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New Life Hiking Spa in Vermont wins SpaFinder Readers’ Choice Awards
SpaFinder, Inc., the global spa resource, has announced that New Life Hiking Spa has been named among the top-10 best spas in the world for “Best for Affordability”, in its sixth annual SpaFinder Readers’ Choice Awards.
Thailand’s Andaman Coast wins community tourism award for sustainability
Since rebuilding their lives after the tsunami, some villagers in rural Thailand are using tourism as a tool for sustainable development. In the last two years, community tourism has generated income for villagers, while also generating funds for a children’s center, orchid conservation and other community development projects.
IMEX Green Awards 2009 open for entries
The most established award, the Green Meetings Award, increasingly attracts extremely strong entries from corporations and agencies worldwide that have embraced the principles of green meetings and, as a result, can demonstrate detailed environmental improvements and savings.
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.
First Green World Travel Awards
World Travel Awards European and Green Awards Ceremony takes place in one of the greenest places on earth – AquaCity, the luxurious Slovakian resort in Poprad, which is almost completely self-powered. Using geothermal water and energy from the sun, AquaCity is to host the ceremony on October 16, 2008.
Condé Nast Selects JOURNEYS International for Top Travel Specialist
International Eco Adventure Travel Company wins Conde Nast Top Travel Specialist Award for Family Travel and Community Based Tourism.
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).
National Geographic Adventure pushes to update Adventure Rating Guide for 2009
National Geographic Adventure magazine has issued an open letter to tour operators in an effort to gain momentum on its 2009 Adventure Rating Guide.
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.
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.
National Geographic launches TOGA Awards for geographic awareness
The first annual Outdoor Geographic Awareness (TOGA) Awards celebrate the people, gear retailers, manufacturers, and NGOs who are finding new and creative ways to promote geographic awareness and build outdoor participation.
$1 million Rio Tinto Alcan Prize for Sustainability now open for entries
Rio Tinto Alcan and the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) are pleased to announce the US$1 million Rio Tinto Alcan Prize for Sustainability* 2008 is now open for entries.
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