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Thailand looks for more visitors despite political chaos in Bangkok
The current political stand-off and state-of-emergency following clashes among protesters in Bangkok is greatly effecting tourism in Thailand, yet almost all tourism facilities and services are functioning normally throughout the rest of the country.
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Clear and Travelocity Business help speed business travelers through airport security
Clear, the fast pass for airport security, and Travelocity Business, one of the business travel industry’s fastest growing travel management companies, today announced a marketing agreement that offers Clear to Travelocity Business’ clients.
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Virgin Atlantic launch ‘Worn Again’ recycled airline seat bags
Worn Again, a U.K.-based designer of recycled clothing and accessories, has partnered with Virgin Atlantic to launch a new product: fashionable bags made from recycled airline seat covers.
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Save Your World announces new eco-friendly hotels program
Personal care company launches a new program to assist hotels with “green” intitiatives, enabling hotel and hotel guests to help preserve one of the most precious resources on the planet - our rainforests.
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Shangri-La Appoints new Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Manager
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel group, has appointed Patricia Gallardo area corporate social responsibility and sustainability manager for its Philippine properties.
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Tourism for Tomorrow Awards open for nominees
The World Travel & Tourism Council, the business leaders’ forum for the Travel & Tourism industry, today announced its call for entries for the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards, WTTC’s sustainable tourism accolade, in association with Travelport and The Leading Travel Companies Conservation Foundation.
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Eco-friendly water bottles improve health, save the planet and save money
One Green Bottle Ltd, an eco-friendly company based in England, is launching a range of stainless steel sports bottles - practical, stylish and safe, the BPA-free bottle is designed to reduce the use of plastic bottles, which have been linked to serious health risks as well as filling landfill sites with tons of non-biodegradable debris.
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Primo Water helps Denver Go Green
Primo’s environmentally-friendly bottle is made from renewable and sustainable American resources, not depleting non-renewable resources like crude oil. If all plastic PET beverage bottles made from crude oil sold today in the U.S. were instead made from Ingeo plastic, Americans would save the equivalent of a billion gallons of gas each year.
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Macau, the fastest-growing destination in 2008, promotes economic development through tourism
The Macau Government Tourist Office continues to focus on fostering the development of tourism diversity and enhance the economic effects of tourism on the society and economy as a whole as Macau’s tourism industry grows in leaps and bounds.
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Niagara’s Doubletree Resort gets a Three Green Key Eco-Rating
Niagara Falls, Ontario plays home to the Doubletree Fallsview Resort & Spa; recognized for its strides toward sustainability by Canada’s Green Key Eco-Rating Program - recognizing hotels that participate in environmental programs, best management practices, training programs, and environmental engineering solutions.
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Boeing Donates $1 Million to Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial
Boeing made the announcement at the Unity Prayer Breakfast that Boeing sponsored at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. In addition to Boeing, some 1,000 civil rights and faith leaders, government officials and others attended the event.
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Thrill-seeking 91 year old beats record for Moaning Cave Zip Lines for a high-adrenaline birthday
For his 91st birthday this year, adventurous Royal Yocum was on the lookout for a suitably adventurous activity. When he came upon an article in the San Francisco Chronicle’s travel section on Moaning Cavern’s zip lines, he knew he’d found his next birthday thrill.
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