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Fairmont announces sustainable hotel in India, supports local culture and history

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has been appointed to manage a hotel in Hyderabad, in the capital city of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The property joins the company’s collection of landmark hotels as the first Fairmont property to be announced in India.

September 7th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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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.

August 29th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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Yao Ming Becomes UNEP’s First ‘Environmental Champion’

Top Olympic athlete Yao Ming is the UN Environment Programme’s first-ever Environmental Champion, UNEP announced today.

August 11th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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Green Energy Will Fuel the Olympic Experience for Millions of Spectators in Beijing

As seven million spectators count down to the opening of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, solar energy, wind farms and recycled water are among the green features that will help power their Olympic experience.

August 5th, 2008 | 1 comment | Read more
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United Nations supports “Greening of the Games” in Beijing

UNEP has been working with the Beijing Olympic Committee for the last three years in order to help make the Summer Games environmentally-friendly.

August 4th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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Olympic Truce urges countries to lay their weapons down in solidarity with the Beijing games

Less than two weeks before the 2008 Summer Olympics begin in Beijing, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN General Assembly are calling on all those who are at war to observe the traditional two-week Olympic Truce.

July 30th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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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.

July 22nd, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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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.

July 9th, 2008 | 1 comment | Read more
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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.

July 7th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more

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