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Choose to fly green with Air Canada
The full-service airline has partnered with Zerofootprint to provide a voluntary carbon offset program for eco-savvy travelers.
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Child sex tourism trade gains a new enemy
The Quebec tourism and travel industry has the Child Sex Tourism trade in its crosshairs, planning a campaign to educate and inform travelers while actively pursuing potential abusers.
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Canadian hotels have the right idea: Green is the way to go
The Hotel Association of Canada has recently concluded a survey that showed significant interest in sustainability in the hotel industry. According to the survey, nearly half of Canadian travelers consider environmental initiatives a priority when booking a hotel stay.
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Vancouver wins Platinum for being green
Hot on the heels of its uber-green Olympic initiatives, the great northern city of Vancouver isn’t stopping there. The city’s Vancouver Convention Centre has been awarded the highly-prestigious LEED Platinum Certification for its environmental benchmarks.
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How green are the 2010 Winter Olympics?
With such a grand, global audience – an estimated 3 billion television viewers worldwide – the 2010 Winter Olympic Games are an excellent venue to highlight eco-responsibility at every corner. So, just how “green” are this year’s Games?
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Forget mainstream: Rent a home for your next trip
A new all-in-one booking website makes it easier than ever to rent a vacation home online. With search functionality that rivals the big online hotel search engines, ReserveMyHome.com has already become the preferred booking site for verified private vacation rentals in the USA, Canada, Mexico and Caribbean.
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Canadian green hotel program expands into the U.S.
Canadian-born green hotel certification program, Green Key Eco-Rating Program (Green Key), has officially expanded its operations into its southern cousin, the United States.
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Ontario’s Forest Festival concerts link nature, ecology and music
The Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve (no, not that Haliburton) has just announced the lineup of its 2009 Forest Festival concert schedule – a popular outdoor concert and events series set over a four-day weekend. The festival will run from Thursday, August 20 through Sunday, August 23, 2009 at the Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve, where audiences can gather to experience the work of fantastic local Canadian musical performers and artists against a stunning wilderness backdrop of tranquil lakes and unspoiled forest.
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Ontario resort builds a wetlands eco-boardwalk to heighten public support for conservation
The four-season Pine Vista Resort on Stoney Lake, Ontario, has unveiled a new, natural boardwalk through the property’s extensive wetlands to let guests safely experience the natural wonders of the many resident creatures and plant life that make the wetland ecosystem their home without damaging the land’s fragile ecosystem.
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Two resort companies billed as Canada's 'Greenest'
Maclean Magazine has listed Fairmont Hotels & Resorts and Whistler Blackcomb as two of Canada’s Greenest Employers for 2009. The two companies were recognized for for earth-friendly initiatives in promoting environmental awareness in their organizations.
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New green travel guide shows off Terrace, BC
Promoting their green spaces in a big way, Kermodei Tourism’s newly-published Environmentally Responsible 2009 Travel Guide showcases the best eco hotels attractions of Terrace, British Columbia
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Canadian hotels take a big green step toward sustainability
The Hotel Association of Canada has just joined the Partnership for Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria, a program backed by the United Nations and based on the “four pillar of sustainable tourism”: effective sustainability planning, maximizing social and economic benefits to the local community, reduction of negative impacts to cultural heritage and reduction of negative impacts to environmental heritage.
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Fairmont commits to carbon reduction with WWF Climate Savers Program
Popular hotel brand Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is the newest member of the World Wildlife Fund’s innovative Climate Savers Program – committing to a brand-wide 20% carbon reduction plan by 2013 as well as implementation of the brand’s own Energy amd Carbon Management program.
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Family-owned inns find real value in green business
Investing in green initiatives makes good business sense for family-owned vacation-stays like Irwin Inn, a four season, full service, luxury lakefront resort in the Kawartha Lakes tourist region of Ontario. The inn is aiming to reduce its ecological footprint while lowering expenses and increasing efficiency for its guests.
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Renew your passport – quick, easy and online
With new passport regulations set to take effect in June, the US Passport Agency is expecting an increase in applications that could raise standard processing times for passport renewals. RushMyPassport.com offers expedited passport processing to help consumers get their passport renewals processed more quickly.
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Vancouver Island Tourism launch 'Old-Fashioned, Eco-Friendly' events
While other Canadian destinations go dormant for winter, Vancouver Island tourism is doing quite the opposite, offering visitors unique and eco-friendly alternatives to gift giving for the holiday season.
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Trek Escapes takes the "One Million Acts of Green" Challenge
Canadian adventure travel company Trek Escapes announced will participate in the CBC’s “One Million Acts of Green” program. The company is offering the chance to win an Italian adventure vacation to all participants of the “Trek is Green” group.
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ESTC 2008: Greening the Conference
Recognizing the importance of minimizing the environmental footprints of the conference, ESTC 2008 organizers have pledged to make the event as environmentally responsible as possible.
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Ontario resort partners with Planetair, offers guests a unique carbon offset option
Cedar Grove Lodge, an Ontario resort with a solid reputation for leadership in environmental responsibility, and Planetair, Canada’s premier provider of Gold standard carbon offsets, form a partnership to offer environmentally conscientious resort guests a first of its kind carbon offset opportunity.
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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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Giant sea turtles swimming up to safe haven in Panama 
New adventure travel site launches to help “Book the Adventure of a Lifetime” 
San Francisco welcomes new shark exhibit in name of conservation 
Boeing helps Haiti rebuild, schools are top priority 
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