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Dubai-based hotel chain looks toward green-luxury in Australia

Emirates Hotels & Resorts announces start of habitat regeneration at their first luxury Australian conservation resort, Wolgan Valley Resort and Spa.

August 23rd, 2008 | 2 comments | Read more
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Condé Nast Selects JOURNEYS International for Top Travel Specialist

International Eco Adventure Travel Company wins Conde Nast Top Travel Specialist Award for Family Travel and Community Based Tourism.

July 28th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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Volunteer Abroad Provider adds Services in Peru and Reviews Nepal Safety Procedure

Leading Volunteer abroad provider, Global Crossroad, has expanded services in the South American country peru and reassures its volunteers amid security concerns. The volunteer placement service is also celebrating a new growth milestone.

July 13th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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Hands-on Restoration Project Looks to Draw Additional Volunteers

Support from the local community gives the garden restoration work at the Bartow-Pell mansion museum (Bronx, New York) a significant boost by covering the majority of volunteers’ costs and making it possible for area residents to pay only a portion of the cost of attending the hands-on workshop being held August 3-9, 2008 at the gracious estate.

June 30th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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Xola Consulting publishes Adventure Travel research document

According to a new research publication by Xola Consulting, “adventure travel is not a well-defined segment”, as it often pertains to ecotourism, heritage tourism, volunteer tourism, rural tourism, community tourism, and wildlife tourism.

June 16th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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Volunteer Adventure in the Himalayan Mountains

As a charitable contribution you participate in as you travel, tour members spend 10 days in the environmental landscape and ancient culture of northern India. The combination of a strikingly beautiful yet fragile ecology and the mystical rich heritage of the Buddhist culture provides the ideal setting for combining eco-tourism and spiritual discovery.

June 4th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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New Lesbian Travel Company Partners with Carbonfund.org to go Carbon Neutral

Sweet, a new lesbian travel company, announced today that it is offsetting its carbon emissions with Carbonfund.org, one of the country’s leading carbon offset organizations.

May 30th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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Guidelines for Responsible Travel

Whether you are planning the trip of a lifetime, a gap year abroad or just a holiday break, you can make a difference when you travel, not only for yourself but for the people and places you visit.

May 28th, 2008 | 2 comments | Read more
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‘Jetting to Green’ - JetBlue Airways’ new green initiatives

The Jetting to Green program offers JetBlue’s customers the opportunity to offset CO2 emissions generated by their travel.

May 22nd, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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The Cultural Explorer, a San Francisco-based cultural and philanthropic tour company, shows travelers how easy it is to help others as they travel

The Cultural Explorer, a San Francisco-based cultural and philanthropic tour company, shows travelers how easy it is to help others as they travel.

May 16th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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Guatemala volunteer vacations: some work, all play

Jennifer Block writes for Plenty Magazine on the multi-layered travel experience of vacationing/volunteering in Guatemala, land of over a dozen ecosystems to explore in a country the size of Virginia.

May 16th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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Sweet: New Lesbian, Eco-Friendly Travel Company

Sweet, a new San Francisco-based lesbian travel company, delivers fun-filled, eco-friendly, volunteer-oriented and empowering lesbian travel experiences. Travel itineraries will include volunteer programs that provide aid to under-served communities and fund-raising activities that support non-profit groups around the world.

May 7th, 2008 | 1 comment | Read more