All Posts Tagged With: "cruises"

Sustainable cruising with The Galapagos Foundation

September 29th, 2009 in Featured • Green Travel 101

In the Galapagos Islands, tourism is the first source of income, derived from the 140,000 tourists per year that visit the islands. This provides a unique challenge for cruise tour operators in Ecuador.

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Are cruise ships finally going green?

August 31st, 2009 in Awards and Events • Featured • News

Three major cruise lines have announced the winners of the companies’ internal “Ship of the Year” awards for environmentalism and innovation. Royal Caribbean, Celebrity and the lesser-known Azamara cruise lines are attempting to reward and encourage ships to enhance eco-sensitivity in the niche known for its negative-impact blunders.

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‘Sweet’ Lesbian cruise goes carbon-neutral and guilt-free

August 14th, 2009 in News • Society and Lifestyle

Eco-friendly lesbian travel company, Sweet, is offering eight community service activities for guests on board its upcoming carbon-neutral Western Caribbean cruise on Norwegian Spirit – nicknamed the Sweet Caribbean Cruise – from November 8 through the 15. The voyage will mark the largest -ever carbon-neutral cruise in history.

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Galapagos tour cruise company Ecoventura aims to be 100% free of fossil fuels by 2015

June 1st, 2009 in Destinations and Tourism • News

Galapagos-based, small but popular cruise vessel tour company, Ecoventura, is attempting to be fossil-fuel-free by 2015. The tour operator has already hit a goal of offsetting over 4000 tons of carbon this year alone.

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Luxury travel services ramp up ecosystem preservation in the Galapagos

March 10th, 2009 in Destinations and Tourism • Featured • News

Companies like Exclusive Galapagos Cruises are offering luxury Galapagos cruises and customized tours, family vacations, private charters for all sizes of groups in the Galapagos Islands, the Amazon Rain Forest, and Cultural Tour Experiences in Ecuador, Peru and South America.

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Ecoventura launches first 'Green' expedition vessel in the Galapagos

January 14th, 2009 in Destinations and Tourism • Featured • News

The visionary, small ship travel company, Ecoventura, announces that one of its fleet of four superior-class motor yachts now sports a new sustainability technology heretofore applied only to small private boats.

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Ecoventura Helps Guests Become Responsible Visitors in the Galapagos

May 28th, 2008 in Destinations and Tourism • Featured

Offers 10-Point Program That Stresses Minimal Impact and Sustainability
A visionary travel company, Ecoventura, whose mission is to safeguard the Galapagos ecosystem by offering environmentally sensitive cruises that minimize the footprint of its operations, is now encouraging its guests to become aware and responsible island visitors through a newly released 10-point program.

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