Hilary Sgalitzer2020-09-06T15:57:20+08:005月 25th, 2015|
(May 27, 2015) In a collaboration between the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) and the Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO) a six day GSTC Sustainability Training Course concluded this past Sunday in Kasane, Botswana. The GSTC Sustainability Training Course had 20 participants from the BTO including Auditors of the Botswana Ecotourism Certification System, and key managers [...]
GSTC Admin2021-12-11T04:40:57+08:005月 19th, 2015|
Biosphere Responsible Tourism Certification, run by Instituto de Turismo Responsible (ITR) recently achieved GSTC Approved Status for their Destination Standards. Previously, ITR had been Approved for their hotel and tour operator standards. This is a landmark accomplishment as ITR is the first to achieve GSTC Approval for both Hotel & Tour Operator and Destination certification [...]
Andrew Morrison2021-10-16T04:54:45+08:005月 6th, 2015|
5 May 2015 – Quito, Ecuador. The Ministry of Tourism of Ecuador and the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) have partnered to create standards for sustainability in the travel and tourism sector throughout Ecuador. The GSTC has conferred it’s mark of “Recognition” that Ecuador’s sustainability standards adhere to the universal standards that the GSTC has developed [...]
Andrew Morrison2019-05-24T11:01:59+08:004月 30th, 2015|
April 30, 2015 – The GSTC Latin America Regional Meeting took place April 26th with great success. The gathering gave 75 travel and tourism professionals from over 12 countries a foundational list of tools, contacts, and references to improve overall sustainability of their operations. Structured in part like a workshop, [...]
GSTC Admin2017-07-29T10:52:13+08:004月 22nd, 2015|
With environmental threats to the Great Barrier Reef reaching alarming concern, GSTC Recognized standard Ecotourism Australia, is guiding hotels and tour operators towards certification and striving to conserve this asset to the tourism industry in Australia. Ecotourism Australia represents close to 1,500 ecotourism products in and around Australia. Membership is offered for tourism operators and [...]
GSTC Admin2020-09-06T15:47:38+08:004月 15th, 2015|
The iconic Yellow Mountains of Huangshan, China boast the only Global Destination Stewardship Award in the country and an UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site. Huangshan Scenic Area, China (HSAC) are longtime members of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council and past participants of the GSTC Early Adopters Program. Given these accomplishments, HSAC will be hosting the [...]
Andrew Morrison2020-01-29T11:44:26+08:004月 14th, 2015|
April 14, 2015 – The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) is pleased to announce that the GREAT Green Deal Sustainable Certification Program has achieved ‘GSTC Recognized’ status. The awarded status affirms GREAT Green Deal’s commitment to promote sustainable tourism products and services The GREAT Green Deal Sustainable Certification Program (GGD) represents a way of doing [...]
Andrew Morrison2020-09-06T15:48:42+08:004月 8th, 2015|
April 8, 2015- The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) is pleased to announce the recent launch of the GSTC Destinations Program. For all destinations, even those with no previous experience with sustainability, the GSTC Destinations Program offers valuable engagement with a GSTC destination expert providing custom guidance on the world’s leading destination sustainability standard: the [...]
Jacquelyn Lopez2021-06-22T15:47:26+08:003月 19th, 2015|
Sustainable tourism certification programs have increasingly become an important strategy for encouraging the sustainable production of travel & tourism goods and services. However, the overwhelming number of existing sustainable tourism certification programs create both market and consumer confusion regarding what is to be expected from a sustainable tourism product or experience. Since 2008, the Global [...]
GSTC Admin2017-07-29T10:46:31+08:003月 18th, 2015|
Based in Quito, Ecuador, CarpeDM Adventures is an adventure company committed to meeting the needs of the community, clients and business partners through innovative programs that enhance the delivery of quality adventure travel. Building the social consciousness of the world one tour at a time, CarpeDM adapted the “DM” in CarpeDM to represent “Doing More”. Since inception, CarpeDM always [...]
Hilary Sgalitzer2021-04-09T07:15:12+08:003月 16th, 2015|
March 17, 2015 – The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) is pleased to announce that EarthCheck has achieved ‘GSTC Recognized’ status for their Destination Certification. The awarded status affirms EarthCheck’s commitment to promote sustainable tourism products and services worldwide. EarthCheck is an international environmental management and professional services group, which was established in 1987. EarthCheck [...]
Hilary Sgalitzer2021-04-09T07:15:12+08:003月 9th, 2015|
The Global Sustainable Tourism Council welcomes the news that longtime member and GSTC-Recognized standard EarthCheck has renewed its partnership with InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), GSTC’s newest sponsor. This collaboration will support IHG hotels in furthering their sustainability pathway by working towards sustainable tourism certification through EarthCheck’s GSTC-Recognized standards program. Last year IHG announced that its [...]
GSTC Admin2020-05-15T10:56:56+08:003月 4th, 2015|
Randy Durband spoke at this event discussing how certification can assist in solving problems like rural poverty and climate change. Standards and certification are making strides to drive better production practices around the world and raise the sustainability bar in many sectors, but the earth’s systems remain in crisis, with [...]
GSTC Admin2020-05-15T10:57:32+08:003月 4th, 2015|
The second edition of this congress addressed both energy and tourism together. This congress focused on sustainable tourism including issues such as governmental policies regarding energy efficiency, reducing emissions, and environmental impacts. Luigi Cabrini, chair of the GSTC participated in this event. […]
Hilary Sgalitzer2021-10-04T18:27:22+08:002月 26th, 2015|
February 25, 2015 – The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) is pleased to announce that GreenEarth.travel and VisionCSR's Green Growth 2050 sustainable tourism standard has achieved 'GSTC Recognized' status. Green Growth 2050 Standard has been developed to meet the needs of tourism and travel businesses seeking today's solutions to the issues driving social, cultural [...]
Aaron Segman2017-06-18T22:08:00+08:002月 24th, 2015|
The Sustainable Tourism Certification Alliance Africa, formerly known as the Sustainable Tourism Network Southern Africa (STNSA), is an alliance of sustainable tourism certification stakeholders in Africa, with an initial focus on countries in southern and East Africa. The Alliance aims to enable an integrated approach to sustainable tourism certification throughout the continent. For more information please [...]
GSTC Admin2021-04-09T07:29:17+08:002月 17th, 2015|
Paul Snyder, IHG Vice President of Corporate Responsibility and GSTC Board Member An interview with IHG's Paul Snyder about the successful Green Engage program. InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is the newest sponsor of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), and one of the leading hotel companies, with 4,700 hotels around the world. [...]
Harmony Lamm2020-09-01T12:57:02+08:002月 13th, 2015|
The GSTC’s Chair of the Board, Luigi Cabrini, is featured in the February edition of the Travel & Tour World online magazine. The Travel & Tour World magazine is a B2B travel magazine with online global readership of over 2 million. The article entitled “GSTC Making Advances in Tourism Sustainability” focuses on the history, [...]
Hilary Sgalitzer2015-02-10T00:22:36+08:002月 10th, 2015|
February 9, 2015- The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) is pleased to be hosting the 2015 Latin America Regional Meeting, taking place at the Palacio de Cristal in Quito, Ecuador on April 26, 2015. The GSTC Latin America Regional Meeting will give travel and tourism professionals a foundational list of tools, contacts, and references to [...]
Hilary Sgalitzer2015-02-06T04:21:47+08:002月 6th, 2015|
The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) and several members recently participated in FITUR, the International Tourism Trade Fair, held January 28 to February 1, 2015 in Spain. During this event, GSTC Chair Luigi Cabrini and board member Jane Ashton (TUI Travel), participated at the meeting of the Advisory Group for the United Nations recently launched [...]