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Ritz-Carlton and Cousteau Agree to a 10-Year Expansion of Ambassadors Program

The Ocean Futures Society has signed a 10-year expansion agreement with Ritz-Carlton to further develop and expand the Ambassadors of the Environment (AOTE) program for a select group of The Ritz-Carlton’s resort and urban hotel destinations around the world, including Grand Cayman, Kapalua, Maui and Sanya.

April 30th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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Cruises still an Eco-Nightmare

Last week, we featured a story about the cruise industry surrounding Mexico and how it is working to clean up its act. Now, a recent story by the UK’s famed Telegraph has determined that cruises are the highest-ranked “eco offenders” in the travel industry.

January 26th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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New Cruise Initiative to Protect Mexican Reefs

Over the past few months, we have featured a number of articles highlighting the dangers to the oceans’ coral reefs by human tourism. Some studies are even suggesting that Caribbean reefs are rapidly heading toward extinction due to the high volumes of tourists as well as increased water acidification and warming temperatures; conditions in which [...]

January 20th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more

New Bahama Resort Funds Reef Conservation

The Reef Atlantis, a new 497-key tower on Paradise Island, will offer guests “home-like accommodations and amenities” while initiating a program for the environmental conservation and protection of the ocean.

December 13th, 2007 | 0 comments | Read more

Hope in Sight for Crumbling Coral Reefs

Coral ecosystems are renowned as one of the most fragile ecosystems throoughout the globe, as well as one of the most beautiful, making them a top activity for tourists everywhere. Their sensitivity to temparature, salinity and sunlight make them an easy target to human hands, with everything from tourism, pollution and other factors. However, according [...]

December 12th, 2007 | 0 comments | Read more

Hawaii’s ‘Outrigger’ Honored for Marine Commitment

At this year’s Third Annual Hawaii’s Living Reef Program Awards, top honors was awarded to Outrigger Hotels & Resorts for its commitment to the marine environment in the Travel and Tourism Business category, beating out nominees in the Atlantis Submarines and the Maui Ocean Center. The award was presented at a special ceremony on September [...]

October 17th, 2007 | 0 comments | Read more

A Veritable “Mind-Blowing Species Factory” Found Off Indonesian Coast

by Kimberly D. Mok
A barely-explored underwater coral reef has revealed what scientists are calling a “species factory,” due to dozens of new exotic species of fish and corals being discovered there in two recent expeditions. Though it lies in an area one tenth the size of the Great Barrier Reef, the Bird’s Head Seascape – [...]

September 21st, 2007 | 0 comments | Read more

What Turning Down the Heat Means for Travelers

by Bill McKibben
As hotels think green, and airlines and businesses quest for technologies to help halt the rise of the earth’s temperature, Bill McKibben examines what it may take to turn down the heat.

January 14th, 2007 | 0 comments | Read more

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