Awards and Events
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- Santa Fe International Conference on Creative Tourism - September 2008
- Adventures in Travel Expo officially announces its lineup of presenters
- Green Energy Will Fuel the Olympic Experience for Millions of Spectators in Beijing
- First Green World Travel Awards
- Green Skies Conference in May 2008 in Orlando, Florida
Olympic-minded officials bring Beijing traffic to a crawl
The outcry over whether or not the city is environmentally suitable to host the games has persuaded the city of Beijing to start limiting traffic through its busy streets.
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Seattle hosts Adventures in Travel Expo in September 08
Adventure travelers get an opportunity to experience, book and explore everything that is hot, interesting and unique in active, adventure and experiential travel this September 14-15 in Seattle, Washington.
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Travel Channel’s Samantha Brown to headline at THETRADESHOW
THE TRADESHOW partners announced today that Samantha Brown, popular host of Travel Channel’s Passport Series, will be a celebrity guest at THE TRADESHOW in Orlando. She will appear on SHOWSTAGE Monday, September 8 and Tuesday, September 9.
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Fresno Yosemite International Airport celebrates largest solar airport installation in the country
Fresno Yosemite International Airport along with WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp. commemorate the opening of the largest solar airport installation to date in the U.S.
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Future Environment Designs sponsors Singing in the Sanctuary for the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center
Future Environment Designs announced today that they are a key sponsor of “Singing in the Sanctuary” at the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center at 134 Cove Road, Oyster Bay, New York. — connecting people to nature and conservation through the songs and puppetry of locally-grown and internationally known singer/songwriter Janice Buckner.
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Solatube International helps 2008 Olympic Games go green
As China set out to create the first-ever “Green Olympics,” designers turned to Solatube International Inc., the worldwide leading manufacturer and marketer of Tubular Daylighting Devices (TDDs) to provide natural lighting solutions for a new Olympic event-designated gymnasium at the Beijing Science & Technology University.
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Sustainable Travel International Gives its First Four Star Rating
Sustainable Travel International announced that Escape Adventures has just received its highest honor yet, a 4 out of 5-star rating through its Sustainable Tourism Eco-certification Program(TM) (STEP).
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China Travel Distribution & Tech Summit opens for registration
Traveldaily (www.traveldaily.cn), China’s leading online publisher with emphasis on the distribution, marketing and technology trends in the travel and tourism industries, today announced that it will host the 2008 China Travel Distribution & Technology Summit at the InterContinental Pudong Hotel, Shanghai from November 20 to 21, 2008.
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Inbound tourists go away and stay away for the Olympics
Reports are coming in from China that newly built hotels are standing empty in the run-up to the Olympic Games. The latest data to emerge from Greece and Australia suggests that tourism to the host country is harmed even more than to the host city.
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Russia rethinks localation for 2014 Olympics
The organizers of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in the Black Sea resort of Sochi have decided to relocate several facilities away from a protected wilderness area following recommendations from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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Sustainable Planet film festival hits Chelsea, NYC in July
Environmental economist and television producer Pamela Peeters will be hosting the third annual “Sustainable Planet” TM film festival on July 19th at the Chelsea Art Museum.
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Three German contests for sustainable tourism
Sustainable tourism projects and measures whose planning and realization ensure the involvement of the different interests and requirements of the local people through participation can be entered for three German-based contests.
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