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19 04, 2023

Booking.com 2023 Sustainable Travel Report

2023-06-14T18:44:51+08:004월 19th, 2023|

Cost vs Conscience: Booking.com Delves into the Dilemma Dividing Sustainable Travel in 2023 76% of travellers express a desire to travel more sustainably Environmentally-conscious habits are growing in popularity 67% turn off air conditioning when not in use, driven in part by cost reduction needs 60% reuse towels for similar reasons 500,000+ accommodations globally [...]

10 04, 2023

GSTC Sustainable Tourism Course in Malaysia sponsored by Traveloka

2023-06-06T07:00:32+08:004월 10th, 2023|

The successful completion of the GSTC Sustainable Tourism Course in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is an important milestone in the efforts towards promoting sustainable tourism practices in the region. The course, which ran from April 4-6, 2023, was sponsored by Traveloka, a leading travel and lifestyle platform. The training was led by Nalendra Mochamad. He [...]

23 01, 2023

Big Red Group Joins GSTC

2023-01-30T23:10:11+08:001월 23rd, 2023|

Big Red Group has joined as a member of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) Australia and New Zealand’s largest experience marketplace, Big Red Group, has joined the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), supporting its efforts to protect the natural environments, cultural diversity and heritage they showcase through the experience marketplace. Home to brands [...]

6 12, 2022

Rakuten Travel Joins GSTC

2022-12-06T02:06:20+08:0012월 6th, 2022|

Rakuten Travel has joined as a member of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) Rakuten Travel, a leading online travel agency operated by Rakuten Group with the broadest selection of local travel accommodation listings in Japan, has become a member of the GSTC global network. Launched in 2001, Rakuten Travel is expanding its international [...]

23 11, 2022

TUI Launches ‘Green and Fair Hotels’ Label

2023-01-31T14:15:09+08:0011월 23rd, 2022|

TUI Launches 'Green & Fair' Label TUI has announced its ‘Green & Fair’ label, which will highlight hotels that have been certified as sustainable. This means the hotel meets a strict standard of sustainability of the GSTC Criteria or an equivalent standard. Not only will this make it easier for customers to identify hotels [...]

16 11, 2022

Booking.com Celebrates One Year of Travel Sustainable with New Product Features for Accommodations, Rental Cars and Flights

2023-01-31T14:15:21+08:0011월 16th, 2022|

Booking.com Celebrates One Year of Travel Sustainable with New Product Features for Accommodations, Rental Cars and Flights Three levels are being introduced to the Travel Sustainable program for accommodations, in addition to special badging to highlight properties with third-party certifications 400,000+ accommodations globally now being recognized for their efforts to operate more sustainably Search [...]

11 11, 2022

GSTC Sustainable Tourism Course with Agoda and the Tainan City Government

2023-06-06T07:00:17+08:0011월 11th, 2022|

GSTC launches Taiwan Sustainable Tourism course for hospitality industry in partnership with Agoda and the Tainan City Government Agoda, Singapore headquartered digital travel platform, has again partnered with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) to support hotels in the development of sustainable tourism practices. This latest initiative was hosted in cooperation with the Tainan [...]

21 10, 2022

Accor Joins GSTC

2022-10-29T01:09:32+08:0010월 21st, 2022|

Accor has joined as a member of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) Accor is the story of two friends, Paul Dubrule and Gérard Pélisson, who opened their first Novotel in 1967 at a time when no one in France yet believed in this new hotel business model. Through their creativity and boldness, they [...]

17 10, 2022

Trip.com Group Joins GSTC

2022-10-29T01:09:45+08:0010월 17th, 2022|

GSTC welcomes Trip.com Group as a new member Singapore, 17 October 2022 — The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) is pleased to welcome Trip.com Group as a new member to its global network. Trip.com Group is a leading global travel service provider comprising of Trip.com, Ctrip, Skyscanner, and Qunar. Across its platforms, Trip.com Group [...]

14 09, 2022

CWT Joins GSTC

2022-10-29T01:09:52+08:009월 14th, 2022|

CWT has joined as a member of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) Minneapolis, 13 September 2022 — CWT, the Business-to-Business-for-Employees (B2B4E) travel management platform today announces it has become a member of the GSTC global network. CWT is one of the world’s leading corporate travel, meetings, and events management companies. With a 150-year [...]

7 09, 2022

Traveloka Sponsors GSTC Training for Hotel Professionals in Indonesia

2022-09-07T09:13:51+08:009월 7th, 2022|

Traveloka partners with GSTC to support hotels in Indonesia on their sustainability transformation Jakarta, 6 September 2022 – Traveloka, as an innovation-oriented travel and lifestyle platform, supports emerging trends such as sustainability, that shape the travel and hospitality sector by partnering with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) to offer a course on Sustainable [...]

2 09, 2022

Tablet Hotels’ Sustainability Program Gains Momentum

2022-09-02T08:17:26+08:009월 2nd, 2022|

Tablet Hotels' Sustainability Program Gains Momentum Tablet Hotels, the hotel experts at the MICHELIN® Guide, has launched a hotel sustainability program, making it easy for travelers to choose hotels that are working to make a positive impact on the planet and in their community. The program features the sustainability icon, which indicates hotels that have [...]

31 08, 2022

Agoda Sponsors a GSTC Training for Hotel Professionals in Singapore

2022-08-31T17:11:14+08:008월 31st, 2022|

Agoda partners with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council to accelerate sustainability transformation in the travel industry Partnership to launch first in Singapore with sponsored training for hotel professionals SINGAPORE – 31 August 2022 – Agoda, Singapore headquartered digital travel platform, is partnering with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) to support hotels develop sustainable [...]

28 07, 2022

Booking.com’s Travel Confidence Index reveals Asia Pacific’s most confident travelers

2022-09-07T08:40:55+08:007월 28th, 2022|

Booking.com's Travel Confidence Index reveals Asia Pacific's most confident travelers Booking.com has launched its first APAC Travel Confidence Index, exploring the overall comfort levels, motivators, and concerns of customers across Asia Pacific Indians emerged as the region’s most confident travelers, with 86% saying they want to travel in the next 12 months North Asian [...]

24 06, 2022

MakeMyTrip Joins GSTC

2022-10-29T01:10:32+08:006월 24th, 2022|

MakeMyTrip has joined as a Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) member. New Delhi, June 24, 2022— MakeMyTrip, India's leading online travel company, today announced becoming a member of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC). With this step, MakeMyTrip joins a select band of travel companies across the world that are taking the lead in [...]

14 06, 2022

Traveloka Joins GSTC

2022-10-29T01:10:23+08:006월 14th, 2022|

Traveloka has become a member of the GSTC Singapore, 14 June 2022 — Traveloka, Southeast Asia’s lifestyle superapp, today announced that it officially joins the Global Sustainable Tourism Council’s (GSTC) global network as a member. This membership is a part of Traveloka’s strategic effort in preserving the environment, which underlines the company’s commitment in [...]

27 05, 2022

Tablet Hotels: The Hotel Experts at the Michelin Guide

2022-07-06T14:16:08+08:005월 27th, 2022|

Tablet Hotels is shining a brighter spotlight on hotels that benefit their surroundings. As a trusted link between travelers and destinations, and the hotel experts at the Michelin Guide, Tablet has a responsibility to prioritize socially conscious tourism. Hotels in the Tablet selection have always been required to meet high standards of style, service, [...]

22 04, 2022

Booking.com 2022 Sustainable Travel Report

2022-09-07T06:38:58+08:004월 22nd, 2022|

Booking.com Reveals the Trends Shaping Sustainable Travel in 2022 • 81% of global travelers confirm that sustainable travel is important to them, with 50% saying that recent news about climate change has influenced them to make more sustainable travel choices • 57% of travelers would feel better staying in a particular accommodation if they [...]

9 04, 2022

Greece and Google Partner to Support Sustainable Tourism Growth

2022-08-27T10:36:14+08:004월 9th, 2022|

The Ministry of Tourism and Google partner to support Greece' sustainable growth A new training program to help tourism businesses accelerate their sustainability transformation and communicate their environmental-friendly actions, in collaboration with Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) As part of its European Social Innovation Fund, Google.org is committing $1 million in funding to support [...]

27 01, 2022

Hostelworld Joins GSTC

2022-10-29T01:11:07+08:001월 27th, 2022|

Hostelworld has become a member of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) GSTC is pleased to welcome Hostelworld Group to its global network. Hostelworld was founded in 1999 by two entrepreneurs - a hostel owner and an IT executive - to provide an affordable global distribution channel and property management system for hostels. Today it is [...]

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