Archive for June, 2008
Top 5 most Popular in June, 2008
- Star Island Bahamas strives for 100 Percent Energy Self-Sufficiency
- 2008 Awards Take on Special Significance as U.S. Becomes #1 Market for Tanzania
- More car rental and limousines going hybrid
- Brad Pitt weighs in on new Dubai Five-Star Green Hotel
- Travel green this summer at the Rennaissance Hollywood Hotel & Spa
Hands-on Restoration Project Looks to Draw Additional Volunteers
Support from the local community gives the garden restoration work at the Bartow-Pell mansion museum (Bronx, New York) a significant boost by covering the majority of volunteers’ costs and making it possible for area residents to pay only a portion of the cost of attending the hands-on workshop being held August 3-9, 2008 at the gracious estate.
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“Money Can’t Buy Happiness” say tourism experts
How can tourism contribute to the well-being and quality of life for local communities? The BEST Education Network convened this week for Think Tank 8 in Izmir, Turkey to address the theme of Sustaining Quality of Life through Tourism.
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New recommended reading: Kerala: A Poem in Green and Gold - with online pre publication offer
Invis Infotech Pvt Ltd., announces the publication of a book on Kerala, titled Kerala: A Poem in Green and Gold, with an online prepublication offer. The book is on Kerala, a state of India, which has been rated as one of the 13 paradises and 50 must see destinations of the world by National Geographic Traveller.
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Kerala Tourism wins the best tourism website award
Kerala Tourism’s official website, www.keralatourism.org, has won the Net4 PC World Web Award 2008 instituted by the technology magazine PC World, for the best tourism website in India. In its second year, the PC World Web Awards chose www.keralatourism.org from among 57 websites across 31 popular categories.
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Peace through Tourism Course Launched
At the 4th IIPT African Conference, May 20th – 25th 2007, Kampala, Uganda, a course on Peace through Tourism was launched, discussed and enthusiastically received by the international community.
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Travel green this summer at the Rennaissance Hollywood Hotel & Spa
With tourists and business travelers feeling the pinch of higher gas prices, seeing the city of Los Angeles is a snap while staying at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel & Spa, with LA’s highly efficient public transportation system right outside.
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Defy Gravity at Banyan Tree Bangkok’s 10th Vertical Marathon
In a thunder of footsteps, fitness enthusiasts, charity supporters and members of the public will be returning to Banyan Tree Bangkok on Sunday, 28th September from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m. for the 10th Vertical Marathon.
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GoEco: Volunteers for Ecological & Humanitarian Projects
GoEco presents an exciting travel concept for people who are eager to travel and to contribute at the same time to the welfare of the local population and ecosystem they visit. You will visit amazing sites around the world, where you will be able to join, with other like-minded people, nature conservation and humanitarian projects supported by local communities.
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Bohol: an Island Haven in the Philippines
With a coastline skimmed by gentle coves and white sand beaches, Bohol is an up- and- coming tourist destination that is getting attention not just from the local tourists but also from international travelers as well.
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Pacific Whale Foundation Offers Scholarships to Summer Ocean Discovery Camp
As part of their “No Child Left Indoors” program to make outdoor environmental education available to children of all income levels, Pacific Whale Foundation is offering two full scholarships and four partial scholarships to our Summer Ocean Discovery Camp.
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New York gets state’s first green-roof resort
The Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort, in Lake Placid, New York, became the first resort in New York State to install a “green-roof” - a 3,400-square-foot grid of plants and shrubs native to the Adirondack region.
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New search engine uses Google technology for green
EcoSearch.org, a new nonprofit search engine, remits 100% of its ad revenue to other nonprofit organizations focused on preserving the environment. Powered by Google’s superior search technology, the company employs the same search indexing while allowing “searchers” to directly benefit the world around them.
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