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Hyatt Regency Aruba joins the Green Globe
The super-chic island resort destination has officially been awarded Green Globe Certification for its dedication to operating at the world’s highest environmental standards.
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Florida’s Green Lodging Program still going strong, despite cutbacks
Despite last summer’s cutbacks in funding, the trailblazing green lodging organization has just hit its 600 member mark.
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New York launches green hotel certification program
As part of a large initiative to support sustainable tourism in New York, a new program to officially certify hotels and other types of travel-lodging as being “green” throughout the state has finally gone into practice.
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Green Globe re-structures its green certification process for travel industry
Well-known green certification provider Green Globe International has just updated the requirements for official “Green Globe Certification” in order to keep pace with the latest scientific data in sustainability.
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Over 500 Hotels get self-imposed Green Eco-Leaf rating
As of Monday, over 500 lodging properties have earned the Green Eco-Leaf Rating by completing a 70 point comprehensive eco-audit survey administered by iStayGreen.org, the online social network of environmentally friendly travel.
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Next phase in global sustainable travel certification to focus on people, profit and the planet
Non-profit Sustainable Travel International is launching “STEP 2.0″ — its new version of the Sustainable Tourism Eco-certification Program™ — as the world’s first comprehensive, global sustainable tourism eco-certification program offered by a non-profit organization.
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Being skeptical: The big online players step up to green travel, sort of
Travelocity and Expedia, dominant forces in the online travel space, are reportedly each releasing their own versions of “green travel” booking tools. The question is, how do they measure up to conscious-travelers’ demands?
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Green hotel certification program cancelled
American Hotel & Lodging Association’s (AH&LA) has decided to scrap its green designation and certification system for its 11,000 hotel members. As an alternative, the group is planning to develop a set of guidelines to outline several minimum environmental principles.
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New Green Hotel Bookings Site launches
John Glen DiGuiseppe, Founder/CEO of Investors Hospitality Management (IHM), has just announced the launch of new green hotel booking website GreenHotelBookings.com.
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Whole Travel launches "Blue Sky" search for Sustainable Travel
Whole Travel (www.wholetravel.com) announced today that it is the first online travel site to provide “blue sky” search functionality for consumers looking to discover the world’s most amazing destinations while being environmentally and socially responsible.
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Forbes lists America's greenest hotels for 2008
According to Forbes, sustainability “is an important criterion for eco-conscious travelers—and not just for visitors from San Francisco and Vermont, reaching far passed unwashed towels and unlikely flavors of organic toothpaste.”
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San Francisco welcomes new shark exhibit in name of conservation 
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Sustainable hotel brand Adoba helps ‘Move America Forward’ with William Shatner 
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