and raise funds for WFP’s ...
Other
United Nations
Timberland’s new political campaign, “Don’t Tell Us It Can’t Be Done,” takes a hard-hitting approach to socio-political change in line with next month’s COP15.
This December, the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference is supposed to ratify a new global ...
Environment
Climate Change
Energy Efficiency
The property has just initiated its new “Make a Green Choice” (MAGC) program to enhance sustainability across the board.
Perhaps taking a cue from its parent company’s (Starwood) green line of hotels (Element Hotels), the Sheraton Suites Tampa Airport is putting some green ...
Energy/Transportation
Florida
Since its recent stint in hosting the Olympics, (for better or worse) Beijing has been on the minds of the eco-travel-minded throughout the world.
Heading into its sixth year, the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) Tourism for Tomorrow Awards has selected the city of Beijing ...
Environment
Eco Goats
The city’s all-new City Center has finally earned Six LEED Gold Certifications from the U.S. Green Building Council. Opening this December, the development has long-touted its commitment to environmental consciousness through its efforts in energy, materials and waster management; ...
Building/Design
Green Grid
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
With climate change-related disasters frequently occurring throughout the world, humanitarian aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the increasing demands of affected communities.
According to reps for the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ...
Environment
Climate Change
Kenya
Global Warming
A new roundtable study at Cornell University is trying to find the mythical “green bullet” when it comes to green hotels , as well as define what “green travel” really means, once and for all.
Produced by Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) and chaired by Associate ...
Environment
Green Grid
Baylor University
The Ecocamp Patagonia tour company has won high honors at this year’s Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards 2009 for “Best in a Mountain Environment.” The awards , run by responsibletravel.com since 2004, are run in association with World Travel Market (WTM), The Daily ...
Green Living
Patagonia
The new year’s top ten travel and vacation destinations show how travelers want to go green, get active and find adventure .
According to new travel trends report by British Airways, ecotourism as well as sporting events are having a major impact on travel activities for 2010. With the ...
Energy/Transportation
South Africa
Green Grid
India
New York
Maldives
Two new itinerary tools are aiming to make travelers’ trips a whole lot easier.
From laptops to iPhones, travelers can compile and organize their travel itineraries in real-time, while actively sharing their scheduled adventures with others.
Not only are these travel solutions ...
Green Living
Over the next 5 years, hotel giant Marriott International, Inc. is planning to expand its “green hotel” portoflio by 10-times its current size by introducing a “green hotel prototype” that will be LEED pre-certified.
Beginning in 2010, the prototype model will save ...
Building/Design
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
A new online store is aiming to transform how the hotel industry finds and buys eco-amenities for environmentally-conscious travelers.
The new www.EcoGreenHotelStore.com , launched last weekend, is a one-stop marketplace of over 1000 bulk products and services for the green hospitality ...
Environment
Green Grid
Eco Goats
As a Galapagos scuba diver witnessing the tragic global destruction and environmental impact of overfishing, dying reefs, heavy metals from industrial pollution, kelp deforestation and invasive marine species, I want to do everything I can to protect this island’s remarkable microcosms. Is it ...
Environment
Green Grid
Water Conservation
Deforestation
Last week, a huge blow came down on environmental efforts in Puerto Rico. A future nature preserve, a full 3,240 acres, was taken off the agenda by the commonwealth’s governor – sparking fears in many that the land will be used for hotel resorts and other detrimental human activity. ...
